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American History Midterm 1
Foner Chapters 5, 6, 7 terms
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History
Undergraduate 1
03/01/2012

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Benjamin Franklin
Definition
Duh
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George Washington
Definition
duh
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Thomas Paine
Definition
englishman, wrote common sense
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
duh
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Lord Dunmore
Definition
british governor of VA, enacted proclamation to free slaves if they joined the british, gunpowder incident
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Patrick Henry
Definition
virginian orator, give me liberty or give me death
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Marquis de lafayette
Definition
french general who served under washington in the revolutionary war
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Adam Smith
Definition
wrote the wealth of nations, political economy
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Gouverneur Morris
Definition
author of the constitutions preamble
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deborah sampson
Definition
impersonated a man to fight in war for massachusetts, known as robert shutlieff
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John Sullivan
Definition
United States general in the Revolutionary War, a delegate in the Continental Congress and a United States federal judge.
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Joseph Brant
Definition
mohwak leader who fought for the british in new york
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Benjamin Rush
Definition
founding father from pennsylvania, signed declaration, surgeon general in continental army
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James Otis
Definition
His catchphrase "Taxation without Representation is Tyranny" became the basic Patriot position.[1], white abolitionist 
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Phillis Wheatley
Definition
first african-american female poet
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Daniel Shays
Definition
led a rebellion in massachusetts in response to the articles of confederation, sold sword
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James Madison
Definition
helped write federalist papers, father of the constitution and big proponent of bill of rights
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John Adams
Definition
founding father from boston, nominated washington as president
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Little Turtle
Definition
 a chief of the Miami people, and one of the most famous Native American military leaders of his time. He led his followers in several major victories against United States forces in the 1790s during the Northwest Indian Wars, also called Little Turtle's War.
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Anthony Wayne
Definition
won victory at Stony point, american general, known as mad anthony
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British Constitution
Definition
Guess!
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Stamp Act(1765)
Definition
created tax on stamps that were required to be bought with every paper purchase, incensed colonists
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daughters of liberty
Definition
were a successful Colonial American group, established somewhere from 1769-1770, that consisted of women who displayed their loyalness by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts. , made homemade clothes
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Townshend Acts(1767)
Definition
the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act, resulted in the Boston Massacre
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Liberty Riots(1768)
Definition
sons of liberty, 
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Tea Act(1773)
Definition
reduced the price of tea from importers, ruined colonial economy, 
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Boston tea Party(1773)
Definition
bostonians dressed up as indians and threw more than 300 chests of tea in harbor, valued at 10,000(4million)
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Intolerable Acts(1774)
Definition
four issued in direct response to tea party, fifth(quebec) issued religious preferement for catholics and expanded borders of quebec
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Continental Congress
Definition
convened twice, to decide what to do with british first and second to draft declaration of independence
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Battles of Lexington and Concord(1775)
Definition
first battles of revolution
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declaration of independence
Definition
duh, written on 2nd, ratified on 4th
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Battle of Saratoga(1777)
Definition
conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in theAmerican War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. fought south of new york
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Battle of Yorktown
Definition

french blockaded british cornwallis at fort, cornwallis surrendered, last battle of revolution

 

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1783 Treaty of Paris
Definition
franklin, jay, john adams won independence and huge tracks of land, fishing rights to new englanders
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free labor
Definition
slavery?
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Separation of Church and State
Definition
jefferson's idea in Virginia declaration thingy, expresed in notes on the state of virginia
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loyalists
Definition
people loyal to britain, the crown
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stockbridge indians
Definition
allowed protestant christian mercenaries to live amongst them(last of the mohicans) massachusetts
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iroquis
Definition
league, 5 tribes, all of which fought for different sides
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cherokee
Definition
supported british, southeastern woodlands
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choctaw
Definition
supported colonists, southeast us
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Creek
Definition
georgia, mississippi, muskogee, battle of brandywine
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freedom petitions
Definition
slaves petitioned for freedom for fighting in war
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northern abolitions of slavery
Definition
all above mason dixon had abolished by 1804
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republican motherhood
Definition
woman were responsible for teaching children ideas of liberty and government (abigail adams)
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Articles of Confederation(1777)
Definition
first attempt at government, prompted shays rebellion
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shays rebellion
Definition
excuse for america to rewrite articles of confederation into the Constitution
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Northwest Ordinance(1787)
Definition
created northwest territory
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constitutional convention
Definition

May to September 17, 1787/55 delegates)

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federalism
Definition
pro-constitutional movement to ratify document
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three-fifths compromise
Definition
slaves counted as 3/5 of a person in census
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electoral college
Definition
system devised by founding fathers to prevent the stupidity of the public from voting poorly
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The federalist
Definition
compilation of federalist papers by hamilton, madison, and john jay that espoused the benefits of the constitution. only published in new york
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anti-federalists
Definition
opposed big, invasive government that would interfere with states, incorporated some ideas in bill of rights and subsequent politics
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Naturalization Act of 1790
Definition
law to give citizenship, This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were "free white persons" of "good moral character". It thus left out indentured servantsslaves, free blacks, and later Asians
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The Bill of Rights
Definition
duh
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first federal Fugitive Slave Law(1793)
Definition
guaranteed the right of a slaveholder to retrieve an escaped slave
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Battle of Fallen Timbers(1794)
Definition
final battle for control of northwest territory
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Treaty of Greenville(1795)
Definition
peace in northwest territory, led by mad anthony wayne
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Notes on the State of Virginia
Definition

philosophical writings by jefferson

separation of church and state, individual liberty, constitutional government, checks and balances

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Total Population of the United States in 1790
Definition
3.9 Million
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Slave Population in 1790
Definition

698,000(18% of total population)

657,000 in south

Virginia had largest population, 293,000

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Free Black Population
Definition

59,000(8.5% of total african-american population)

(91.5% of blacks in america were enslaved)

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