Hist B-40
Terms
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copy deck
- politicized consumer goods
- baubles of britain
- involved a wife running away from husband, often with some of his things
- elopement
- winter of 1777-8
- valley forge
- became the borderline of land available to colonists
- Ohio Valley
- only as popular as long as use of militia was realistic means of defense
- rage militaire
- moral excellence, characteristic of a good Republican citizen
- virtue
- said to have been the half sister of Jefferson's wife Martha, and maybe the mother of his children
- Sally Hemings
- popular character in US during Revolutionary Period, likeness was woman in dress & tri-corner hat holding gun and powder hat
- Hannah Snell
- resulted in the death of five civilians
- boston massacre
- reached its peak in 1775
- rage militaire
- occurred on nov 25, 1983
- evacuation of NY
- negotiated by Washington and Sir Guy Carleton (commander of british forces in america)
- evacuation of NY
- first published Af Am poet
- Phyllis Wheatley
- Sarah Osborn
- camp followers
- hume, smith, and hutcheson
- scottish enlightenment
- type of cheap, inexpensive cloth; coarse linen
- osnabrug
- deborah sampson and ben franklin are examples of this
- self-made
- american poet and nationalist
- Philip Freneau
- what Ben Franklin calls his blunders
- errata
- first performed in NYC in 1787, first play ever performed in public by company of professional actors
- The Contrast
- responded to by the Virginia Declaration that all runaway slaves would face the death penalty
- virginia, nov, 1775
- means of maintaining amicable relations with the Nat Ams
- gift-giving
- mountain pass across Appalachians in area of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia
- Cumberland Gap
- potential reason for Jefferson's choice of "happiness" over "property"
- scottish enlightenment
- "The First, The Second, and Last Scenes of Mortality"
- Prudence Punderson
- tale of the decline and fall of a spendthrift son and heir of rich merchant
- rake's progress
- "An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlemtns in America, upon Slave-Keeping" (1773)
- benjamin rush
- Anglican itinerant minister
- george whitefield
- under the leadership of Lord Dunmore, after proclamation in 1775
- Ethiopian regiment
- (arguably) marks the beginning of the Revolution
- 1763
- first winter encampment of the Continental Army
- valley forge
- a lack of this helped lead to the beginning of Pontiac's Rebellion
- gift-giving
- Cont Congress delegate, Declaration signer, advocate of federal constitution, credited for designing American flag
- Francis Hopkinson
- rebellion from colonists about this/these led to British occupation of Boston
- townshend acts
- Treaty of Paris
- 1763
- brought new attitude towards discipline & new degree of economy, worked directly with men
- baron van steuben
- represented the western boundary of available land for colonists, land spectators, and British
- Ohio Valley
- poem written about him by phyllis wheatley
- george whitefield
- led by Daniel Shay and militia of "Shaysites" or "Regulators" who were angry about taxation
- Shay's Rebellion
- his pride in civil society would makes him stronger than his opponent
- citizen-soldier
- series of paintings by William Hogarth
- rake's progress
- denial of these was way to show virtue of restraint
- baubles of britain
- phrase used by Nash to describe the slaves in America
- forgotten fifth
- attack on Springfield armory/court involved in processing of financial confiscations
- Shay's Rebellion
- god created the universe but then let it be
- deist
- Molly Pitcher
- camp followers
- published "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1797)
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- based on the important theme of communitarianism
- scottish enlightenment
- native americans of a village in arizona
- Hopi pueblo of Oraibi
- showed that people should get involved in the nation through voting and not fighting, mob tactics won't work
- Whiskey Rebellion
- spurred the Virginia House of Burgess to begin a boycott agreement called the "Association"
- townshend acts
- *most forward legal push towards abolition of slavery-- no child born a slave, those born to slaves only slave until age 28
- *Pennsylvania, 1788
- "cooked food, did the wash, mended clothing, took care of the sick and wounded, helped their fellow women, lay with men, and then bore and raised their children"
- camp followers
- caused tax distributors to resign and parliament to repeal an act (but still right to tax)
- stamp act riots
