British settlers wanted more land for growing tobacco and they stole it from the natives. The natives retaliated, which infuriated the colonists. When Governor William Berkeley refused to send troops, Nathanial Bacon led angry poor farmers on an attack against the natives, and then on farms owned by Governor Berkeley.
Articles of confederation
Looked to balance national coordination and states rights to prevent tyranny. It featured a unicameral legislature, but the federal government had no money and no military
Counter culture
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Rush-Bagot pact
Fries rebellion
Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Popham Colony
former slave who trained other black men to become economically self-sufficient, and argued this was a better way to gain power than to campaign for better voting rights
Homestead act
Gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived there for 5 years.
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Olive branch petition
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Required railroad rates to be reasonable and just, and established a federal commission to oversee the railroads
British impressment
The British continued to kidnap american sailors. Washington sent John Jay to london to negotiate
15th amendment
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
the Compromise of 1790
Jefferson and Hamilton agreed to pass Hamilton's financial plan in exchange for making Washington D.C. the Capital of the country
Whiskey rebellion
violent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Politics was very negative with the rise of political parties, political violence, and deep political divisions
An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
Indentured Servants
British beliefs after 7 years war
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
Ida B. Wells
British colonization
Economic and religious liberty
End of the federalists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
Rise 0f Chesapeake slavery
Laws helped codify racial differneces. They wanted to prevent the growth of the free black population by banning interracial marriage. Also slavery was becoming cheaper than indentured servitude
