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| House of Burgesses | in Virginia, 1619, Representative government
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| Indentured Servant | source of labor for growing tobacco, and it was good because people usually didnt live out the full contract
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| Bacon's Rebellion | 1670s and it was the lower class versus the upper class
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| French and Indian War | fought over land - 7 years war
french shared the land but G.B. didn't
Great Britain is now in debt
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| Stamp Act | Direct tax to the people, 1765, leads to the revolution
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| American Revolution | 1775-1781
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| Battle of Saratoga | in upstate New York, it gives recognition to the Americans, and it leads to French allies
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| Siege of Yorktown | In Virginia, Cornwallis is surrounded by George Washington on the land, and the French in the water.
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| Articles of Confederation | 1. cannot raise an army
2. cannot levy taxes
3. only has legislative branch
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| Shay's Rebellion | Western Massachusetts, under the articles of confederation, 1786, Farmers are being taxed then thrown in jail, Farmers rebel
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| Great Compromise | Small states wanted equal representation, larger states want it based on population, compromise is a bicameral (senate) 1787
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| Washington's Farewell address | stay out of permanent alliances with Europe, beware of the country being divided by different parties
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| federalists | -north
-industries
-bank
-tariffs
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| Democratic-Republicans | -south
-farms
-no banks
-no tariffs
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| Revolution of 1800 | Election of Jefferson and Adams
was the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party without violence.
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| How did Texas become a part of America? | Rebelled against Mexico and became a country of its own after denied the annexation from the US
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| Why was there concern about its annexation? | it would off set the balance of the senate.
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| what were the goals of President James K. Polk? What does Manifest destiny mean? | Polk wanted land expansion.
Protestant White people could use the land better than others could.
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| How did the Mexican war begin? | The Mexican War began by the settlers in the northern territory of present day texas refused to remove slaves, after the rebellion there was a dispute over the border line. Nueces or Rio grande river.
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| What were the outcomes of the Mexican War? | California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico --> Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago.
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| What were the Key elements of the Compromise of 1850? | California became a free state. Utah and New Mexico became popular sovereignty for the south and there were harsher fugitive slave laws.
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| How did popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska lead to tensions? | Kansas and Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
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| Why was the Republican Party created? | To stop the SPREAD of slavery.
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| Why were John Brown's Raid and Abraham Lincoln's election so difficult for the south to deal with? | J.B. raid scared the southerners into thinking that there could possibly soon be a slave rebellion, and Lincoln said "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
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| When and where did the civil war begin/ | Fort Sumter April 1861 and only a horse died.
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| what were the advantages and disadvantages of each side at the beginning of the CW? | south had strong leaders
north had population, industries, and a navy
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| What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the CW? | Maintain the Union
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| When and where were the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville? | FBurg December 1862, Chancellorsville May 1863.
Confederacy won both battles.
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| What were Lee's goals at Gettysburg? | To force the North to call for peace
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| Why is it considered a turning point in the conflict? | Union won the battle and the confederates lost the majority of their leaders..soon leading to their downfall.
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