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| What was the name of the hereditary order of Continental Army officers? |
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| Society of the Cincinnati |
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| Where was the fiercest debate of church/state? Until what happened? |
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| -VA....VA Statute for Religious Freedom helped by Jefferson |
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| Who was the first antislavery society? |
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| In what state's constitution were women given a right to vote? |
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| By the 1800s, what field of work was generally unknown? |
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| servitude (indentured servants) |
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| What were the effects of Loyalists leaving? |
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-new elites emerged
-new egalitarian ideas emerged |
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| How many loyalists fleed after the war? |
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| V/F: most states reduced land-owning requirements for voting |
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| after the rev, employers were known as WHAT, not WHAT, and ordinary people were known as WHAT? |
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| What extraordinary act concerning servitude happened in THIS colony in 1784? |
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| NY released a shipload of indentured servants |
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| What fueled social democracy after the war? |
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| trade organizations for artisans and laborers |
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| What happened to primogeniture in several states? |
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| What happened to churches after the revolution? |
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| de-Anglicanized, made Episcopal |
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| V/F: No states south of Maryland outlawed slavery |
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| V/F: some women disguised as men in the rev. army |
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| What is the republican idea that democracy can only function when people give up their selfish deeds for the common good? |
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| Define: republican motherhood |
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stated that...
-mothers are keepers of nation's conscience
-spawned better education for women so that they could better instill the republic's virtues in their families |
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| What two states merely retouched on their constitutions? |
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| What did MA do to ratify their constitution? |
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| Held a convention to draft it, and said that was the only way to ever change it...and the people ratified it |
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| What did MA do to ratify their constitution? |
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| Held a convention to draft it, and said that was the only way to ever change it...and the people ratified it |
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| What were some common traits among state constitutions? (6) |
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-defined powers of gov't
-draw authority from people
-constitutions superior to all other laws
-Included bills of rights
-required annual elections of legislators (meant they had to keep in touch with the people)
-weak executive and judicial branches |
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| What was Jefferson's warning to the US government? |
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concerning strong legislative branches:
"173 despots are just as bad as one" |
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| What effect did recent enfranchisement of poorer, western districts have on legislation? |
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| more democratically thinking people |
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| Huge NY landowner whose land was cut into 250 parcels |
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| What proceeded political democracy in America? |
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| What happened to manufacturing from the revolution? |
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| -helped by nonimportation agreements, war itself |
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| what was a very busy manufacturing town in the states? |
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| While trade was cut off with the W Indies, what made up for it? |
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-trade with everyone else
-Empress of China brought gigantic market |
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| What were some challenges of forming a new union? (4) |
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-made a new TYPE of gov't
-poor unity
-men who preached natural rights were suspicious authority
-patriots lost a common cause after the war |
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| Why was there economic competition in the colonies after the war? |
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| -British started selling stuff for very cheap with their surpluses |
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| What advantages did the Americans have when trying to create a new union? |
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-similar gov't structure
-similar constitutions
-rich political inheritance
-Great leaders |
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| What did congress control during the revolution? |
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-military affairs
-foreign policy |
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| What were the states in charge of (instead of congress)? (3) |
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| Define: articles of confederation |
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-drafted in 1776
-showed France that the Americans had a true government in the making
-Not fully ratified until 8 mo. before Yorktown
-MY was the last to ratify it |
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| Explain the economic conflicts between tiny and larger states |
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-the small states had no land beyond the Alleghenies, and that the large states wouldn't have had their land if not for their fighting
...land-rich could sell off land to repay debt
-congress promised to dispose of vast areas for "common benefit" |
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| V/F: By ratifying the articles of confederation, states were promised to be colonies, not states |
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| other way around (falsum) |
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| What is the Northwest Ordinance? |
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-1787
-states go through two territorial stages
-area is subordinate to federal gov't
-area must have at least 60,000 inhabitants to be considered for statehood
-afterwards, states granted permanant equality with other states
-made land called "northwest territory" public domain, not expanded states
-absolved slavery |
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| Under the AOC, how many votes did each state get, and how many were needed to pass a bill? |
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| Amendments had to be BLAH in vote, slowing down the process greatly |
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| V/F: Congress had the ability to collect taxes from people |
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| What happened to Congress in 1783 regarding their safety? |
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-PA soldiers threatened congress for their salaries
-congress had to flee to Princeton |
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| Acreage of the WHAT was sold off to pay the national debt? |
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| Why did London say it refused to send a minister to America? |
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| British man who said that the British would win back American trade, and needn't worry about commercial treaties/repealing the navigation laws |
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| How did the British keep a barrier for attacks on Canada? |
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| kept their NA relationships alive |
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| Why couldn't congress negotiate with the British? |
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| couldn't control commerce |
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| V/F: some states intentionally had lower tariffs than others |
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What is the name of the disputed fort between the US and Spain?
What else did Spain block the US from? |
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| Why did the French close the West Indies to the Americans? |
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| we hadn't repaid debts yet |
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| Who was the Dey of Algiers? |
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| North African private who enslaved Yankee sailors since they were no longer protected by the British |
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| What was Shay's Rebellion? |
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-1786:
-Farmers/debtors/revolutionary war veterans demanded paper money, lighter taxes, and suspended property takeovers
-wealthy paid MA authorities to send an army against them
-citizens saw democratic depotism |
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| Why was there a call for a stronger central gov't? |
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| civic virtue was disappearing |
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| Who wanted a House of Reps plan at the Const. Convention? Senate plan? |
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| What happened on May 25, 1787? |
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| Who was the "Sword of the revolution"? |
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| What was "The Great Compromise" |
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| House of reps (votes fist on bills), senate |
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| Who can wage/declare war? |
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| what was one motive behind making a president? |
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| inspired by governor of whom stopped Shay's rebellion |
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| In terms of counting population, how much do slaves count, if at all? |
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| Who were two main pro-slavery states? |
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| What fraction of adult white male landowners voted in elections/ |
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| propaganda newspaper articles published by prominent federalists |
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| What were the four states totally opposed to the Constitution? |
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| What state's ratification of the constitution made it law in nine states? |
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| Which way did the Boston Constitutional Convention sway? |
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| What were some prominent antifeds? |
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| -samuel adams, richard henry lee, and patrick henry |
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| according to the constitution, what was the only branch of government that used direct voting of the people? |
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| What was the name for the total anarchy of democracy? |
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| manhood-suffrage democracy |
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