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| new slavery differed form prior age of discovery how? |
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| slavery was on a much bigger scale; work was difficult and labor intensive. |
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| push and pull compelled many european settlers to migrate to america? |
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push- overpopulation
pull- land promised and religious freedom |
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| how were new and old world affected by the columbian exchange |
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| ppl, animals, plants, and ideas were traded through europe, africa and america |
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| strategies used by colonists to preotest britains post war colonial policies prior to 1775 |
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| boycot british goods; refuse taxes; protests |
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| how did george iii serve to destabilize politics in britain and strain colonial relations |
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| he constantly replaces ministers and leaders without a cause |
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| ben franklins idea to unite colonies during f and i war |
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| british response to no taxation without representation |
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| first direct tax on the colonists; raised money to pay debt |
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| why were acadians expelled from nova scotia during f and i war |
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| believed to be disloyal and were sent to louisiana |
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| causes and conseq of f and i war |
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| france lost territory; britain gets territory but then goes into debt and later raises taxes |
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| 1619 african slavery was introduced to the southern colonies and caribbean why |
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| the work was labor intensive; disease wiped out the natives |
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| early european contact devastated nativs populations by introducing what |
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| agree to work 7 years to pay for passage into america then set free |
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| main economic activities of new england, mid atlantic, and southern colonies were what |
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ne- farming, fishing
ma- trade, shipbuilding
south- plantations |
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| renewed spiritual emphasis; motivated by belief that america was immoral |
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| replaced system of indentured servitude |
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| primary purpose of the sugar, stamp, tea act |
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| britain firing on citizens |
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| led to shot heard round the world |
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| british troops looking for weapons |
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| purpose of declaration of independence |
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| common sense urged americans to do what |
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| colonists felt british tax laws were unfair cuz why |
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| only hurt the colony; no taxation without representation |
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| purpose of proclamation of 1763 |
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| no settlers west of appalachian mtns to stop indian fighting |
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| john lockes theory of the social contract |
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| if ppl obey gov, gov should protect ppl and their rights. if they dont, the people can get rid of the gov |
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| first inhabitants of the americas reached the new world why |
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| indians were looking for food |
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| financing of virginia came from where |
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| european settlement fur trading with hurons and other tribes |
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| why did southerners suport the compromise of 1850 |
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| they got the fugitive slave act |
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| why did slavery become a major issue in the 1840 and 50s |
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| people began acquiring more land |
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| by opening territory nort of 36'30' to slavery, the kansas nebraska act repealed what? |
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| stephen douglas advocacy of popular sovereignty in kansas nebraska act ignited rater than dispelled that flame of sectionalism |
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| people whanted to make kansas a free or slave state; bleeding kansas |
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| party, remnants of whigs; opposed slavery in new territory |
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| policies based on the idea of manifest destiny led to what |
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| in congress most criticism of mexican war came from what |
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| california gold rush resulted in |
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| people pouring into california; called for territorial government' compromise of 1850 |
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| application for californa statehood caused turmoil in congess why |
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| balance of power; slavery |
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| president zachary taylor favored what in the debate of the compromise of 1850 |
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| california coming in as a free state |
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| manifest destiny based on what concepts |
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| belief that america was destined to expand from atlantic to pacific |
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| cause of the increasingly tense relations between mexican gov and american residents in texas after 1830 |
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| mexico became a dictatorship and the american residents lost their freedoms |
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| advocates of manifest destiny claimed motive for territorial expansion was to what |
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| americas destiny and gods will to get the territory |
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| main issue in james k polks 1844 presidential campaign was his commitment to do what |
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| acquire land from mexico and the oregon territory |
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| ostend manifesto, anerican diplomats calld for america to do what in extension to do what? |
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| opponents of war with mexico |
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| northerners opposed conspiracy on slave holders to expand |
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| reason for anglo texan rebellion against mexican rule |
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| mexico wanted people to settle and nthen became dictatorship and the people lost their rights |
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| provisions of treaty of guadalupe hidalgo |
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| america acquires west territories such as new mexico, california, and rio grande was the border |
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| polks strategy for acquiring oregon |
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| said he wanted war for all land up to canada then compromised for half which was oregon |
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| provisions of wilmot proviso |
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| apposal; no territory won through the mex american war was to be open to slavery |
