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The act prohibited settlers from crossing west of the Appalachian Mountains. It was meant to protect Native lands from settler encroachment. The colonists were unhappy about their limits but colonists westward didn’t care much about it since it didn't affect them. -
This act reconfigurated of the tax on sugar and molasses. It indicated that the British government was taking a heightened interest in colonial affairs. The colonists were mad because of course they don't want to pay taxes for sugar. -
This act prohibited colonial governments from issuing paper money and required all taxes and debts to British merchants to be paid in British currency. It was meant to protect British merchants from losing value of colonial currency. The colonists were frustrated because they couldn't have their own currency. -
The act imposed direct tax on the stamps with the papers sent. This helped pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’ War. The colonists were furious because the had to pay duties for stamps on papers. -
The act was punishment for rebellious people and for better payment for the army. It was meant to protect the people and make sure people who don’t follow the rules get what they deserve and respect the army/soldiers. The colonists considered the act as unjust taxation. It required colonial legislatures to pay to house the troops. -
The act was for better securing the dependency of his majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. It was meant to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects. Colonists were worried that there will be many more acts to come and that most, they would disagree with. -
This act placed duties on various consumer items like paper, paint, lead, tea, and glass. The reason they did this was to raise money from colonists. Colonists were upset and unconstitutional for the Parliament to place taxes and laws on them without representation. -
Late in the afternoon of March 5, 1770, British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally. Something that started off as a snowball, ended as a bloody battle. Created more tension between them. -
This act increased the chance of the crown to pass laws and levy taxes without the consent of the colonists. This was meant to counteract smuggling and help move burgeoning supplies. Colonists were angry and didn’t agree with the law and not being in control of themselves. -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
This was a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists did not agree with it and though it was a violation of their natural rights. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).The battle broke out because the British had ordered troops to seize weapons from the town of Concord and to Capture the rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock from the town of Lexington. -
Massachusetts | Jun 17, 1775. The American patriots were defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own against the superior British Army. The fierce fight confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her American colonies was no longer possible. -
The Declaration of Independence included these three major ideas: People have certain Inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. All Men are created equal. Individuals have a civic duty to defend themselves. Created by the 2nd Continental Congress. -
The Hessian forces lost 22 killed in action, including their commander Colonel Johann Rall, 83 wounded, and 896 captured–including the wounded. The Americans suffered only two deaths during the march and five wounded from battle. They ended up beating the Hessians and it boosted up their confidence to go up against the British in the future. -
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army gave them hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war. It included 2 battles fought 18 days apart. -
It was a training camp the soldiers went to for training with Washington. 12,000 men came in, 10,000 men left alive. They weren't well prepared and an illness broke out. The camp united them for battles -
It was led by George Washington and was one of the most important battles of the American Revolution. British surrendered. Led to the signing of the Treaty of Paris and peace with the British. Was on sea and land. -
Defined the U.S. border, with Great Britain granting the Northwest Territory to the United States. Secured fishing rights to the Grand Banks and other waters off the British-Canadian coastline for American boats. Opened up the Mississippi River to navigation by citizens of both the United States and Great Britain. -
Concept of manifest destiny. It was a push towards the west coast of North America that expanded trade, gained more resources, and territory expansion. It was opportunity and mining developments in gold and silver for the West. This event connects to nationalism because this concept was made to benefit, expand, strengthen, and grow the U.S.
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Number of Representatives each state had was based on their population. 30,000 people=1 representative. The South had many slaves since they had large plantations. The North was mad that the South didn't even treat the slaves like people but yet they still counted them as part as the population. Agreement: 1 person=3/5 of a slave. This might have fixed the issue in short term but what it really did was put a label on the states (free and slave) and ended up dividing them even more. -
The Whiskey Rebellion. In 1794, farmers from Western Pennsylvania rose up in protest of what they saw as unfair taxation and provided the new nation, and George Washington, with a looming crisis. In 1791, Congress approved a new, federal tax on spirits and the stills that produced them. -
Many southerners felt that the federal government was getting too powerful by making decisions that should have been reserved for the states.
○ robbing the states of their
sovereignty
○ Impact on economy
■ Cash crops required
much labor
● Used enslaved
peoples for free/cheap labor
This is sectionalism because the federal gov't was taking advantage of their powers so the states decided to set a boundary. It allowed the states to have powers that weren't directly given to the federal gov't. -
John Adams sent over peace makers to negotiate with the French because they were angry at us. We wanted to meet with the king but to do that we had to pay 10 mil. They sent a note over instead of meeting us in person. John was disrespected. -
The Act made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. Later, the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties for a wide range of dissenting speech, including speech abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution, and the military. Anyone that looked like they weren't from the US was considered a threat. -
Drafted in secret by future Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the resolutions condemned the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional and claimed that because these acts overstepped federal authority under the Constitution, they were null and void. -
Closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain. The act was a response to British and French interference with neutral U.S. merchant ships during the rule of Napoleon. -
The Underground Railroad was a movement that guided around 100,000 enslaved people to freedom. It was a systems used by abolitions to escape from their masters. Since this was a contribution to the Civil War, it was an issue that played a major role in the division of the states.
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Fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. British were kidnapping sailors and forcing them to join the war against Great Britain and French. US was mad and then went to war against Great Britain for not respecting us and our flag. -
Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist who escaped from slavery in Maryland. He was a leader and at the front of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. This movement increased sectionalism because it divided the states over slavery. One side was defending slavery while the other was busy abolishing it. -
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) is one of the first and most important Supreme Court cases on federal power. In this case, the Supreme Court held that Congress has implied powers derived from those listed in Article I, Section 8. The “Necessary and Proper” clause gave Congress the power to establish a national bank. McCulloch won -
Problem: Missouri is a slave state that means slave-holding states overruled free states. Solution: even though Missouri is a slave state, Maine decides to become a free state so the balance between slave and free doesn't get overruled. Compromise Line 36 degrees 30'N, States north of line=free, states south of line would vote on slavery.This is sectionalism because slave states want to continue having the benefit of keeping the slaves to work for them and their land. -
The doctrine was a document saying the US was not going to interfere with the European colonies and the territories in the Western Hemisphere. -
Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist and social activist. She escaped slavery and her goal was to help enslaved people to freedom. She led 13 missions and rescued 70 slaves using the Underground Railroad. She contributed to sectionalism because slavery separated Northern and Southern states. This meant the slaves tried escaping to the North because they didn't like slavery. -
In 1850, the U.S. added most of the land west of the LA Purchase. California gets admitted as free state. Popular Sovereignty in UT and NM. Fugitive Slave Law Passed. D.C. Slave Trade Banned. Texas receives $10 million. Ends border dispute with New Mexico. Split the stats into 3 sections:free territories, slave states, and slavery determined by population sovereignty. This is sectionalism because this compromise benefitted slave states by continuing to keep slaves to work on their plantations. -
This act was passed on September of 1850 by Congress. It stated that slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they were previously freed. It also made the federal government in charge of finding and returning escaped slaves. This is considered sectionalism because the slave states didn't want more slaves to join the free states because then it would give the free states a larger population because the bigger the population=more representatives. -
In 1859, abolitionists marched down the road to Harper's Ferry. The plan was to take down the town's federal armory and provoke rebellion against slavery. The raid did not work and was a main factor to the Civil War. This event led into slave and free states fighting and dividing. -
This was a proclamation made by President Abraham Lincoln that freed all enslaved people in the U.S. The proclamation promised that the federal government and military would recognize and maintain the freedom of the freed slaves. This connects to nationalism because it was a step to ending slavery in the U.S so the north and southern states wouldn't have to continue fighting.