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Exam 2 Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Common Sense | a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in January 1776 which calls for independence and a republican-form of government. |
| Declaration of Independence | Wrote by Thomas Jefferson. Approved by Congress on July 14, 1776. Declare freedom and liberty for all people in the United States. |
| Battle of Saratoga | 1) Lord George Germain planned a three-pronged attack on Albany, NY. 2)General Howe attacked Philadelphia, home of Continental Congress. 3) October 1777, John Burgoyne's army of 6,000 men surrendered to the American force. |
| George Rogers Clark | 1) In 1778, led an army of frontiersman down Ohio River to captured Kaskaskia Fort Sackville. 2) Clark’s Victories gave the U.S. claim to Land West of the Appalatian’s (Great Lakes & Ohio River) |
| Yorktown | 1) In 1781 Yorktown, Virginia. 2) Last Battle of the Revolutionary War. 3) Who involves: Washington, Rochambeau, Patriots, Graves, Hood, British - Cornwallis. 4) Cornwallis defeated Graves / Hood (British Officers) |
| Treaty of Paris | 1783, peace treaty in which Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country. |
| North West Ordinances | political organization of the Northwest |
| Shays Rebellion (1786-1787) | Massachusetts farmers took matter into their own lands when laws were not responsive to their needs, challenged public authority |
| Electoral College | designed to bring only persons of experience and reputation into national office, it is a group of wise and experienced leaders who would meet to choose the president |
| Whiskey Rebellion | 1794, country farmers protest against the government’s tax on whiskey. |
| Revolution of 1800 | first time the Democrat-Republicans won election |
| Marbury V. Madison | 1803- case establishing judicial review, the courts responsibility to approve executive behavior and congressional laws |
| Louisiana Purchase | April 30, 1803- Jefferson sent Monroe to France to buy Louisiana ,which was all of the middle of the US reaching from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, from Nepoleon for $15 Millions. |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | two native brothers and their disciples attacked US troops under william H Harrison command. |
| War of 1812 | 1812-1815- US vs. British over British restrictions on American shipping |
| Missouri Compromise | 1820- Missouri entered statehood as slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state to maintain the balance; in the area north of 36 30’ in Louisiana Territory, slavery was banned |
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