Aztecs
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- Aztec
- native american people that settled in teh valley of mexico in teh 1200s ad and lter developed a powerful empire.
- charter colony
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- william penn
- he established a haven for quakers.and founded PA.
- Dutch west indies company
- duthc gov. gave them permission the colonize new netherland and expand the thriving fur trade.
- Mercantilism
- economic system in which nations seek to increse there wealth.
- Parliament
- law making body in England
- Navagation Acts
- Laws passed by the brittish to control colonial trade.
- Edmond Andros
- in charge of Dominion of New England. tood a hard line approach when dealing with colonists.
- Glorious Revelution
- overthrow of james the second. no shots were fired.
- French and Indian war
- Fought btwn. the french and english for control of land in north america. major area of concentration- ohoio river valley. war lasted 9 yrs.
- George Greenville
- financial expert- new prime minister george III
- Sugar Act
- Trade law enacted by parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling.
- Salutary Neglect
- an english policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies continured economic loyality.
- Racial prejudice
- Dislike of people b/c of there race.
- Stono Rebellion
- a 1739 uprising slaved in south carolina leading to the tightening of already harch slave laws.
- Enlightment
- an 18th century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason adn the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge.
- Benjamin Franklin
- enlightment figure obrained truth through experimentation and reasoning.
- Johnathan Edwards
- a member of the clergy who sought to recieve the intensity and dedication of the original puritan vision.
- Proclamation of 1763
- an order in which Britian prohibited its amercian colonists form settling west of the applachain mountains.
- Treaty of paris 1763
- the treaty that ended the french and indian war.
- Dominion of New England
- northern colonies were consilidated from south maineto new jersey into one vast colony.
- Pontiac
- the Ottawa leader who realized that the french loss was a loss for native americans.
- William Pitt
- ran britians governement he was an energetic, self-confident politician.he said he was goin to build the largest best equipped army ever seen in N. america.
- Stamp Act Congress
- new york city. representation from 9 cities attended- issued declaration of rights and grievances which sated taht parliament lacked the pwer to impose taxes on them.
- The Liberty
- a ship- john hancock seized by british soldirs-been accused of smuggling wine into the maderra islands.
- Boston Massacre
- March 5 1770- a competition for jobs. conflict btwn. colonists adn br. soldiers in which 4 colonists were killed.
- Paul Reveere
- He made an engraving of the Boston massacre which angered many colonists.
- Committee of correspondence
- setup by teh va. and ma. to communicate with other colonies about this and other threats to american liberties.
- Boston Tea Party
- br. east india co. had a monoply ot sell tea in eng. colonies. dec. 16, 1773. dumped thousands of pounds of tea into harbor.
- Thomas Gage
- appointed new governor- held a military pos. commander chief of brittish.placed under martial law.
- Minutemen
- civilian soldiers.
- Second conten. congress meets?
- Phelidelphia.
- George Washington
- he took office in 1789- only 2 members in teh executive department.
- Olive branch Petition
- an offer of peace sent by delegates form second contin. congress to king george III
- Common Sense
- short pamphlet written ananamously -auther thomas paine. argued that independence would lead to a better society.
- Hessians
- americas name for the mercanaries.
- Battle of Trenton
- Christmas night 1776, washington and his men rode across the deleware river and marched 9 miles to trenton. caught hessians off guard. victory encouraged americans to reenlist.
- Philadelphia
- capital city of america
- Von Stueben
- Prussian captain adn talented drill master. he taught troops to execute field manauvers fire and reload quicklly bayonetts.
- De Lafayette
- joined washington staff led a command in va. and lobbied for french reinforcements.
- Nathaniel Greene
- was washingtons general who was responsible for harassing charles cornwallis.
- John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin
- American delegates at paris peace conference.
- Martial Law
- temporary rule by military rather than civilian authority.
- profiteering
- the selling of goods in short supply at inflated prices.
- Patriots
- a colonist who supported american independence from britian.
- Loyalist
- a colonist who supported the british government during the american revelution.
- James Madison
- Leading federalist
- Bill of Rights
-
the first ten ammendments to the u.s. constitution, added in 1791 and
consisting of a formal list of citizens rights and freedoms. - writ of Habeous Corpus
- Freedom from arrest while attending a session of congress unless for a serious offense. freedom of speech while speaking on the floor of congress.
- Great Compromise
- propsosed by roger sherman-the C.C agreement to establish a two house national legaslature, with all states having equal representation in one house adn each state having representation based on its pop. in the other house.
- Seperation of Powers
- powers of the government would be divided btwn. the national gov. adn the state gov.
- Legaslative branch
- make laws.
- Judicial Branch
- hear cases.
- Executive Branch
- Carry out laws.
- Ratification
- the official approval of the constitution. or of an amendment, by the states.
- Electoral College
- Group selected by the states to elect the pres. adn teh vice pres. in which each states # of electors is equal to the # of its senators or representitives in congress.
- Deleware
- First state to ratify the constit.
- Congress
- they are allowed to admit new states into the union.
- Judiciary act of 1789
- provided for a supreme court- a chief justice and 5 associate justices. 3 federal circus courts, 13 federal distnct courts.
- Thomas jefferson
- headed the department of state.
- Alexander Hamilton
- headed the department of treasury.
- Edmond Randolph
- served as the countrys first attorney general-the chief lawyer of the federal gov't.
- Federalists
- people who shared hamiltons vision f a strong central gov't.
- Whiskey Rebellion
- A rebellion by farmers in werstern PA refused to pay the tax farmers beat up federal marshalls and threatned to secede from the union .
- Nationalism
- a belief that national interest should be placed ahead of regional concerns and that foriegn policy should be guided by by national self interest.
- Embargo
- a government ban on trade with one or more other nations.
- Impressment
- the forcible seizure of men for military service.
- Alien and sedition acts
- a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce teh political power of recent immigrants to the u.s.
- neutrality
- the refusal to take part in a war btwn. other nations.
- xyz affair
- a 1797 incident in which french officials demanded a bribe from U.S diplomats.
- Sectionalism
- the placing of the interests of ones own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.