what's the 2nd colony established as a haven for catholics?
Maryland
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last colony to be established
Georgia
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church from the southern colonies
anglican church
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church from the new england colonies
congregationalist church
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what 2 new churches emerge out of the great awakening?
baptist and methodist
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what main thing starts happening in the great awakening?
people start challenging pre destination
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years of the great awakening
1640-1732
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prime minister of england during the french and indian war who expands it to the 7 years war
william pitt
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what does the treaty of paris that ends the french and indian war do?
kicks france out of north america, gives england all land east of the mississippi, canada, and florida. spain gets all land west of mississippi and new orleans
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indians attack british settlers who live in between the mississippi river and appalachian mountains. this forces what to get passed?
pontiacs rebellion; proclamation of 1763
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this closes all land between the missippi river and appalachian mountains to settlement in order to protect from indian attacks
proclamation of 1763
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the sugar act affects who?
new england colonies
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the stamp act affects who?
all of the colonies
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what influences the sons of liberty to be formed?
stamp act
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what did the townsend acts tax?
glass, lead, paint, paper, tea
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what forces parliament to repeal the townsend acts minus the tax on tea?
boston massacre
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letter-writing campaigns by our colonial leaders to try and stay informed about what's going on in the other colonies
committees of correspondence
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gave british east india tea company a monopoly on tea and they didnt have to pay the tax
the tea act
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what leads to the first continental congress?
the intolerable/coercive acts
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4 things the coercive/intolerable acts did
closed boston ports, more taxes, suspended colonial legislatures, sent anybody accussed of a crime to england
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what colony is not present at the first continental congress?
georgia
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shot heard round the world happened where?
lexington and concord
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at the 1st, 2nd continental congress what happened?
washington was appointed commander of army
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what book by who told americans that they need to declare their independence?
common sense by thomas payne
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why is saratoga the turning point of the civil war?
we show france that we can win the war and then they decide to help us; we desperately need their help
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where does the treaty of paris that ends the civil war do?
gives US independence, fishing rights off of new finland, all land east of mississippi
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what shows us that we need to write a constitution?
shays rebellion
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who wants a bill of rights? the federalists or the antifederalists?
federalists
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what 2 groups come out of the writing of the constitution?
federalists and antifederalists
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what causes the emergence of the first 2 political parties?
hamiltons financial plan
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some points of hamiltons financial plan
repay national debt slowly, tariff (tax on imports), excise tax (tax on exports), form the BUS, natl govt assume state debt
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what does the whiskey rebellion prove?
the govt has the ability to enforce the law
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when Spain gives us the right to use New Orleans (right of deposit)
pinckney treaty
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in Washington's farewell address, what 2 things does he warn of?
political parties and foreign entanglement
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the first controversial election because its a tie
election of 1800 b/t Jefferson and Addams
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the court case marbury v madison discussed what topic? what was the ruling?
judicial review; addam's midnight judges were unconstitutional
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who are we fighting during the war of 1812?
england
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3 issues that the war of 1812 addresses
impressment, violation of freedom of the seas, election of warhawks to congress
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what ends the war of 1812?
treaty of ghent
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what is the battle led by andrew jackson in which he decimates the british army after the war of 1812 is over?
battle of new orleans
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what battle makes jackson a war hero?
battle of new orleans
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only person that recognized the missouri compromise as a disaster that would end the union
missouri compromise
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explain the missouri compromise
we said that missouri would be a slave state, maine would be free, and all further states would be determined based on the 36-30 line
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this said that europe may not interfere in western hemisphere affairs
monroe doctrine
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the era of good feelings is during which administration
monroe
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first 6 presidents
washington, john addams, jefferson, madison, monroe, john q addams
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henry clay's american system called for what 3 things?
rechartering the BUS, internal improvements, protective tariff
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when was the entrance of the common man into politics?
andrew jackson
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highest tariff in american history which made the south very angry
tariff of abominations
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who writes the sc exposition and protest?
john calhoun
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first state to secede from the union
south carolina
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in the election of 1832, jackson and henry clay debated over which main topic?
bus
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president after jackson
van buren
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who is blamed for the panic of 1837? whose fault is it really?
van buren; jackson
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what is specie circular?
gold and silver, not paper money
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explain what happened with mexico and texas in 1829
mexico closed the border to texas and america still wanted it so we sent troops there and santa anna destroyed american troops at the alamo but then we capture him and force him to sign it over to us. but when he is released, he said he was forced to do it and it doesnt count so texas remains an independent country for 9 years
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whose the first president to die in office?
harrison
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whose the most successful one term president? whats his main stance?
polk; manifest destiny
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who annexes texas before polk can?
john tyler
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what treaty ends the mexican war?
treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
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what does the treaty of guadalupe do that ends the mexican american war?
gives US border with Texas at Rio Grande and for 15 million dollars we get cali, nevada, wyoming, utah, and the rest of the southwest
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what does the compromise of 1850 say?
makes cali free and all the other states will decide for themselves, fugitive slave law, slave trade is illegal in dc
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the purchase that completes manifest destiny
gadsden purchase
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when we purchase a small plot of land in new mexico and arizona to complete manifest destiny
gadsden purchase
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what tests popular sovereignty
kansas nebraska act
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what party forms as a result of the kansas nebraska act
republican party
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court case in which the supreme court ruled that slaves are property and the constitution cant deprive a citizen of property
dred scott
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this party doesnt take a stance on slavery and hates immigrants
know nothing party
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whats so important about the senate race in 1858 between lincoln and douglass
because its a precursor for the presidential election
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whats the free court doctrine?
when lincoln asks douglass whether he supports slavery or not; douglass says no and he loses the south
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is lincoln a republican or a democrat?
republican
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what 6 other states follow sc and secede within the first 3 months?
what battle allowed lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation?
battle of antietam
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why did lincoln write the emancipation proclamation?
to make the war about slavery so england wouldnt help the confederacy
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bloodiest battle in american history
battle of gettysburg
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issued by lincoln which says that we are preserving democracy
gettysburg address
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describe the tenure of office act; who broke it?
congress knew andrew johnson was going to fire stanton so they said that you have to have congress's approval to do that and he did it anyway so they impeached him
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president whose drunk his whole 2 terms basically
grant
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why does grant get elected 2 times?
hes a war hero
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first election where the sons of former confederates can vote
1876 between hayes and tilden
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explain the election bt hayes and tilden
tilden wins popular vote but not enough electorals so it goes to house of reps and they chose hayes but the south says they'll secede again if this happens so the govt says in the compromise of 1877 that if they let hayes be pres, they'll remove troops from the south
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age of american imperialism
1860s-1914
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what action starts imperialism?
when we get alaska from russia
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what else is happening around the imperialism era?
industrial revolution/progressive era
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this outlawed trusts but didn't define what a trust is
sherman anti-trust act
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this defined/outlawed trusts, outlawed price fixing, said unions werent trusts