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John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician. He regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism". -
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists in the Kingdom of England. This war was fought principally, the manner of its government. -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England. He was overthrown by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau. -
Two Treatises of Government
Two Treatises of Government is a work of political philosophy. This book was published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. -
The Great Awakening
A religious revival swept through the British American colonies. Johnathan Edwards , the Yale minister who refused to convert to the Church of England. They became concerned that New Englanders were becoming far too concerned with worldly matters. -
French and Indian War
The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies. At the start of the war, the French North American colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 European settlers, compared with 2 million in the British North American colonies. -
Enclosure Movement
The Enclosure Movement was a push in the 18th and 19th centuries to take land that had formerly been owned in common by all members of a village. To make at least available to the public for grazing animals and growing food, and change it to privately owned land, usually with walls, fences or hedges around it. -
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to an unofficial and long-term. This was a 17th & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England. -
Proclamation of 1763
Was issued by King George III that follows Great Britain's aquisition of Frech territory in North America after the end of the and Indian War. This forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Committees of Correspondance
The Committees of Correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders. These leaders were each from the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783. This was during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the Britsh government. -
The Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. This was generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations. It is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. This was one of the turning point of the war. -
Articles of Confederation
This was the origanial constituition written it did not include a president, taxes, army, no court system. It had too uch emphasis on states rights. This was later replaced by the constitution in 1789 -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state. They also targeted local tax collectors -
Constitutional Convention
The gathering that drafted the constitution of the united states in 1787. All states were invited to send delegates. They gathered together to write a new constitution and revise the old one -
Virginia Plan
A proposal by Virgina delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constituional Conention(Representation by population) -
Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787
The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory. This provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. -
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George Washington
No political party
Jay's Treaty: Made British stop impressing sailors and get compensation on american shipping assaults. Prevented war. -
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. It limits the governments power on some amendments like freedom of speech. -
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John Adams
Political Party- Federalist
Alien & Sedition Acts: Naturalization 14 years, president could deport dangerous people, newspapers couldn't criticize president -
Marshall Court
The Marshall Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States between 1801 and 1835. During this time John Marshall served as Chief Justice. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Political Party- Democratic Repulican
Louisiana Purchase: Got New Orleans (major trade) from Spain and practically doubled US size -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. This opened terriotries for expansion and soon Lewis and Clark will explore the land further -
“The Peculiar Institution”
This was a euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the South. The meaning of "peculiar" in this expression is one's own, this, referring to something distinctive to or characteristic of a particular place or people. -
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James Madison
Political Party- Democratic Republican
War of 1812: Frontier pressure and commercial warfare caused another dispute between Britain and America. America gained respect and started industrial revolution -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years This was fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies -
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James Monroe
Political Party- Democratic Republican
Era of Good Feelings: One party, war of 1812 finished, industrial revolution -
Jacksonian Democrats
Jacksonian democracy is the political movement during the Second Party System toward greater democracy for the common man. This political group is symbolized by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. -
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John Quincy Adams
Political Party-Democratic Republican
Corrupt Bargain: Won presidency but named Clay secretary of state instead of Jackson, who had a larger amount of votes. -
Tariff of 1828
The "Tariff of 1828" was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. The farmers did not like this act for the fact it only protected the industries -
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Andrew Jackson
Political Party- Democrat
Peggy Eaton Affair: Peggy Eaton was formerly married and had a bad reputation and married Jackson's secretary of state, John Eaton. The cabinet wives didn't like her, so Calhoun resigned from his vice presidency seat -
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. THis organization was lead by Harriet Tubman who continuously went to the south. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
A slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. -
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Martin Van Buren
Political Party- Democratic
Panic of 1837: West land sale drops because specie circular requirements made by Jackson -
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William Henry Harrison
Political Party- Whig
Died of pneumonia from inaugural address -
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John Tyler
Political Party- Whig
Annexed Texas: After being the Lone-Star Republic for 9 years because there were too many issues about whether it would be a slave or free state. -
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James K. Polk
Political Party- Democratic
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Polk sent Nicholas Trist to negotiate it. Mexico seceded California and New Mexico and would acknowledge the Rio Grande as the boarder. -
Manifest Destiny
The phrase was first employed by John L. O'Sullivan in an article on the annexation of Texas published in the July-August 1845 edition of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. The term manifest destiny originated in the 1840s. -
Mexican American War
It was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory, despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. -
Free Soil Party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections. Founded in Buffalo, New York, it was a third party and a single-issue party that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York State. -
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Zachary Taylor
Political Party- Whig
Gold Rush: Found on Sutter's Mill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Attracted so many people, that it prepared California for statehood. -
Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
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Millard Fillmore
Political Party- Whig
Compromise of 1850: Made by Clay. No slave trade in Washington DC. California Free state. New Mexico and Utah popular sovereignty. Bloodhound Bill. Texas gives up western land. -
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Frankiln Pierce
Political Party- Democrat
Onsted Manifesto: The document that was going to have america seize cuba by force. Leaked into public and the plan to get cuba from spain failed -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico. The United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico -
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James Buchanan
Political Party- Democrat
Dred Scott Decision: Slave sued for freedom since owner moved to northern territory. Lost case because slaves= property and people can take their property anywhere. First usage of judicial review -
Dred Scott V. Sandford
Dred Scott, an enslaved African American man who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for his freedom. In a 7–2 decision written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the Court denied Scott's request. For only the second time to that point in its history, the Supreme Court ruled an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Political Party- Republican
Civil War: Between seceded states (confederacy) and north. Sectional issues such as slavery and states rights caused tension. North won -
Civil War
The civil war was fought in America split into two parts, the sides were North and the South. The war was fought over the right to have slavery. The two main generals were Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant -
Homestead Act
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, was the Homestead Act. This act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
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Andrew Johnson
Political Party- Democrat
King Veto: Vetoed Civil Rights Act and the extension of the Freedmen's Bureau. Both passed despite his veto. -
Klu Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, or simply "the Klan", is the name of three distinct past and present movements in the United States that have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white power. Their main goal was to cause the black people not to vote -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” In this document the former slaves were included -
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Ulysses S.Grnt
Political Party- Republican
KKK Act: Prevented states from discriminating against voters due to race and gave federal court power over states in any cases in which this is violated. -
Naturalization Act of 1870
A United States federal law that created a system of controls for the naturalization process. it also created penalties for fraudulent practices. It is also noted for extending the naturalization process to "aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent." -
Tenant Farming
Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management; while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and management.
