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American Pageant Chp 1-10 Rev.
Chapters 1-10 of American Pageant 13th Edition, Main Points
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11th Grade
12/10/2009

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Jamestown
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First Settlement in early America by English.
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Appeal of Jamestown
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Rights of Englishmen, promise of monetary materials such as gold, and religious freedoms for prosecuted
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Virginia
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Started Tobacco and anglican plants, Run by House of Bourgesses, rule by rich minority
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Protestant Reformation in Early North Colonies
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Martin Luther Protestant reformer, settlers Calvinists (oops).
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First Pilgrims
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Fled England for Holland (Religion), start of social contract system.
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Colonial Starters
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Rhode Island (Baptist), Connecticut (Conservative), Maine (Fisherman), New Hampshire, New York (Dutch), Pennsylvania (Quaker Will. Penn), New Jersey-Delaware
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Chesapeake Region
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Regard as "South", it had horrible life expectancy (10 years less England), growth result of immigrants looking for a quick buck, and indentured servants working for land they usually never got. Mostly unmarried males.
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Class Warfare
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Bacon's Rebellion, indentured servants angry being jipped out of owed land.
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Slavery in early Chesapeake
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Slaves were not Servants, widened social gap, were bottom of rung
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New England Region
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Great life expectancy (10 more than England) strong family bonds due to strong religion and lack of land creating tight knit communities, woman treated subserviantly. Had strong education (Harvard 1636).
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Disruptions
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Salem Witch Trials (Class warfare and religious anxiety), Halfway Covenant crushed religious zeal (why work hard).
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New England Business
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Consisted of Fishing as well as independant business.
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Chesapeake Business
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Consisted solely of Agriculture since cheap farmable land is abundant.
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Great Awakening
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Grand Religious revival, beliefs of predestination rampant 90% male, 40% female.
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Enlightenment
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Belief in Logic, New England High Education, Chesapeake low
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7 Years War
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Started by Washington firing on base, Ben Franklin disapproved (Albany Plan of Union). Treaty of Paris, England gets more land for Colonies.
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Revolutionary War Causes
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Multiple taxes made people mad (never taxed before). England wanted to keep America for the raw materials supplied, then industrial England would manufacture and sell goods. Mercantilism.
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Acts Sparking the War
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Navigation Act (restricting foreign trade), Stamp Act (revenue to support military, Sugar Act (similar to Stamp), Quartering Act (military in civilians homes), Townshed Acts (increase royal salaries).
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Starting of the Constitution
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Congress met in Philedelphia, many rebellions and mob violence ensued, Samual Adams defended colonial rights.
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Constitutions after Revolution
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10 of 13 colonies had them in 1777, had Bill of Rights to protect individuals Executive and judicial branches very weak due to mistrust in big government.
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Problems of New Gov't
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Shaky start, British floods market to undercut American prices. Colonies look out for themselves.
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Articles of Confederation
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Loose union of sovereign states, weak central government, each state with one vote, VERY rigid rules, no changing easily. Our Government for a while.
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Land Ordinance, Northwest Ordinance
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Land Ordinance used to sell NW acreage to pay off debt, set aside 1/16 for education. Northwest ordinance set procedure for new states to join.
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Constitutional Convential
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All states but Rhode Island, stronger central government, electoral college, popular sovereignty.
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Bill of Rights
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Rejected by many, eventually al 10 amendments accepted.
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George Washington Elected
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By electoral college
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Hamilton and Jefferson
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Hamilton set precedent for elastic clause, constitution not always right. Jefferson believed what was not permitted was forbidden.
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Britain and France War
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Jays Treaty humiliated United States, GB wouldnt leave. America started neutrality between foreign nations.
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Two Parties Emerge
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Federalists, Democratic Republicans
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The Election of 1800
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Aliens and Sedition acts discredit Feds, Feds start Slander TJ. Jefferson fixes Naturalization laws after elected, Adams appoint midnight judges to cheese DR's.
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Louisiana Purchase
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Greatest deal in American History land wise.
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