- Herman Mann avoided identifying Sampson with her in his book
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- his actions resulted in Seven Years' War (french and indian war)
- Tanigrhisson (half king)
- controversial b/c it shipped runaway slaves off to england
- evacuation of NY
- Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
- virginia, nov, 1775
- new Constitution produced for the US
- 1787
- involved in the burning of the HMS Gaspee (hated British revenue schooner)
- joseph harris
- trait exemplified by Ben Franklin
- virtue
- bravely broke free of the traditional female sphere in interest of noble cause
- Hannah Snell
- delegates begin to convene a Constitutional Convention intended to amend Articles of Confederation
- 1787
- named inspector general of the US army
- baron van steuben
- "part memoir, part novel, part factual, in good part fantasy"
- Female Review
- "Poet of the Revolution"
- Philip Freneau
- women to the colonist and slaves to the british
- camp followers
- written by Herman Mann w/ Deb Sampsons cooperation , published in 1797
- Female Review
- a famous elm tree in Boston was one of these
- liberty trees
- Nat Ams eventually pushed out of this area, shortly after which the Northwest Indian Wars began
- Ohio Valley
- US congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance-- procedures for new states and limits expansion of slavery
- 1787
- phrase used by Alfred Young to describe Deb Sampson-- independent, single, with own income
- Masterless Woman
- expresses political and ideological concerns about nation's character-- conflict b/w virtue and luxury
- The Contrast
- american slave owned by Thomas Jefferson
- Sally Hemings
- relates to the argument for/against small pox inoculation
- social medicine
- alerted Washington to presence of French presence by Ensign Jumonville et al, guided him to their camp, encouraged attack
- Tanigrhisson (half king)
- Abigail Adams claimed america would become a race of these if men were all killed in battle and america was still attacked
- Amazon
- 18th cent british writer, philosopher, and feminist
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- frequently mentioned in runaway ads
- osnabrug
- escaped to join Lord Dunmore's Black Pioneers
- harry washington
- led to creation of the Ethiopian Regiment
- virginia, nov, 1775
- became a desirable quality for an ideal american man
- self-made
- PA native that ridiculed British and loyalist sympathizers
- Francis Hopkinson
- proved that in america you can climb the ranks
- self-made
- makes plea to women to take personal action and to throw off 'slavish dependence'
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- served as a test of national survival amidst hardships (often caused by fellow revolutionaries)
- valley forge
- hostile to Spanish attempts at conversion
- Hopi pueblo of Oraibi
- phrase used by John Adams in exchange with Abigail
- despotism of the petticoat
- in response to 1791 excise tax on whiskey
- Whiskey Rebellion
- emphasizes patriotism and "framing moment", has many distortions though
- Female Review
- surgeon-general of the middle department of the Continental Army
- benjamin rush
- his language is highly respectful and performative of his subordination to the king
- simon cognew
- Indian Ottowa Chief
- Pontiac
- social and economic conditions impact health, disease, and medicine
- social medicine
- allowed for patriots to feel that they shared a common cause; commonly done by the Liberty Tree Boys
- tarring and feathering
- served to refute the idea that Af Ams are intellectually inferior, praised by G Washington
- Phyllis Wheatley
- led to a reevaluation of the Articles of Confederation & helped create the Constitutional Convention (1787)
- Shay's Rebellion
- abducted into slavery, but escaped and joined an English war ship
- simon cognew
- used in response to the growing sentiment of oppression amongst women
- despotism of the petticoat
- resistance unseen by prior taxation in the colonies; coalition from NE to georgia
- stamp act riots
- symbol of Americans no longer being subject to British authority; American potential for westward expansion and progress
- Cumberland Gap
- Site that British, Americans, and Nat Ams struggled to defend; British gave Nat Ams guns and sent them in colonists' lands
- Ohio Valley
- refers to females who step out of their gender role and take on male attributes to do something good for society, eg Deb Sampson, Hannah Snell
- Amazon
- where the Sons of Liberty hung effigies of 2 tax collectors in protesting stamp act
- liberty trees
