History Final Flashcards
(81 cards)
Cash crop
Agricultural crops that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit
George Washington
-Commander of the Continental Army, who led American to a victory against England, and the 1st Us President
-Was a poor battle field general but a great, devoured leader; was hymbkke and stayed w/ his troops no matter what
-In Valley Forge, he made the decision to take small pox from one person and give it to another, so they’d learn to fight it
-He never asked for pay, besides paying for his wife’s transportation and he promossted men on merit
-He thought of Lafayette as a son. Lafayette counseled George and convinced him to come to Yorktown where the last battle was.
-His favorite general was Nathaniel Greene, a merchant who saved the troops at Valley Forge and rebuilt the Southern army. Greene never won a battle
-Only got to spend about 25% of his wife, Martha
-He stopped the Whiskey Rebellion with no bloodshed; he was the give keeping the country together when the Federalists and Anti Federalists were clashing (especially in his cabinet)
-He relied heavily on Alexander Hamilton, who was Secretary of Treasury, because his #1 problem was the national debt.
Intolerable Acts
-The king/Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with the Intolerable Acts
-The money from the Boston Tea Party was meant to go to the king, so he got mad and passed these Acts to show that Britain was in power and they can make the colonies pay/get scared, but it doesn’t work
-Known as shock and awe, but instead the colonists fight back harder
-These Acts lead to the 1st Continental Congress
-Decided to start organizing militias
-Boston Harbor was closed, a Britain general replaced the governor in Boston
-Boston was placed under martial law
-if you see are out at night, British troops could legally shoot you
-Town meetings were restricted on when and where
Declaration of Independence
-This document formally broke the colonies from Britain and was mostly drafted by Thomas Jefferson
-Not all delegates signed it (vast majority did, but a dozen did not)
-This was a declaration of war, and now there is no going back
-It established the US, made the colonies separate from Britain, and explained the reasons why they revolted and how it was their right to do so (also, it started the revolutionary War)
Louisiana Purchase
-A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. (Monticello)
Stamp Act
-Placed taxes on any articles written on paper, like newspapers, wills, licenses, deeds, pamphlets, dice, death certificates,etc.
-This direct tax affected all colonists and pushed many away from Britain
-Colonists responded with the Stamp Act Congress and refused to buy stamps and stamped paper
-Sons of Liberty used violence to help prevent any money from getting collected
-First measure to unite the colonies against Britain’s right to tax the colonies (was a direct tax, like sales tax today)
-After Proclamation Line, the Stamp Act angered them even more and may have pushed them to revolution
Battle of Saratoga
-American generals Arnold and Gates defeated and forced the surrender of Burgoyne’s entire army (red coat army)
-Burgoyne’s troops, defeated, were heading back to Saratoga, but they continued to run into Gate’s (American general) army and each time they lost hundreds of men, until on October 17,1777, Burgoyne surrenderd his army
-It was the turning point ( America started winning) and after the battle France allies with America and the Treaty of Alliance, a defense treaty created
-France wanted revenge and land
-Now, Britain is fighting the French, Spanish, and Colonists, so they must spread their military and focus, giving the colonists advantage since Britain is districted
-America starts winning and many loyalists stop fighting
-General Arnold was the real victor, but he got no credit, and since he was so full of himself, he became a traitor
Battle of Lexington/Concord
-Concord had the most flint/gunpowder and the British soldiers wanted to take away the militia’s weapons, so they marched to Concord. But through the Committee of Correspondence, Paul Revere and others set out to warn the local militias, who were ready and had hid the weapons.
-The militia won the battle and adore the British soldiers back to Boston (was the start of the Revolution)
-These battles occured before the 2nd Continental Congress yet many still didn’t want to go to war
-After the Intolerable Acts, patriots armed themselves, leading General Gage to March to Concord and the first shots of the conflict.
Proclamation Line of 1763
-Prevented colonists from setting in the rich farmland of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys
-An act where Britain said No! to setting west of the Appalachian Mts
-Colonists were running out of land and without land their kids would have nowhere to live, which made them mad because their kids were very important.
-Colonists gave Land/support and got nothing back
-Before giving the land, Colonists tried disobeying orders; most were removed by British soldiers, like Martins Ferry
-Colonists just lost around 10,000 men in the French and Indian War while fighting for Britain, yet they got none of the new land
-Big reason for Revolution
-The land went to the natives because Britain wanted a fur trade and wanted to control the colonists, but colonists have 8-12 kids and they needed more land
-After this, things started to snowball, like with the Stamp Act, and it created anger that would build up
Checks and Balances
A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power
Propaganda
-A form of communication that uses biased info to influence/persuade an audience to support a cause
-Patriots used propaganda, like common sense, in the Committee of Correspondence to rally support for independence and make the British look bad
-Used to start conflict
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments of the Constitution which grant the liberty of it’s citizens.
1st Amendment
-Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, right to assemble, and right to petition.
2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
5th Amendment
The right to remain silent; right to not incriminate ones self.
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
-Except as criminal punishment
15th Amendment
No one ( no men) can be kept from voting because of race,color, or previous condition of servitude.
Frederick Douglass
-Was a radical abolitionists
-Was a walking example that blacks did have the same abilities as whites because he was self taught and a dynamic speaker yet he had no formal schooling
-Destroys prejudice and racist stereotypes; showed that even Black people had the same abilities
- Went to talk to Lincoln about the recruitment of African Americans soldiers for the Civil War-Concern that there was also unequal pay
-Will claim in a letter that when he had that second conversation with Lincoln, he never felt more equal than a white
Thaddeus Stevens
-The leader of the Radical Republicans
-Most predominate radical republican;
-Is the force behind the 13th amendment being passed
-The best example of RR -When he dies the radical republican movement basically dies with him
Northwest Ordinance
–chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory
-Settled issues involving government in that piece of land
-Explained that local government would be formed
-Eventually proved how we could make a territorial gov’t and a state
-Stated that people living in this piece of land were Americans and they would be protected by our gov’t/ later formed Constitution/ Bill of Rights
-Banned Slavery
Articles of the Confederation
-Written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. (U.S Department of State)
-States only had one vote
-Was all what the states could agree on
Shay’s Rebellion
-Farmers frustrated by high debt and heavy taxes, primarily due to the weak Articles of Confederation, violently protested against the state government by shutting down courts and attempting to seize the Springfield arsenal, ultimately highlighting the need for a stronger federal government to address such unrest. (Britannica)
-That lead to the government being discussed and the formation of the Constitution.
-Served as a spark for our government to fix the Articles of Confederation
Whiskey Rebellion
-Mostly affected farmers
-Caused by a federal excise tax that mostly affected farmers that they relied making their grain into Whiskey
-Rebelled to get tax repealed
-The Whiskey Rebellion was a serious challenge to federal gov’t and washington’s presidency
-To solve this George Washington leads a huge army and leads it half way, Hamilton carried the rest, scared of the rebels.
Virginia-Kentucky Resolution
-Virginia and Kentucky are the states are mad by the alien and seditions Acts they know its made to suppress the democratic Republicans which take up most of these states
-They decide to not obey any of the laws that Congress set due to their anger