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| economic policy of Europe in the 1500s through 1700s. The government exercised control over industry and trade with the idea that national strength and economic security comes from exporting more than is imported. Possession of colonies provided countries both with sources of raw materials and markets for their manufactured goods. Great Britain exported goods and forced the colonies to buy them. |
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| Maryland Act of Toleration |
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| Act that guaranteed religious freedom to all Chrisitians |
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| Mohawk, Oneidas, Senecca, Onondaga, Cayuga |
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| received land grant from King Charles II and formed Pennsylvania, which became a haven for Quakers |
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| founder of Georgia colony |
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| Nathaniel Bacon and other settlers were angry at Berkeley for having friendly relations with the Indians. When Berkeley did not attack the Indians, Bacon led a rebellion. They drove off Berkeley and set the capital on fire. Planters search for another labor source. |
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| banned settlement in the land past the Appalachian Mountains. It was created to solve problems with Indians and prevent conflicts like Pontiac's uprising. Americans were angered by this and deliberately plugged trails leading to the West |
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| This act disregarded freedom of speech and freedom of the press. It declared that anyone who opposed the government policies would be fined and imprisoned. |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| Coordinated by Samuel Adams, the first of these was held in Boston in 1772. They tried to spread the idea of resistance through communication by means of letters and the idea to oppose British rule. They gradually became American congresses. |
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| These acts placed rules on town meetings and were obviously intended for Massachusetts. The Quebec Act warned land speculators. |
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| This treaty ends the French and Indian War. The British won the land west of the Mississippi River, and, needing to pay for the war, started to tax colonists. This is the clash that starts the American Revolution |
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| this case set a precedent for the idea of judicial review and raised Supreme Court to a position of equality with the president and court |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
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| This treaty ended the Mexican War and gave the U.S. control of the Mexican Cession. It revived the slavery issue that played an important role in the Civil War. |
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| After Hayes won the election of 1876 he agreed to withdrawal of the last remaining Union troops from the former Confederacy This was the official end of Reconstruction, and northern supervision of the South left new Freedmen at the mercy of the Southerners. |
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| This was based on Wilson's Fourteen Points, calling for a League of Nations, which was the sticking point that prevented the Senate from ratifying the treaty. |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| Supreme Court case that reversed the court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, ruling that "separate but equal" facilities were inherently unequal. |
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| Supreme Court case that basically legalized segregation. "Separate but equal" facilities were equal under the "equal protection" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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| The passage of this historic law outlawed segregation in public facilities and public accommodations and banned discriminatory practices in hiring, voting, and education |
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| This agreement brought an end to the Vietnam War and forced America to realize that they were not invincible. Congress took steps to limit presidential options in the War Powers Act in an effort to not be drawn into another war. |
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| This act forbid rebates and pools and required railroads to publish their rates openly. It also prohibited unfair discrimination against shippers and outlawed charging more for a short haul. It tended to stabilize the existing business system. |
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| Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 |
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| this act forbade combinations in restraint of trade, without showing the difference between "good" trusts and "bad" trusts. It was ineffective because it contained many loopholes, but was used to curb labor unions. |
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| This was created to appease the South. It declared that slavery was not allowed north of the 36 30` line extended to the Pacific and left the decision of slavery in territories south of the line up to the people. Slavery already existing south of the line would remain. Lincoln opposed this. |
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| Through this, California is admitted to the Union as a free state, New Mexico and Utah were open for slavery because of popular sovereignty. Texas was to be paid $10 million. It included the Fugitive Slave Law which aroused much opposition in the North. |
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| Stephen Douglas. This stated that the territory of Nebraska would be divided into two territories: Nebraska and Kansas. The status of slavery would be decided through popular sovereignty. This plan contradicted the Compromise of 1820 which banned slavery in the Nebraska territory. It added to conflict leading up to the Civil War. |
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| This amendment stated that slavery should never exist in any of the territory to be seized from Mexico. It symbolized the intense issue of slavery in the territories. |
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| This was a religious revival that was a back-lash from the liberal view of religion. It encouraged evangelicalism which led to change in prisons, the temperance cause, the women's movement, and the fight to abolish slavery. |
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| This law prohibited the export of goods from the U.S.. It sparked illegal trade. |
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| This replaced the Embargo Act but reopened trade with outside nations except for Britain and France. |
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| Through this, Congress admitted Missouri as a slave state and made Maine a separate state from Massachusetts. Slavery was forbidden in the remnant of the Louisiana Purchase north of Missouri's southern border. |
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| This group demanded inflation through free and unlimited coinage of silver; increased income tax; government ownership of utilities; direct election of Senators; shorter workday; and immigration restriction. |
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| Jackson. This system rewarded political supporters with a position in public office. Illiterate and incompetent men received spots in office. The system became an important piece of the beginning of the two-party system. |
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| this was like an early welfare agency. It provided food, clothing, medical care, and education to freedmen and white refugees. It threatened white racial dominance. |
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