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1491
Native Pop.
Mayas-Yucatan rainforest cities, corn
Aztecs - Mexico powerful 200000ppl, corn
Incas - Peru, vast empire, potatoes, corn -
Period: Jan 1, 1491 to
APUSH
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1492
Native Regions
SW-Irrigation, caves, cliffs.
NW-Long/plank houses, rich diet, totem poles.
GrePla-nomads/sedentary, buffalo, teepes, earth lodges, got horses.
MW-mississippi/ohio river, earthen mound.
NE-Irogouis confed, longhouses, not good farming.
AtlaSeab-timber logding along rivers. -
European Expansion
Renaissance(tech), protestant reformation, economic incentive(new trade routes), competition among nation-states. -
Early Territorial claims
Spanish-FL,NM,TX,CALI.
English-NewFoundLand.
French-Quebec,Mississippi,NY.
Dutch-HudsonRIver, NY -
Treatment of Natives
Spanish-disease/labor,bartolomedelascasas,Valladoilddebate.
English-peace/no intermarriage, traded, expellednatives.
French-allies,fur,horon fight iroqoui. -
Types of charters
Corporate - Joint stock comp
royal-
proprietary- individual ownership from royal -
English Motivation
defeated spanish armada, economic opportunity, joint-stock company (limited liability). -
J vs P vs M colonies
J= wealth, joint-stock->royal, tobacco, houseofburgesses
P= religious,proprietary,natives,matflowercompact'
M=Religious,Propreitary,gov't elections -
Rhode Island
Because of religion, Anne and Roger start. -
New England Confed
confed on new england colonies to combat issues -
Act of toleration
Gave toleration to all sects of believers in Jesus. -
Acts of Trade And Navigation
For English revenue only -
English Restoration
ER->new colonies, Carolinas(CharlesII huge tract to 8 nobles), NewYork(CharlesII duke of york from dutch), New Jersey (split NY), Pennsylvania(William Penn father grant money), Georgia(prisoner buffer state) -
Conneticut
Thomas Hooker, Hartford & New Haven -
King Phillips war
Natives vs colonists = ended NA reisistance -
Bacons rebellion
No protection from NA, rebllions and class difference occur. -
Acts (1764-1767)
Stamp, Quartering, stamp, declaratory(GB could tax whenever), Townshend(pay for GBtroops in colonies/could search anywhere) -
Enlightenment
Use of human thought. Locke= natural rights -
Great Awakening
Passionate expressions of religious feelings -
John peter Zenger Case
Libel- encouraged more criticism -
Edwards and Whitefield
GrAw=one needed to express belief in g-d for saving -
French & Indian War
French put forts on Ohio RV. -
Albany Plan for Union (congress)
British calls for representatives in Albany, NY. -
Treaty of Paris
French give Spanish west. FL given to GB and Canada to GB. -
Pontiacs rebellion
British troops sent to colonies, led to Proclamation of 1763 -
Proclamation of 1763
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Boston Massacre
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The gaspee
Customs opp ship burned -
Boston Tea party
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Quebec Acts
organized french canada territory -
First continental Congress
deal w/ GB intolerable acts -
Coercive acts
to punish colonists -
Bunker Hill
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second continental congress
Now wanted independence -
Olive Branch petition
to GB caused Gb to put A in state of rebellion -
Lecington and concord
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Articles of Confed
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Impact of Revolution
Aristocratic titles gone, separation of state and church, role of women, slavery. -
Treaty of paris of 1783
ended revolution -
Shay's rebellion
About debts. showed weakness in central -
Annapolis Convention
to revise articles of confed -
great compromise (Connecticut plan)
split into two houses for representation -
Hamilton financial plan
- pay off national debt/take states war debt
- protect industry/high tariffs on imports
- national bank=deposit gov't funds/print bank notes
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First 10 amendments
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proclamation of neutrality
washington neutral US to France revolution -
cotton gin eli whitney
production -
Whiskey rebellion
out down by central gov't -
Jay Treaty
British and America. Caused Pickney -
Pickney Treaty
Spain opens mississippi -
John Adams elected
12th amendment = Vp & P run together. Beat Thomas Jefferson -
XYZ affair
French affair caused america to want war JA does not -
Alien and sedition acts
aliens deported, sedition could not libel against president -
Kentucky and virginia resolutions
States could nullify alien sedition acts -
Jefferson Elected
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Louisiana purchase
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election(revolution) of 1800
Thomas jefferson and aaron burr. TJ wins -
second great awakening
charles g finney -
Marshall law courts
judicial review. Marbury vs madison -
Jefferson Re-elected
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Hamilton Death by Aaron burr
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Barbary pirate
gained respect and safe passage -
british impressment
hostility to British -
Steam boat Clermont (Fulton)
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Chesapeake-leopard affair
Americans wnated war w britain -
embargo act of 1807
merchant marine & shipbuilders lost & new england wish to secede. -
election of 1808
James Madison wins -
Repeal Embargo
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Non interocurse act of 1809
trade w/ all other countries besides GB and FR -
First bank allowed to be expired
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War of 1812
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Madison Re-elected
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consequences of war
- respect for US 2.Canadas part of GB 3.Federalists came to end
- secession precedent 5.NA surrendered land
- Us factories 7.war heros; Andrew J, William Henry H 8.nationalism
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War of 1812
Violation of US rights at sea, British troubles on W frontier. War Hawks = gain honor, canada, & eliminate NA. -
Treaty of Ghent
ending in stalemate, recognized canda-us border -
Hartford convention
to consider secession. 2/3 for war. -
Monroe Elected
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American System
- protextive ttariffs
- national bank
- internal improvments
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Rush-Bagot Agreement
disarment of british and US -
Panic of 1819
bank tightened credit to try stop inflation( land) -
Mcclloch vs. maryland
upheld right of congress to charter a national bank, thus putting intp national law the doctrine of implied powers -
adam-onis treaty
purchase florida(after jackson invaded) -
tallmadge ammendment
slowly degrade slavery. south did not like -
Missouri compromise
36 30 -
Monroe Doctrine
no colonization of america -
election of 1824
corrupt bargain -adams and clay -
Gibbons vs ogden
nation gov't undisputed control over interstate commerce -
Trasportation
roads - lancaster turnpike, cumberland road.
