chap 7 key terms

Tecumseh

A Shawnee chief who worked to unite the northwestern Native tribes.

Red Sticks

joined Tecumseh in his resistance movement while seeking to purge Creek society of its Euro-American dependencies.

Impressments

The practice of forcing people into service. British ships would stop American vessels and impress American sailors. This led to Americans becoming extremely angry and eager for war with Britain.

War Hawks

Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain. They had a strong sense of nationalism, and they wanted to takeover British land in North America and expand.

Andrew Jackson

General in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). Led US troops in numerous battles against Native Americans.

Hartford Convention

Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 in which the party listed it's complaints against the ruling Republican Party.

Star Spangled Banner

National anthem written by Francis Scott Key during the war of 1812

Internal improvements

federal projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation's transportation system

American System

Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy.

Monroe Doctrine

A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Gabriel's Rebellion

An 1800 uprising planned by Virginian enslaved people to gain their freedom. The plot was led by a blacksmith named Gabriel, but was discovered and ended.

Haitian Revolution

Toussaint l'Ouverture led this uprising, which in 1790 resulted in the successful overthrow of French colonial rule on this Caribbean island. This revolution set up the first black government in the Western Hemisphere and the world's second democratic republic (after the US).

Notes on the State of Virginia

Written by Thomas Jefferson and published in 1785; a comparison of the races that claimed blacks lacked

race

A way of grouping humans based on skin color or ancestry.

Republican Motherhood

The idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate "civic virtue" in their children

Louisiana Purchase

1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.

embargo

an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

Sally Hemings

An enslaved woman owned by Thomas Jefferson who was the mother of some of Thomas Jefferson's children.

Play-off system

System used by Native Americans to get the best deal on goods and relations by playing the European and American nations against each other.

Tenskwatawa

"The Prophet" He inspired a religious revival that spread through many tribes and united them