Exam 2 Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
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John Burgoyne
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Saratoga
2
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Francis Marion
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Swamp Fox
3
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Charles Cornwallis
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Yorktown
4
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Paul Revere
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Lexington and Concord
5
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John Paul Jones
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American Navy
6
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Nathanael Greene
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“We fight we get beat, we rise and fight again.”
7
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Horatio Gates
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hero of Saratoga and the “goat” of Camden
8
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Ben Franklin
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Peace of Paris
9
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Daniel Morgan
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Cowpens
10
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Tomas Sumter
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the Gamecock
11
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T/F The Stamp Act was repealed by Parliament one year after it was enacted
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TRUE!
12
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T/F The American patriots argued strongly for the concept of “virtual representation”
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FALSE!
13
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T/F Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was a strong argument for an American Monarch system
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FALSE!
14
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The largest and most significant American surrender in the Revolutionary War was at Charleston SC
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TRUE!
15
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The British military strategists believed the war could be won in the south mainly due to the large number of loyalists there.
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TRUE!
16
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Was Jefferson a Loose of a Strict Constructionist?
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STRICT Constructionist
17
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Who was the second president of the United States?
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John Adams
18
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Who was President during the Whiskey Rebellion?
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George Washington
19
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Which president pushed for the Alien and Sedition Acts?
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John Adams
20
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were generated in the climate of fear with…
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FRANCE
21
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The war of 1812 can best be described as…
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America’s first test of legitimacy
22
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In which document did Hamilton outline his views on debt and propose the assumption of state debts?
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Reports on Public Credit
23
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Alexander Hamilton wanted the Federal Government to assume state debts party because…
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Debt creates an element of vested interest in the country’s success.
24
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The XYZ Affair involved…
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Attempts by French officials to bribe American diplomats
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T/F The American capital's eventual location on the boarder of Virginia and Maryland came as a compromise over Alexander Hamilton's Report on Public Credit
TRUE
26
In what state did Palmetto logs hold up under British bombardment in June 1776?
South Carolina
27
Who said that "If no restrictions were placed on the colonies, they would flourish"?
Robert Waterpool
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Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin
29
This "Act" reestablished French Catholic rule north and west of the American colonies?
Quebec Act
30
The First Continental Congress met primarily to deal with what issue?
respond to the Coercive Acts
31
What words best describe the "threshold" that Sam Adams said he stumbled over?
"We the people"
32
This event could be considered the "bridge" between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States...
Shays' Rebellion
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Who said of the Constitution that it would establish "a moderate aristocracy"
George Mason
34
Which of the following is true about the Proclamation of 1764?
It was designed to keep American colonists off Indian lands and to subordinate the colonists to English control
35
All of the following were American victories except:
a. Cowpens
b. Saratoga
c. Camden
d. Yorktown
CAMDEN
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The Non-Importation movement in the colonies...
started informally with the Stamp Act
37
Which of the following was NOT one of the British generals in the American Revolution?
a. William Howe
b. Henry Clinton
c. Charles Cornwallis
d. Francis Marion
Francis Marion
38
Which of the following is NOT an author of the Federalist Papers?
a. James Madison
b. John Jay
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson was NOT an author of the Federalist Papers
39
Which Acts taxed the common commodities of paper, paint, glass, and tea?
The Townshend Acts
40
These two men were in hiding at Lexington Massachusetts and were the target of a British troop search
Sam Adams and John Hancock
41
Who wrote "A Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"?
John Dickinson
42
The Seven Years' War was primarily Britain against...
France
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Swedish botanist Peter Kalm observed in 1751 that the American colonists were _______ with their relationship with England
"growing less tender" with their
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How much of the American population wished to remain under British rule (they were called Tories or Loyalists)
20%
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This treaty, signed September 3, 1783, formally ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris
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What did the U.S. constitution not accomplish?
Abolish slavery
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American Diplomat and jurist who served in the Continental Congress and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris. He was the first chief justice of the US Supreme Court
John Jay
48
Son of a Scottish trader and a French-Creek woman. He served as a Creek leader and allied with Spain to prevent white settlement on Creek lands during the 1780s
Alexander McGillvray
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Served as the chic author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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Philosohical movement of the eighteenth century that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines
Enlightenment
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The study of agronomy, physics. and chemistry, which was introduced into American college curricula under the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment...
Natural Philosophy
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How much of the American population opposed England and supported the Revolution (they were called Whigs or Patriots)
60%
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Treaty between the United States and Great Britain negotiated by John Jay. It settled difficulties arising from violations of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and regulated commerce and navigation...
Jay Treaty
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While governor of the Indiana Territory, he attacked and burned the nativist village of Prophetstown in1811. The ninth president of the US (1841), he died of pneumonia after one month in office...
William Henry Harrison
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From 1804-1806, these two men led the Corps of Discovery from St. Louis to the Pacific coast and back. They informed Native Americans that the United States has acquired the territory from France and recorded geographic and scientific date...
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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American Revolutionary politician and financier. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he raised money for the Continental Army, attended the Constitutional Convention and was finically ruined by land speculation
Robert Morris
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The Constitutional proposal written by James Madison. It proposed a powerful central government dominated by a national legislature of two houses (bicameral). It also favored a system of greater representation based on a state's population...
The Virginia Plan
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Proposal of the US Constitution drafted by William Paterson, it provided for a one-house (unicameral) Congress in which states had equal representation
The New Jersey Plan
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At the Constituational Convention, plan proposed by the Connecticut delegation for a bicameral Congress with a House of Representatives, with representation based on a state's population, and a Senate, in which each state would be represented equally...
Great Compromise
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution...
Bill of Rights
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This treaty ended the war of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
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Who would most likely hold to the following: A strong federal government based on a lose interpretation of the Constitution, Government run by pubic-minded elites rather than common citizens, the supremacy of commerce and manufacturing, a national bank and high tariffs?
a. Hamilton and the Federalists
b. Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans
Hamilton and the Federalists
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Constitutional amendment that requiring electors to draw up distinct lists for president and vice president, thus avoiding the deadlock of 1800 in which Tomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for presidency...
12th amendment
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What did the Treaty of Paris 1763 not do?
Make the colonies independent
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Introduced the concept of universal laws the governed the natural world
Isaac Newton
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He wrote on human progress, the acquisition of knowledge and the role of government
John Locke
67
Argued the case for independence, which found wide favor with Americans
Thomas Paine
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Worked to advance human knowledge and promote civic engagement
Benjamin Franklin
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Term that best describes the dominant motif behind the "Era of Good Feelings"
Nationalism
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The primary doctrine born out of Marbury v. Madison
Gave Supreme Court power to pronounce federal law unconstitutional
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Which of the following best explains D. Smith's adage "one step backward, two steps forward" to illustrate the significance of Marbury v. Madison
In a show of weakness, the Court gained strength
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Gibbons v. Ogden
Established Federal control of interstate commerce
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McCulloch v. Maryland
Prohibited states from suing the B.U.S.
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Which best characterized George Washington's foreign policy?
Neutrality
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What passed on the same day as the Stamp Act?
The Declaratory Act