- enabled John Adams to show of his attorney skills
- boston massacre
- "a passion for arms"
- rage militaire
- Dunmore used the promise of this to his advantage
- liberty
- chosen by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson to head the National Gazette, which criticized federalists and Wash administration
- Philip Freneau
- in response, John Dickinson wrote "Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania"
- townshend acts
- featured in the "Bostonians Paying the Excise Man" image
- liberty trees
- depicts the power of a harlot to disrupt a man's life; diff b/w public sexual sentiments and proper high-class sentimentality
- rake's progress
- three stages of life: infancy, womanhood, and death
- Prudence Punderson
- fought for the British army in King George's War
- Hannah Snell
- his virtue would allow him to surpass his mercenary, brutalized enemies
- citizen-soldier
- wrote political satires, including "A Pretty Story" and "Battle of the Kegs"
- Francis Hopkinson
- spoke out about the removal of George Washington
- benjamin rush
- demonstrated the authority of the central govt (G Wash)
- Whiskey Rebellion
- printed in 1735
- rake's progress
- wrote a petition to the King of England asking for help
- simon cognew
- a rallying point for the growing resistance to the rule of England
- liberty trees
- involved in "America's First Blow for Freedom"
- joseph harris
- smallpox took a harsh toll on this group so it left for NY in summer 1776
- Ethiopian regiment
- comprised of roughly 800 runaway slaves in VA
- Ethiopian regiment
- wrote "American Liberty" and helped Deb Sampson frame a petition to the House of Reps
- Philip Freneau
- masters (boston residents) taught her to write
- Phyllis Wheatley
- put on trial for having an illegitimate child
- polly baker
- approached by Francisco Tomas Garces (spanish missionary) to open a road and bring Christianity
- Hopi pueblo of Oraibi
- very active in sons of liberty, appointed delegate for PA in Continental Congress, signed Dec of Ind
- benjamin rush
- her children were emancipated by Jefferson
- Sally Hemings
- pseudonym used by Ben Franklin in 1747
- polly baker
- group of female warriors in S Am, later drawn upon to make political statements
- Amazon
- symbol of the opening between European and North American settlements; also iconic after the Rev
- Cumberland Gap
- passed beginning in 1767 by GB
- townshend acts
- powerful revolt tactic used by patriots to scare tax collectors
- tarring and feathering
- his rebellion led to the Proclamation of 1763 and Treaty of Fort Niagara
- Pontiac
- a Rhode Island patriot
- joseph harris
- believed a message from Neolin and issued a challenge to his people
- Pontiac
- carried out by frontier farmers in PA
- Whiskey Rebellion
- able to organize the Native Ams like never before
- Pontiac
- written by Royall Tyler (NE lawyer and former officer belonging to wealthy family)
- The Contrast
- killed Jumonville before info that he was being diplomatic came out, resulted in killing of 21 men
- Tanigrhisson (half king)
- Ben Franklin followed this but then gave it up b/c, although it was true, it wasn't useful
- deist
- death of Crispus Attucks
- boston massacre
- marks the lost chance of America to make things right with slavery after the war, moral failure
- forgotten fifth
- in the beginning of service, served as volunteer training officer
- baron van steuben
- slave belonging to George Washington
- harry washington
- beat the rebel forces at Kemp's Landing, but was beaten at Great Bridge
- Ethiopian regiment
- triggered the Great Awakening
- george whitefield
- armed uprising in Mass from 1786-1787
- Shay's Rebellion
- sign of patriotism and point of pride for colonists
- homespun
- last of british troops and loyalist refugees sail to england
- evacuation of NY
- led to the runaway ads for women in newspapers
- elopement
- proved self reliance of the colonies and ability to avoid British taxes
- homespun
- portrayed a personal, political, and religious dilemma of young woman right after Rev; can't marry loyalist, even for love
- Prudence Punderson
- member of the South Shore Indians tribe
- simon cognew
- setting is NY upper-class society
- The Contrast
- understanding can lead to a healthier society
- social medicine
- act that cleared up many of the loopholes of an earlier act to gradually abolish slavery
- Pennsylvania, 1788
- rebellion against right of GB to tax all legal documents
- stamp act riots
- North Carolina private
- joseph harris
- purpose was to raise revenue in colonies to pay for governors and judges (independent of colonial control)
- townshend acts