US History Exam Flashcards
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| 16412032 | Jamestown | a former village on the James River in Virginia north of Norfolk, in Virginia;founded in 1607 (leader was John Smith)-faced starvation (1609-1610), malaria, no fresh drinking water, and settlement was on swampy area-cash crop was tobacco-Middle Colony-*IST PERMENANT SETTLEMENT | 0 | |
| 16412033 | plymouth | a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620, established for religious reasons, separatists needing autonomy from Church of England, became part of the colony of Massachusetts | 1 | |
| 16412034 | massachutsetts bay colony | blah | 2 | |
| 16412035 | first great awakening | The First Great Awakening was a time of religious fervor during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement arose in reaction to the rise of skepticism and the waning of religious faith brought about by the Enlightenment. Protestant ministers held revivals throughout the English colonies in America, stressing the need for individuals to repent and urging a personal understanding of truth. | 3 | |
| 16412036 | second great awakening | The newest interest in religion that spread to N.England to the Appalation and to the South-meetings where woman and African Americans converted to Christianity-Charles Finney became leader of 2nd Great Awakening., when many people of traditional faiths became confused by the religious skepticism, traditional religion staged a dramatic comeback, in this wave of revivalism. Many of these religions tried to fight the spread of religious rationalism, by building up their churches. Presbyterians expanded to the west, Methodist popularity spread all throughout the country, and Baptist were successful in the south. | 4 | |
| 16412037 | american revolution | a.k.a the american revolution it was the revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain, the revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain, The war between the American colonies and Great Britain (1775-1783), leading to the formation of the independent United States. | 5 | |
| 16412038 | Navigation act | it was to ensure the british parliament controlled the trade of the colonies, George III introduced this series of laws which prevented colonists from selling their most valuable products to any country except Britain., British regulations designed to protect British shipping from competition. Said that British colonies could only import goods if they were shipped on British-owned vessels and at least 3/4 of the crew of the ship were British | 6 | |
| 16412039 | sugar act | 1764 tax on imports (sugar, coffee, wine, and other colonial imports) effects; price of goods went up, James Otis "No taxation with out representation", 1) lowered taxes on molasses imported by colonist 2) established special courts to try smuggling cases; Grenville thought it would prevent smuggling. | 7 | |
| 16412040 | townshend acts | George Grenville dared Charles Townshend to tax the Americans, and he did. He put a tax on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. The colonists protested again b/c the British didn't have the right to tax w/o their consent. | 8 | |
| 16412041 | tea act | tax on tea which lead to--> boston tea party | 9 | |
| 16412042 | boston tea party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor, people were rebelling aganist taxation against representation/ americans wanted voice to be heard | 10 | |
| 16412043 | first continental congress | appointed people to write the declaration of independence, result of intolerable and quebec acts | 11 | |
| 16412044 | lexington and concord | the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775), (def.) the first battle of the Revoltionary War (sig.) Paul Revere, "the midnight rider," saved Samuel Adams and John Hancock from the British soldiers who would have had them both hanged. He also warned the people of Lexington that the redcoats were coming. | 12 | |
| 16412045 | lexington | the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) | 13 | |
| 16412046 | Second continental congress | The second meeting in which many important decisions were made; America muse have an organized army and that George Washington would command the new army | 14 | |
| 16412047 | common sense | a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation, criticized monarchy, convinced Americans to break away from Britains | 15 | |
| 16412048 | declaration of independence | the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain | 16 | |
| 16412049 | saratoga | what battle was the turning point of the war?, October 17, 1777, General Gates led troops to surround the British and make them surrender. After the surrender at Saratoga caused the British to generally keep their troops along the coast.a battle where the french believed that the americans had a chance to beat great britian, a battle during the American Revolution (1777), | 17 | |
| 16412050 | valley forge | Hard for Americans because of the lack of money, cold winter, unifroms get worn down, lack of food. So bad that soldiers don't know why they're here and suffering. | 18 | |
| 16412051 | yorktown | in 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops | 19 | |
| 16412052 | Articles of Confederation | shay's rebbelion because of high taxes | 20 | |
| 16412053 | Problems of the articles of Confederation | Federal government couldn't tax the states, raise an army, decisions had to be unanimous, couldn't coin money, couldn't solve problems between states, lack of trade | 21 | |
| 16412054 | Jefferson VS Jackson | Jackson was poor, Jefferson was wealthy, Both hated the bank, Both thought we should move west, Jackson fought duels, Jefferson sold his books to pay his debt around $20,000 dollars for them but he was still in debt | 22 | |
| 16412055 | Contrivercial election of 1800 | 1800- Couldn't decide about the most votes, 12th amendment, separate ballots for P and VP | 23 | |
| 16412056 | Controvercial Election of 1824 | 1824- John Quincy Adams stole the election because of the electoral college | 24 | |
| 16412057 | Controvercial Election of 1828 | 1828- Andrew Jackson | 25 | |
| 16412058 | Who is more powerful? Federal or State Government | Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts basically said that they weren't going to follow it, Hartford Convention-During War of 1812, secede from the Union, Nullification Crisis- S.C. said they could nullify the tariff, Jackson said that they couldn't or he would kill them- Calhoun, Clay from Kentucky, | 26 |