Chapter 7: The Early Republic

Jeffersonian equality

________ contrasted with a nation split by gender, class, race, and ethnicity.

Shawnee leader

________ Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa created pan- Indian towns and called for unification + resistance.

Indigenous peoples

________ dominated social relations, providing vital trading partners, scouts and allies.

American sailors

Impressments, the practice of forcing ________ to join the British Navy, was among the most important sources of conflict between the two nations.

Louisiana Purchase

He (Jefferson) authorized the ________ from France in 1803.

Thomas Jefferson

________ wrote in his "Notes in the State of Virginia "that Native Americans could be "improved "and that Black Americans were not capable of that improvementJeffersonian Republicanism.

Gabriel's Rebellion

___________________ was plan to end slavery was headed by an enslaved man by the name of Gabriel

That challenging slavery would be punished severely

What message did Gabriel's Rebellion send to abolitionists?

That free and enslaved people of color were capable of violent revolutions, and the suppression of the Haitian Revolution had failed

What message did Gabriel's Rebellion send to white residents?

He believed that Native Americans could be “improved” and that Black Americans were not capable of that improvement

What did Thomas Jefferson believe about Native Americans' and Black Americans' capacity to be "improved"?

Women were put in charge of the moral and political upbringing of children, so they had more influence over the manner in which their children would grow up thinking

How were women pivotal to the passing down of Republican ideas?

The Embargo Act of 1807

_____________________ closed American ports to avoid war, upholding American neutrality

Impressment

_______________ is the practice of forcing American sailors to join the British Navy

War of 1812

________________________ was a conflict fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America

American interests were in conflict with those of the British Empire

What issues were there between the US and Britain around the time of the War of 1812?

The Enlightenment led to the classification of the natural world, which divided people into racial “types”

What was the impact of the Enlightenment on African Americans?

Non-elites

Who did Jefferson's election serve?

He wanted to lessen government control, and put politics in the hands of the people

What were Jefferson's goals for office?

Democratic-Republican leaders advocated strengthening the government to strengthen the nation

What was the result of the War of 1812?

Pan-Indianism

_______________ is a philosophical and political approach promoting unity and resistance from Native American groups

They provided vital trading partners, scouts, and allies

How did Indigenous peoples dominate social relations?