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5918256449Samuel Slater"Father of the factory system". Started a mill and this began child labor.0
5918265312Eli Whitneyinvented the cotton gin1
5918267483Elias Howecreated the sewing machine in 18862
5918269690Samuel F B Morsecreated the telegraph and morse code3
5918286176Robert Fultoninvented steam engine put it on a vessel called the Clermont and it changed water transportation4
5918272949Know-nothingsaka. american party. 1844-1860. strongly opposed immigrants and people of the Catholic religion.5
5918293773Erie Canaldug by New yorkers. connected Great Lakes with the Hudson River.6
5918298685Charles Finneyone of the greatest revival preachers. encouraged women to pray aloud and helped along the SGA. influenced people with his old-time teachings that were modern and innovative. feminism was also stronger due to him.7
5918309799Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Motttwo powerful women that fought for civil and women's rights8
5918321505"Cotton King" (Cotton Kingdom)cotton made demand for slaves increase. cotton boomed for a long time in the South.9
5918327051American Colonization Societyfounded in 1817. main purpose was to transport the blacks back to Africa.10
5918335990John Tylerpresident following Harrison after he died of pneumonia. he had 'no political party'. not well-liked by most Americans.11
5918345242Henry Claykept being beaten by other presidential candidates. he did all he could to use his politics to his advantage and use the government to get what he wanted out of it.12
5918357447James K. Polkbeat Henry Clay by a small amount. america's first "dark horse" or "surprise" presidential candidate.13
5918371478Federalists1791-1816. Platform: strong central government14
5918376164Anti-Federalists1788-1800. Platform: power in the states, not the central government.15
5918383420Democratic-Republicans1799-1828. Platform: opposed the policies of the Federalist Party.16
5918388644Whigs1680-1850. Platform: no absolute monarchy.17
5918394173Liberty Party1840-1848. Platform: Anti-slavery.18
5918423849Free Soil1848-1858. Platform: Followed Liberty Party (Anti-slavery).19
5920556488Andrew JacksonPresident of the United States, elected in 1828. Redneck "Old Hickory" made common people feel listened to and represented.20
5920565527John Q AdamsLost 1828 election to Jackson. Reminded people of a pompous monarch. People believed he bribed Henry Clay with the position of Secretary of State.21
5920588532SequoyahCherokee Indian who devised a Cherokee alphabet22
5920592283Trail of TearsJackson demanded a bodily removal of all remaining eastern tribes beyond the Mississippi. Uprooted more than 100,000 indians23
5920610464Santa AnnaMexican dictator (much of the problem between Texas/US and Mexico)24
5920619385Texas Revolution1836. Texans were sick of having no rights so they declared their own independence and they fought with Mexicans. (Alamo).25
5920636987Hartford Conventionlate 1814. Some states from New England came together to discuss the Federalist grievances and how to resolve issues. The convention kept Federalists from rebelling and getting too angry.26
5920653540Henry Clay's American Systemstrong banking system, a protective tariff, and a network of roads and canals.27
5920661391Treaty of Ghent5 American peacemakers met with British envoys in Ghent during 1814, it wasn't easy but they signed a treaty that stated they would stop arguing and restore conquered territory.28
5920677513James MonroeElected president in 1816, which crushed the dying-out Federalists. Helped Americans feel good and increased nationalism, but he was not the most distinguished of the first 8 presidents.29
5920689879Missouri CompromiseCongress admitted Missouri as a slave state and free-soil Maine was admitted as a separate state from Massachusetts.30
5920726669Irish and German Immigrationincreased urban population=intensified smelly slums, bad policing, bad water, rats, and foul sewage. Gave American new culture changes. Most immigrants found America really nice with "three meals a day", freedom, low taxes, etc.31
5920752089Early IndustrialismSlaves weren't as needed with the cotton gin, women weren't as needed for their sewing because of the sewing machines, children worked at very young ages, and farmers got machinery that simplified and quickened things.32
5920767238America slow to embrace IndustrialismBritain already had a monopoly on textile machinery. Had a hard time producing high-quality products at a cheap cost to compete with Europe. Many people owned land which kept them away from factory working.33
5920783957Transportation and Communication created 1790-1860Steamboat (Robert Fulton). Erie Canal (Governor DeWitt Clinton). Telegraph (Samuel Morse).34
5920813932Famous Literature Writers/PoetsEdgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Herman Mellville35
5920826236Thomas PaineWrote the pamphlets and supported Deism in his book The Book of Reason36
5920835446Sugar Acttaxed foreign sugar imported from West Indies. 1764.37
5920844087Stamp Acttaxed legal and commercial documents (marriage licenses, bills of sale, newspapers, playing cards, pamphlets, etc). 1765.38
5920856526George GrenvillePrime Minister of Great Britain (imposed taxes and things on colonists).39
5920863037Sons and Daughters of Libertyprotested and took laws into their own hands. broke down stamp machine and ransacked officials houses. Their actions ignited the Repeal of the Stamp Act40
5920872418Tea ActTownshend imposed this in 1767. colonists did not take well to it at all.41
5920882820Declaratory ActBritain's way of keeping control over the colonies. Allowed Parliament to "bind" colonies whenever they felt necessary.42
5920893848Townshend Duties1767. Charles Townshend imposed duties on lead, paper, tea, and glass. Upset colonists even more.43
5920899834Boston Massacreabout a 100 Bostonians dressed as Indians snuck onto British ships, throwing the barrels of tea overboard and smashing them. Result was the Intolerable Acts44
5920913093Intolerable Actsmade to chastise Boston, Massachusetts. (Quartering Act, Boston Port Act, officials guilty of killing colonists got to return to Britain for trial, and restrictions on town meetings).45
5920931855First Continental Congress1774. Philadelphia summoned this congress so they could discuss resolutions to colonial grievances. Seven weeks long. Created the Association (complete boycott of British goods).46
5920945938Second Continental CongressMembers from each colony came on one day in Philadelphia. Drafted appeals that were rejected. They decided to raise money to form their own army and navy. They put George Washington as the head. (Spearheaded American Revolution).47
5920960292Lexington and Concord1775. twenty thousand armed "Minute Men" swarmed around Boston. The battle is very famous, there was a lot of bloodshed.48
5920971608Bunker Hill1775. American army seized this hill that stored a lot of gunpowder and artillery. Britain fought back and America held their own for a while. When the gunpowder ran out, they had to abandon the hill.49
5920995385Paine's Common Sense1776. one of the most influential pamphlets ever written. justified separation from Britain by using common sense. His main point was "Why should tiny Britain control a country as vast as America?"50
5921069676Saratogacolonists beat Britain and allowed for Americans to fall on France as an ally.51
5921083157YorktownFrench and Americans armies allied together to defeat some of the British troops in Yorktown.52
5921086447Treaty of Paris1783. Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Lay wrote up this treaty. Britain formally acknowledged the independence of America. The signing of this meant America was fully free from Britain.53
5921113913Articles of Confederationwritten in 1781. altered in 1789. original constitution of America. set the stage for the newly free America.54
5921156973Bacon's Rebellion1676. Nathaniel Bacon and his following group of freemen got angry at William Berkeley (governor of Virginia) for treating the Indians so well. Thousands of the freemen broke out into a murderous rampage, killing many Indians.55
5921156974Middle Passagebegan in the 1500s. it was a long and dangerous transatlantic sea voyage that brought slaves to the New World.56

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