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| the first successful, surviving New England colony |
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| leader of the Jamestown colony, helped save the colonists from starving to death by teaching them how to farm and work |
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successful at cultivating tobacco to help the colonists livelihood
husband of pocahontas |
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began colony of Providence Plantation as a religious refuge, belived in seperation of church and state
advocate for fair dealings with the native americans |
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was very christian but didn't believe with her puritan church or church leaders
eventually tried and convicted and banished from the colonies |
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armed rebellion of VA settlers in 1676 led by nathaniel bacon against the rule of william berkley
first rebellion in American colonies with discontented settlers
caused by refusal to retaliate the native american attacks on their camps |
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led by sir edmund andros, ultimate failure bc the area that it was governing was too large
administrative union of american colonies in the new england region |
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british commander in chief for the 13 colonies at the beginning of the french-indian war
got cut to pieces when he ventured into french territory, ohio and is best remembered for that disasterous battle |
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france and britain were fighting near canada and it ended with britain getting control of most of the french land
pivotal battle in the 7 years war, french-indian war |
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prohibits whites from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
issued by Brit gov't after the French-Indian War was won
land was set aside for Native Americans |
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| first revenue act passed by Parliament |
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any legal document (including cards or dice) had to have the official government stamp on it and the taxes must have been paid
repealed in 1766 because of harsh resistence in colonies |
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| levied taxes on a wide range of goods in the colonies such as tea, paper, paint, glass etc. |
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march 5th 1770
a mob surrounded the british sentry that was stationed in boston and were throwing things, so the soldiers opened fire without orders and killed 5 people in the streets |
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| "intolerable acts" used to descrive a series of laws passed by british parliament that set off the colonies resistence |
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created to coordinate the military efforts of the 13 colonies during the rebellion, a militia for the colonies
G.W. was the commander in chief |
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the first battles of the revolutionary war; april 19th 1775
british soldiers were given secret orders to destroy military supplies of the colonies militia
patriots were expecting this, had already moved equipment and were waiting to ambush |
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| first president of the united states, set the precedent for all presidents, john adams as vp |
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Brits planned to seal off New England, but failed because Gen. Howe didn't follow orders and Gen. Burgoyne had to surrender his entire army
major turning point of the Revolutionary War for Americans |
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captain in the best army in the world at the time, Prussia
came to America and offered his training services to George Washington and his army
army came out of the winter bunker a much better army than they entered |
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| Battle of King's Mountain |
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the largest all American war (loyalists vs patriots), no British troops
loyalists gather on top of King's Mountain and the patriots surround them and the loyalist force was destroyed |
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mostly took place in a cattle pen, took place january 1781
G.W. sent his best commander, Greene, down to help in the South because that's where the Brits have focused their efforts
Greene's plan is a strategic retreat to lure Cornwallis into the heart of North Carolina before any real battles were fought
Killed as many enemy soldiers as possible then retreated |
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| major general of the Continental Army |
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| Battle of Gulliford Courthouse |
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march 1781,Benedict Arnold helped the Brits in this battle
pivotal victory for Americans |
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| the last major battle of the Revolutionary War |
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better known as Molly Pitcher
one of the women who went with her husband when he signed up for the continental army
in 1778 at the battle of monmouth new jersey, husband was wounded and so she took up his place at the gun and continued the fighting |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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introduced in 1777 but wasn't official until 1781
all it did was to create a very loose confederation that each of the 13 colonies were now states and had independence gov't
"the best gov't is the gov't that governs the least"
frustrated washington, goes back to the treaty of paris of 1783
orderly settlement of the territory west of the mountain |
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| takes place in 1783, war is still officially on but not much fighting has taken place |
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first secretary of treasury, wanted to make rich men interested in the success of US
hamiltonian is loose interpretation of the consitution
led the federalists with john adams |
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father of the constitution
strict interpretation of the constitution (strict mainly means giving more rights to the state instead of the national gov't)
also anti-bank
served 2 terms as president, from virginia |
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first secretary of state, hamilton's rival
anti bank with james madison
the jeffersonian republicans, started out as the anti-federalist party |
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tax protest beginning in 1791 because of whiskey tax, during Washington's presidency
showed that new gov't had the power to crush rebellions
repealed after thomas jefferson & his republicans came to office |
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| political and diplomatic affair with france where talleyrand wanted bribes and loans of money before beginning negotiation to end the quasi-war with the US. americans were offended and they left, gerry stayed back and finished up negotiations |
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four bills passed by federalists in 1798, signed by John Adams, passed under wartime with the french
aimed at nonus citizens, extremely strict laws on immigration |
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| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions |
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the fight against the alien and sedition acts were up to the states
james madison - virignia
thomas jefferson - kentucky
stating that states could nullify unconstitutional acts within their own states |
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federalist, chief justice of us supreme court in 1901
greatest, most influential
longest justice term, had precedent setting rulings
made judicial branch equal/more powerful |
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john adams made a lot of federal appointments at the end of his term to assure his hold in the office after thomas jefferson took over, and jefferson refused to acknowledge his appointments
judicial review |
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maryland decides to tax baltimore us bank because they didn't like the idea of a federal bank, court ruled it was unconstitutional for states to tax federal institutions
did a favor for implied powers, more loose construction of the constitution |
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| jefferson sent negotiators to france to see if napolean wanted to sell new orleans, but met with talleyrand(same man from xyz affair). Talleyrand offers the entire louisiana purchase, $0.05 an acre (the whole american midwest, rocky mountains and mississippi river) |
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final major war battle of the war of 1812
jan. 8th 1815
greatest american land victory in war, andrew jackson led american troops to take over new orleans from the british
treaty of ghent had already been signed but word hadn't reached back yet |
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| december 24 1814 peace treaty that ended the war of 1812 bw US and britain |
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