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Jan 13, 1492
Columbus lands in the "New World"
created the columbian exchange and started spanish control over america -
Jul 4, 1532
Settlers arrive at roanoke island
1st English settlement in the New World -
Jamestown established
1st permenate settlement in the Americas -
Mayflower Compact
1st governing document -
John Winthrop's "City on a Hill" speech
"We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us," a "model of Christian charity" -
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Pequot War
pequot tribe vs English colonists, pequots close to eraticated and sold to slavery -
Anne Hutchinson is kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Woman who fought for religious liberty -
Bacon's Rebellion
bacon says berkeley has to get militia to help defend against indians for moving west
bacon gets rebellion going but dies
Berkely kills rebels, upper class realizes they need the lower class on their side -
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Salem Witch Trials
killing of girls believed to be witches, caused by germ in wheat that makes you trip -
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Benjamin Franklin lives
one of the founding fathers, helped draft the declaration of independence -
Jonathan Edwards delivers "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon
During the Great Awakening, Hell is a real place and humans are helpless to God -
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French & Indian War
english and colonists vs. french and indians
english win -> am more likely to take over indians
colonists' taxed surge bc war debt -
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Alexander Hamilton lives
one of the founding fathers, in GW's cabinet -
Treaty of Paris
Ended seven years war, French out -
Proclamation of 1763
colonists can't go west in order to better relations with Indians -
Sugar Act
lowered tax on molasses but taxed a lot of other things to compensate -
Stamp Act
you have to put a stamp on most printed things -
Quartering Act
you must provide British soldiers with your home and food -
Townsend Acts
says NY can't meet as an assembly bc they didn't follow the quartering act -
Boston Massacre
Colonists abuse British soldiers -> start shooting, colonial victims = martyrs -
Boston Tea Party
British try to buy sons of liberty through cheap tea, backfires, tea gets dumped in the sea -
Intolerable / Coercive Acts
-english close boston harbor until they pay back tea
-if accused of any tyranny you must go to court in england
-must obey quartering act
-Massachusetts cannot have any form of gov -
1st Continental Congress
1st gov in america, declaration of Am. Rights -
Lexington & Concord
British came to seize arms collected in Massachusetts, didn't bc paul revere's warning -
2nd Continental Congress
Names GW commander in chief of Continential army -
Battle of Bunker Hill
though english won, seen as victory. Am. came together to fight against common enemy -
Olive Branch Petition
wants right of colonists under king, king ignores, declares open enemy with colonists -
Common Sense
book of tyranny, encourages breaking away from england -
Declaration of Independence
list of how english gov gets in the way of "unalienable rights to life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" -
Battle of Saratoga
French joins Am, in revolutionary war -
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Henry Clay lives
speaker of the house
NATIONALISM
1. higher tariffs
2. stronger national bank
3. higher federal land prices -
Articles of Confederation
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Surrender at Yorktown
British surrender to French and Am, after getting destroyed in battle on land and also in Navy (from french) -
Treaty of Paris
end war, england recognizes Am as a country -
Land Ordinace of 1785
schools, money for gov from selling land -
Constitutional Convention
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
5000 freed white men = legislature, township with 60000 people = apply for state -
The Great Compromise
bicameral legislature, HoR:based on pop, Senate: = every state -
3/5 Compromise
5 blacks = 3 whites when coundting population, solved rep despute -
The Federalist Papers
published over the course of several months and made a strong case for the new plan of government. some historians have alled their publication one of the most powerful public relations campaigns in history -
Shay's Rebellion
farmers rally behind daniel shays bc debters prison
showed weakness of articles of confederation bc no power to put down rebellion -
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George Washington's Presidency
1st president, didn't want to be president, likes farming, moderate -
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Whiskey Rebellion
bc tax on alcohol passed by hamilton
no violence but GW sent army down to stop, thought good bc showed power, anti feds said unneccessary abuse of power -
Bill of Rights
first part of constitution, lists all rights of citizens -
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Citizen Genet comes to America
tries to persuade GW to join the french in the revolution -
Jay Treaty
british leave forts, reparations for stolen goods, Am can't trade with british enemies -
Washington's Farewell Address
no eternal allies
no eternal enemies
don't make political parties -
Pinkney's Treaty
spanish acceptane of Am boundary
helped expansion -
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John Adam's presidency
2nd president, lived in GW's shadow, Ideological war &sedition acts -
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XYZ Affair
three French officals demand $250k to start negotiating stopping taking Am. merchant ships, adams = no -
Alien & Sedition Acts
nail in Adams' coffin
illegal to rebel against gov in any way
14yrs for citizenship
kick out foreigners -
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John Marshall is chief justice
appointed by Adams, basically the first real chief justice, everything's modelled after him -
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Thomas Jefferson's presidency
3rd president, founding father, writer of declaration of independence -
Louisiana Purchase
doubled the size of US HUGE AND CHEAP -
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Lewis & Clark Expedition
expedition in louisiana purchased land, surveyed land -
Embargo act
Jefferson: US can't trade with anyone! -
War of 1812
pointless, madison's war, showed am they need better communication and transportation -
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James Monroe's presidency
3rd pres, era of good feelings, well liked -
Adam-Onis Treaty
gets am to both oceans, new boundaries
transcontinental railroad -
Financial Panic of 1819
British starts buy cotton elsewhere, economy colapses, shows dependency on British and slaves -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Maryland tries to tax national bank, lost. gov>state -
Monroe Doctrine
no further european colonization
politial systems different
existing european controlled colonies aren't gonna be messed w/
stay out of internal affairs in europe (ha no) -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
government supremacy over commerce -
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John Quincy Adams' presidency
6th president, abolitionist -
Missouri Compromise
= slave/ free state reps in senate
missouri = slave
maine = free
line where above = free, below = slave -
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Andrew Jackson's presidency
7th pres, born for the storm, not good at listening, scared of big gov -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Native Am, moved to relocation camps (unconstitutional & mean) -
Jackson vetoes charter of Bank of US
then gives $$ to state banks = inflation and collapse -
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Nullification Controversy
High protective tariffs = mad southerners, wanted to nullify -> force act -
Financial Panic of 1837
Britian's Depression hits us, huge debt, 1/3 pop unemployed -
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Martin Van Buren's presidency
not very well liked bc financial panic, 8th pres -
Willian Henry Harrison Election
normal man, not power hungry
Log cabin and hard cider