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| prominent issue in national politics in 1840s |
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| mexican american war began with what |
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| mexican troops fired on americans when they thought they were on their own land |
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| northern manufacturing blossomed between 1820 adn 1840 why |
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| textile, cotton production, interchangeable parts, protective tariff |
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| majority of internal transportation improvements made during antebellum period was where |
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| cyrus mccormicks mechanical mower-reaper stimulated agricultural production where |
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| what did many americans in mid 1800s believe they were meifestly destined to do |
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| whig party leaders expelled president john tyler from te party in 1845 why |
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| he didnt support most whig ideas |
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| polks 4 goals as president |
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| acquire oregon, acquire california, lower tariff and create an independent treasury |
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| polk sent what general to patrol border of the above state |
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| treaty that ended the mexican war |
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| polk threatened war to bluff britain into a compromise |
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| in early 1800s spanish and mex gov set up the empresario system to achieve what |
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| method of encouraging people to settle in the nothern provinces; people got land for others to settle |
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| american general that captured mexico city in 1847 in the mexican war |
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| after leaving santa fe early in mexican war general stephen kearny marched his troops to what future us state |
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| territory mexico gave up after the mexican american war |
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| americans completed their expansion across the continent with what purchase in 1853 |
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| gold was discovered in northern california at a sawmill owned by john sutter, what follows |
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| in marbury vs madison, cheif justice john marshall argued successfully that the supreme court could do what |
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| declare an act of congress unconstitutional |
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| in 1800 federalists viewed jerffersonian republicans as dangerous radicals and feared the conseq if they gained control of the gov. what actually happened when the republicans were elexted |
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| jefferson didnt change much at all |
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| louisiana purchase of 1803 |
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| america got lousisiana from napolean cuz he was at war with everyone adn decided it would be easier to give it up then fight for it |
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| between 1806 and 1809 non importation, non intercourse, and embargo acts sought to do what |
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| punish england and france for stopping trade |
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| tension over britain seizing american ships, occupying american soil, and apparent aiding indians; warhawks wanted control over canada |
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| results of new transportaion routes constructed during the canal age was |
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| issuance of monroe doctrine in 1823 was prompted by what concerns |
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| fear of europe to colonize america again |
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| purpose of lewis and clark |
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| explore the louisiana territory |
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| foreign policy of jefferson and madison |
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| avoid conflict with the french |
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| embargo act of 1807 became a significant factor in the development of american industry in 1800-20 how |
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| couldnt get manufactured goods over seas and america had to make everything |
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| in mcculloch v maryland th esupreme court declared what |
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| states couldnt interfere with the national bank |
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| resolutions from the hartford convention were controversial why |
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| they were thinking about succession |
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| treaty of ghent which ended war of 1812 what were the terms |
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| nothing changed for either sides |
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| significant about the congressional election of 1810 |
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| new generation of leaders elected to congress; war hawks |
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| after war of 1812 henry clay called for american system by which he meant what |
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| protective tariff, internal improvement; national bank; similar to hamilton plan |
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| in rush bagot treaty, great britain and us agreed to what |
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| common border and demilitarization of the great lakes |
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| embargo act of 1807 hurt who |
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| america; cut off from trade with europe |
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| missouri compromise of 1820 did what |
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| drew line in louisiana for slavery and freedom |
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| erie canal revolutionized domestic markets in what way |
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| more markets were open to trade with the west |
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| beginning of the american industrial revolution during the early 1800s resulted from what |
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| growth of textile, interchangeable parts, samuel slater |
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| what marshalls decisions in dartmouth v woodward |
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| states couldnt interfere with contracts |
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| provisions of clays american system |
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| protective tariff; interchangeable parts; national bank; similar to hamilton plan |
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| industrial revolution had what effects on slavery in the south |
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| what was the most important cause of the rise of manufacturing in us |
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| pro independence policies; development of industrial revolution; interchangeable parts; samuel slater |
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| factors led to bleeding kansas |
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| to vote on slavery; popular sovereignty and sway the vote |
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| who was john brown and why was he considered a martyr and a madman |
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| raided harpers ferry; willing to die for his cause of abolishment; murdered people for his cause |
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| led to south carolinas secession in 1860 |
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| lincolns election was the immediate cause |
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