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2) Puritan who believed that the purity of the church required a complete separation between church and state and freedom from coercion in matters of faith. In 1636, he established the town of Providence, the first permanent settlement in Rhode Island and the first to allow religious freedom in America
4) Created the Northwest Territory(area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania) established conditions for self-government and statehood, included the Bill of Rights and permanently prohibited slavery
5) Violent protest by western Pennsylvania farmers against the federal excises tax on corn whiskey
7) 1786, all 13 colonies were invited to a convention in Annapolis to discuss commercial problems, but only representatives from 5 states attended. However, the convention was not a complete failure because the delegates decided to have another convention in order to write the constitution
9) persuaded the queen to renew Gilberts colonizing mission in his own name. History of English efforts to colonize America begins with Sir Humphrey Gilbert and half-brother Raleigh
11) Set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office
12) Publisher, inventor, and statesman. Contributed to writing the Dec of Indp. Served as minister of France during Revolutionary War and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention
14) Agreement among 13 states that established the USA as a confederation of sovereign states-served as the 1st constitution
19) VP of Thomas Jefferson, he ost favor with Jefferson’s supporters who were Republicans. He sought to work with the Federalists and run as their candidate for the governor of New York. Killed Hamilton in a duel battle
20) “Conqueror” Corte’s soldiers. Received no pay; they were military entrepreneurs willing to risk their lives for a share in the expected plunder and slaves
21) Between Northern and Southern states where 3/5 of the slaves would be counted for representation purposes regarding distribution of taxes and appointment of members of US house of Representatives
22) a nationalistic program that assumed that the total amount of the worlds gold and silver remained essentially fixed with only a nation’s share of that wealth subject to change.
23) Press gangs kidnap men in British ports as a method of recruitment used by British navy
24) Articulate, strong willed and intelligent wife of a prominent Boston Merchant who espoused her belief in direct divine revelation. She quarreled with Puritan leaders over her beliefs and the banished her from the colony
28) Plantation owner, author, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, ambassador to France, leader of the Republican party secretary of state, and the 3rd president of the US. Purchased the Lousisana territory from France, withheld appointments made by President Adams leading to Marybury v Madison, outlawed foreign slave trade, and was committed to a “wise and Frugal” government.
29) Treaty with Spain negotiated by Thomas Pinckney in 1795; established United States boundaries at the Mississippi River and the 31st parallel and allowed open transportation on the Mississippi.
31) Dec 6, 1773-16 men disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded 3 ships and threw 342 chests of East India Company tea overboard
42) Government would allow the grossly mismanaged company to send its south Asian tea directly to America without paying any duties
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1) The delegations to the Constitutional Convention were divided between 2 plans on how to structure the government; NewJersey wanted one legislative body with equal representation from each state.
3) adopted by the Connecticut colony council on 1-14-1639. Considered by some as the 1st written constitution in the western tradition-thus earned Connecticut its nickname the Constitutional State
6) - means by which exports to one country or colony provided the means for imports from another country or colony. Merchants from colonial New England shipped rum to West Africa and used it to barter for slaves who were then taken to the West Indies. The salves were sold or traded for materials that the ships brought back to New England including molasses which in needed to make rum
8) A talk on a religious or moral subject, esp. one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible
10) Church of England-integrating Calvinism w/ English Catholicism. Church and State were united and mutually supportive. Government required citizens to attend religious services and to pay taxes to support the church.
13) Convention of delegates called together from the 13 colonies that became the governing body of the US during the American Revolution. Issued Declaration of Independence and Constitution and proclaimed the name United States Of America
15) 1st assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America. Established by the Va Company. !st meeting was held in Jamestown on July 30, 1619.
16) form in London in 1711. Anxious investors wait for news about the South Sea Company – a joint stock company formed. A form of partnership in which each member, or stock holder, is financially responsible for the acts of the company
17) born to Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII ascended the throne in 1558-at 25. 45 years proved to be most remarkable female ruler in history. Reigned 1558-1603
18) 85 essays appeared in the New York press in 1787-1788 in support of the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay but published under the pseudonym “Publius”
25) The delegations to the Constitutional Convention were divided between two plans on how to structure the government; Virginia called for a strong central government and a 2 house legislature apportioned by population
26) a series of religious expeditionary wars blessed by Pope Urban II and the Catholic Church, with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in Jerusalem
27) 1st governing document of Plymoth colony. Written by Separtists-“Saints” fleeing from religious prosecution from James VI and I. Signed Nov 11, 1620 by 41 of 101 ship passengers
30) Statements of rights and grievances and invited other to do the same. Such committees spread across the colonies, mobilizing public opinion and keeping colonial resentments at a simmer.
32) Contributor to the Federalist and leader of the Federalists. The 1st secretary of the Treasury, laid foundation for American capitalism through his creation of a federal budget, funded debt, federal tax system, national bank, customs service, and coast guard. Died in duel against Aaron Burr.
33) Opponents who favored a more decentralized federal system
34) Known as the 7 years war, the last of four colonial war fought between England and France for control of North America east of the Mississippi River
35) King of Great Britain and Ireland-eliminated the Whig Influence and established own advisors-“friends” Early in his reign Great Britain defeated France in the 7 years was becoming the dominant power in North America and India
36) rare powers of leadership and self-promotion. Va company appointed him a member of the council to manage the new colony in America. Forced all labor declaring ”he that will not work shall not eat.”
37) Thomas Jefferson’s purchase from France of the important port of New Orleans and 828,000 sq miles west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, it more than doubled the territory of the US at a cost of only $15 million
38) US naval vessel-when refused to be searched the Leopard opened fire. Jefferson than refused to allow American ships to leave to foreign ports.
39) German American printer, publisher, editor and journalist in New York City. He was a defendant in a landmark legal case in American jurisprudence that determined that truth was a defense against charges of libel and “laid the foundation for American press freedom”
40) Late 18th century liberal offshoot of the New England Congregationalist church;professed the oneness of God and the goodness of tational man
41) Meeting of New England Federalists on Dec 15, 1814 to protest the War of 1812; proposed 7 constitutional amendments (limiting embargoes and changing requirements for officeholding, declaration of war, and admission of new states) but they war ended before Congress could respond
43) Congressional members from the southern and western districts who clamored for a war to seize Canada and Florida wer dubbed “war hawks”
44) settler who signed on for a temporary period services to a master in exchange for passage to the New World; Virginia and Pennsylvania were largely peopled in the seventeeth and eighteenth centuries by English indentured servants
45) Following the repeal of the Stamp Act, Parliament passed this act which asserted Parliaments full power to make laws binding the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”
46) Four measures passed during the undeclared war with France that limited the freedoms of speech and press and restricted the liberty of noncitizens
47) Passed by the English Parliament to control colonial trade and bolster the mercantile system; enforcement of the acts led to growing resentment by the colonists.
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