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Created a grid, making large townships.
Townships divided into 1 mile sections.
Township= 640 acres, $1.25/acre |
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1787
States North and West of the Ohio
No more than 5, no less than 3
Residents are guarenteed rights of liberty and property
No tolls or duties on waterways
Congress appoints gov. -> appoints judges
Once 60,000+ inhabitants, admission as a state
STATES FORMED SHALL FOREVER REMAIN PART OF U.S. (fear of succession) |
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Miami Indian
Leader of Indian forces against American Army
Removed from leadership because tried to strike a deal with Americans |
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Greatest Indian victory in U.S.
Led by Little Turtle |
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General of very strong American Legion
Sets up forts all over the place (Ft. Wayne)
Invades Miami, OH -> Indians surrender |
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Final battle of the Northwest Indian war
Leads to the signing of the Treaty of Greenville |
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Put an end to the N.W. Indian war
Indians knew they were outnumbered and could no longer drive the white men out so had to sign treaty. |
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Led American forces against American Indians at Battle of Tippecanoe
General in war of 1812
Led the battle of Thames |
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Shawnee hard-headed leader.
Worked to make allies with other Indians in the south
Shawnee prophet is brother. |
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Had visions-
taught that all should have
1.) respect for elders
2.) take care of widows/elders
3.) reject whiskey (white man's poison)
4.) moral reform (1 wife, no mixed blood children)
5.) oppose private property
6.) reject white man's weapons and food
7.) stop witches
Created Prophetstown, IN... a place for ALL Indians to come together |
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1811, Shawnees sorely defeated by American army
Harrison burns Prophetstown |
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aka. Creek Indians, inspired to fight by Techumsea
lost in the Battle at Horseshoe Bend |
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Commander in American Army
War of 1812:
Defeats Red Sticks at Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Wins Battle of New Orleans (1815)
Battle of N.O. makes him a NATIONAL HERO
Becomes pres. and orders Removal Act |
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| Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians (Red Sticks) who were encouraged to fight by Techumsea |
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American victory in 1812
Forces led by William Henry Harrison, leads to the re-establishment of N.W. frontier for the remainder of the war |
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| why was the War of 1812 faught? |
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Americans were pissed that the British had:
1.) Captured and forced 6,000+ Americans to work and serve in the British Navy
2.) Were not trading neutrally
3.) Had allied with Indians in the protection of reservations (Americans were trying to settle there because of westward expansion).
4.) Denied Americans complete control of Western Lands, as they had wanted |
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| Fought primarily between Americans and British soldiers, turns into a war of independence for Canada |
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Indian resistance in the west was broken which made westward expansion very easy.
American's could not expand North, and Indian forces were week, where to go? WEST |
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Implemented by Jackson after becoming president
Stated: Indians are invited to give up minimal lands (in Georgia, e.g.) for millions of acres out west. The gov. would give supplies and pay for all expenses.
if the Indians were not willing to move, they would be able to stay if they became American citizens and renounced their tribal status. |
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| The supreme court justice that allowed the Cherokees to win in the Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia |
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Georgia didn't want Indians in the state after they had started to establish their own independent government that included schools, language, books, etc.
Cherokee appealed to supreme court and won, because of John Marshall |
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The forced relocation of Native Americans to Western U.S.
Implemented by VanBuren, but resulted from Jackson's removal act. |
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| The second great awakening was based on: |
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Revivals, christian teachings to solve social problems, emotionalism: reach coverts through emotion, not reason.
Camp revivals united people in Rural America |
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| Rockstar of the 2nd great awakening, leader |
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Shaker leader from Eng.
Organizes communial villages in 20s-30s
Believes in celibacy and sexual equality
6,000 by 1840 |
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| protestant religious group from England |
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1820- had visions of Christ and the angel Monti
Founded the church of Later Day Saints, founder of Mormans |
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said the gospel was incomplete, didnt include what happened after Jesus came to America
Forced and killed out until finally settling in Utah |
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leader in Church of Later Day Saints, becomes pres. of it
first governor of Utah |
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Said second coming would be in 1844
(Comet week before, secured followers...)
Nothing, rainy day.
predicted a new day. |
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religious hysteria
desire to be personally engaged w/religion
(turns into the Seventh Day Adventists, Jehova's Witnesses) |
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| in 1848 creates the Oneid Community |
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based off of communal life:
complex marriage, men and women are equal,
male incontinence:
- no climax during sex, must practice on postmenopausal women
numerous sexual relationships, children = communities children, community lifestyle community completely |
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| Results of the second great awakening (6) |
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| Temperance, women's rights, abolition, est. of asylums ( beginning of social safety net in America), public edu., utopian communities. |
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| Manifest Destiny (6) out west |
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1.) Land hunger: land = wealth for future generations
2.) Mission: still had a belief that Amer. had a special mission, had rights to the land... taking the lands for GODLY purposes
3.) Trade: before it was hard to trade with china, this would make it easier.
4.) Racism: Americans believed they were superior to Indians and other races, they could take the land from these people i they wanted to.
5.) Fear of Euro Rivals: (stems the monroe doctrine)
6.) Romanticism: focused on the urnings and aspirations, the belief that impossible things could be achieved. |
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Military Conflict between U.S. and Mexico from 1846-1848 in wake of U.S. annexation of Texas
ends in Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo |
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1823 - Stemmed from fear of European rivals in America
1.) Europe would no longer be able to establish colonies in either North or South America
2.) U.S. will no longer participate in European Affairs
3.) Any European colonization will be regarded as a threat to U.S. security |
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| Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo |
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| Mexico cedes 525 million square miles of its Northern Territories for $15 million, U.S. also pays $3 million in U.S. debts |
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