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11/08/2008

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neolin
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,also known as the deloware prophet, Urged Indians to unite and resist british culture
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pontiac
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war chief of the auttowa village, urged Indians to unite and resist british culture, became leader of movement in 1763
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proclamation line 1763
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negotiation with iroquous. pushed line furthur west and south. royal decree prohibited western settlement beyong applachian mountains
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James Otis, Jr.
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wrote pamphlet called The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, it was the most important colonial pamphlet protesting the sugar act and the proposed stamp act
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Daniel Dunlany
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maryland lawyer, wrote a pamphlet called Considerations on the Propriety of imposing taxes on the British Colonies, most widely read pamphlet in 1765
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Stamp Act resolves
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May 30, 1765 passed by house of burgesses. Virginia stamp act resolutions of 1765-resolutions to get rid of stamp act, and how to do it, rules wud go to king. People said they were declared to their liberties
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Letters from a farmer in pennsylvania
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by lawyer names John Dickinson, wrote about how parliament could regulate colonial trade but could not exercise that power to raise revenue
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Quebec Act
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granted greater religious freedom to catholics in quebec (a formerly french colony that became british)
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committees of obersevation and inspection
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made to inforce continental association. officially charged only with overseeing implementation of the boycott, committees gradually got out of control and extended their authority to far
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continental association
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1774-1775 economic boycott which called for non imporation of british goods, non exportation of american goods to brits and indies, and no consuming brits products
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common sense
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written by Thomas Paine, in 1774 wrote about gaining independence, challenged common american assumptions about government, and relationship to britain, advocated establishment of a republic form of govt with no king or noblity
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Lord Dunmore's War
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new governor in 1774 in virgina, war is large scale confrontation btw virginia milita and shawnee warriors. neither side won but after thousands of settlers flooded across mountains in indian territory
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The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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founded by former slaves, but now free, in Philly and Baltimore. Church sponsered schools, african baptist, african episcopal, and african presbyterian churches, became cultural centers of the free black community
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Judith Sargaent Murray
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published essays from 1780s and 1790s argueing that men and women had same intellectual capacities, and just b/c women did not have education they seemed less smart, boys and girls should be given equal schooling, women should be taught to be independent
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Letters of Federal Farmer
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most widely read antifederalist pamphlet, listed the rights that should be protected: freedom of the press and religion, trial by jury, and guarantees against unreasonable searches.
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Treaty of Greenville
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1795-united states gained right to settle in ohio, but indians had rights to soil. Indians didnt give over land but gave them right to settle
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Citizen Genet
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1793-represenatative of french govt landed in charleston, SC, recruited amer for expeditions against brits and spanish colonies in western hemisphere, freely distributing privateering commisions.
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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federal judiciary established 6 members of supreme court, 13 district courts, 3 circuit courts of appeal, allowed appeals to go from state courts to federal courts when talking about constitional issues
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The Prophet, and Tecumseh
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shawnnee indian, early 1800s, led revolt against american enroachment by fostering a pan-indian federation that stretched from old northwest to south. talked less about spiritual renewal and more about resisting american aggression
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Lewis and Clark
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Jefferson told them to go on expedition in 1803 to investigate the new louisana purchase territory, went from st. louis to oregan
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U.S.S chesapeake
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was a 38-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812. Chesapeake was one of the the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794.
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Erie Canal
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363 miles long, Ny authorized contruction in 1817, canal shortened journey btw buffalo and new york city, contruction of canal inspired many canals to b built
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Battle of New Orleans
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Jan 8th 1815, greatest battle of war or 1812, which was after treaty of ghent, great american victory
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Second Great Awakening
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emotional religious revival-1800-1830s
revivals stressed emotional connection btw individual and god, called on individual to be born again, spread ideat that u.s was close to millenium, wanted everyone to turn into an evangelicanist
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Boston Manufacturing Company
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textile mills, lowell mills, early 1800s,
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Martha Washington Societies
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early 1840s, protected families by reforming alcholics, raising children as teetotalers, and spreading temperance message
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Chalres G. Finney
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lawyer who abandoned law to lead revival movement, in 1820s, thought evil was aviodable and anyone could reach salvation, was presbyterian but changed to methodism
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William Morgan
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published an expose' in 1826 called The illustration of Masonry, By one of the Fraternity who has devoted thirty years to the subject, was later murdered for the publication. was a disillusioned mason
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Antimasonry
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free masonry-secret fraternity that had ben franklin and george washington and a lot of elite ppl, that emphasized indiviual belief and deity and not organized religion or single church.
antimasonry-argues that masonry threatened fam bam b/c it excluded women and neglected fam for alcohol and entertainment at lodges
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Gag rule
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1836-automatically tables abolitionist petitions, effectively preventing debate on them. gave new energy to antislavery movement
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immedialist
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believed that slaveholding was a sin, and fought to end it. and found AASS in 1833
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Angelina and Sarah Grimke
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were attacked for speaking to mixed audiences, because they were lecturing men, went from fighting for slavery to fighting for women's rights, letters on equality of sex's and condition of women in 1838
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