canals- erie canal
steamboats - hudson river clermont
railroads -
transendentalists
arts, individualism, reforms -
tariff of 1828
unconstitutional so nullified -
election of 1828
jackson wins back after corruption. -
mormons - church of latter day saints
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indian remova act
defied worcester vs georgia -
jackson killed the bank
pet banks ->specie circular-> panic of 1837 -
tariff of 1832
lowered tariff of 1828-> put down by federal force act-> tariff of 1833 lowered again -
antebellum period
education, religion, art, women rights, slave rights, utopias, prisons, blind/deaf schools, mental hospitals, temperance, baptists/Methodists, millennialism, mormons. -
texas revolution
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election of 1836 - van buren
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election of 1840 - John tyler ( soon harrison)
different because campaigning strats changed -
aroostook war and webster-ashburton treaty
war between british and us lumberers, treaty defined territory -
1844 election
Buren vs calhoun = deadlock = dark horse james k polk -
wilmot provismo
anti slavery ideas in new states -
treaty of gaudalupe hidalgo
pol caused war, moved over border. -
compromise of 1850
henry clays compromise, stephen douglas split bill, CA,MX->NM/UT,TXdebt, noslaveinDC, FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT -
freeport doctrine
lincln vs douglas debates (doctrine = no slavery without slave codes) -
ostend manifesto
cuba secret for south -
slavery desires
walker expeditition - central american control
clayton-bulwer treaty - canal through central america
gadsden purchase - southern railroad land purchase -
election of 1852
franklin pierce with democratcs wins vs winfield scott w whigs. ends whig party -
republican party arises
tp defeat fugitive slave laws and kansas-nebraska act -
Kansas-nebraska act
slavery above 36 30 for splitting kansa/nebraska for railroad -
brooks sumner affair
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election of 1856
fremont (repub) vs (dem) buchanan. showed possible republican wins -
harpers ferry
showed south the nortsh desire to abolish slavery -
crittenden compromise
to prevent souths secession after lincoln dub -
bull run/ 2nd bull run
confed victories -
fort sumter
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Antietam
union victory -
fredericksburg
confed victory -
trent affair
stoooped british help to confed -
confiscation vs emacipation proc
flee from confed vs all slaves freein rebelling states -
Emance Proc vs 13th a
slaves free in rebelling states vs all slaves free -
monitor and merrimac
stopped confed from stopping anaconda plan -
North economy during war
morrill tariff act = revenue and protection
homestead act - great plaisn settled
morrill land grant act - agriculture and technical land grants
pacific railroad - northern railroad -
vicksburg
controlled all of mississippi now -
gettysburg
confed never on offensive again -
attrition = shermans march to the sea
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proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction
10% -
wade davis bill
50% -
johnson reconstruction
same as lincoln, disenfranshisment included -
black codes
step back from equal rights -
14th A
citzens born in US, respected rights, due process equal protection, allow person to vote -
election of 1866
republican victory -
reconstruction acts of 1867
congress - put south in military state -
tenture of office act - impeachment
Johnson says uconstitutional ->gets impeachedd -
election of 1868
(r) =Grant vs (d) seymor, importance of universla male suffrage -
15th A
prohibited denying citizens vote. -
scalawags (S republicans)/ carpetbaggers (N Newcomers)
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Amnesty act of 1872
ended restrictions on ex-confeds -
election of 1872
Greely (r/D) vs (r)grant wins -
panic of 1873
overbuilding and over speculating by financers -
civil rights act 1875
equality in commodities -
election of 1876
Hayes (r) vs (d) tilden -
compromise of 1877
allowhayes to be president if end fed support of repubs in the south, south railroad.