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Proclamation of 1763
During the Proclamation of 1763, the settlers were prohibited from crossing the west of the Appalachian Mountains. The government set a limit on the western expansion of the colonies into Native American territories and provide the British with greater control of their colonies. The colonists were unhappy with the Proclamtion line. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act was established to cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. The government entered the Sugar Act because the government wanted to raise revenue from the American colonies to help offset the French and Indian war and raise revenue for the crown. The colonists reacted with a protest because they were being taxed due to sugar, and they had no voice in their town meetings and the parliament. -
Currency Act of 1764
In the Currency Act, the people were prohibited from printing paper money and issuing their own currency. The colonists were furious, so they protested because they were not happy with the taxes and were not able to print their own currency. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp on papers, documents and playing cards. It was a direct tax imposed by the British government. The colonists refused to pay the taxes. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act required American colonists to provide British soldiers with living quarters wherever barracks were unavailable. The colonists resented and opposed it because they were being taxed to pay for standing armies, which was unnecessary in their minds during peaceful times with an army. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
The Parliament agreed not to enforce the Stamp Act, but the colonists had to agree to later acts that came. To set authority to the British government, they had to tax their people. The colonists were outraged by this decision, but they had already used their say with the Stamp Act so they couldn't change anything during the Declaratory Act. -
Townshend Revenue Act of 1767
The Townshend Revenue Act taxed glass, paint, oil, paper, and tea. The British government thought the colonists would help pay the cost of the goods, but the colonists did the opposite. They set up a boycott to discourage the purchase of goods. -
Boston Massacre
During the Boston Massacre, colonists and British soldiers fought out on the streets. The colonists threw sticks and snowballs at the soldiers, which was their self-defense, and the soldiers fired guns. Overall, the soldiers were more prepared and had better weapons to fight, which put them a few steps ahead of the colonists. -
Tea Act of 1773
The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to ship tea directly to America from England without paying the customs tax. Colonial leaders saw this as a way to make colonists still pay for Townshend Act, which went against their claim that only colonial legislatures could tax the colonies. The colonist legislature did not want to have anything to do with England’s company that imposed taxes on the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest colonists planned to get back at the British because of the taxes on tea. -
The Intolerable Acts of 1774
The Quartering Act, the Quebec Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Boston Port Act were passed to punish the colonists and force them to follow Britain's rules. The colonists were misbehaving, and these acts were established to punish them. Colonists from other colonies other than Massachusetts were horrified by these actions and began questioning how Britain treated the other colonies. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were to prevent more attacks. The English had to get to the hill first, to claim their side of the hill. Even though the British won, they still lost a lot of men. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
The British were trying to take the supplies of the Patriots, so the Patriots started fighting back. Once some of the British got taken down, the Patriots became more confident, so they kept fighting. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document written by the colonists to the king. The colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence because they wanted to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and announce the creation of the new world. The king mistreated the colonists, and they had enough -
The Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton occurred in Long Island, Manhattan, and Trenton. By George Washington led the army that freed New Jersey from British rule. America destroyed the British tower and took control over Trenton. By the end of the war, there were 900 prisoners, 22 people killed, and 92 people wounded. The Americans won, which gave them more confidence. -
The Battle of Saratoga
There were two Battles of Saratoga. The British won the first, and the Americans won the second. This war secured foreign allies, such as France and Spain. This was the first major victory for America! -
Valley Forge
You would think Valley Forge would be a battle, but it was actually an encampment. Valley Forge was the first winter encampment for the continental army. Valley Forge was for George Washington and his men to rest and prepare for upcoming battles, but instead, it was a cold and starving period of time. About 2000 people died of disease during Valley Forge. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was a 3 week long war. It was also the last war of the Revolutionary War. The Americans won against the British and the British surrendered. This victory gave America relationships with the French. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was designed to create peace with enemies. This article put the Revolutionary War to an end. There were 10 articles in the Treaty, and each showed different rights. -
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Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion was the movement of part of our nation that moved from the eastern area to the west. The added territories and states balanced the power between the slaves and free states, so no state had more power than another. This is an example of nationalism because everyone was focused on improving the United States not just a section of the U.S. -
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise started because the Southern states wanted to count enslaved people as the total population. The Northern states made a deal and said that for every 5 people, only 3 people's votes would count. This benefited the Southern states because they had more votes and could have additional representatives elected. This is an example of sectionalism because the northern and southern states focused only on their section. -
The Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a major event that helped establish federal power. Pennsylvania started a rebellion in response to the federal tax placed upon spirits. -
States Rights (Amendment 10)
Many Southerners felt that the federal government's amount of power was getting out of hand. They were robbing states of their sovereignty. The people's economy was also impacted because cash crops required much labor, but they used enslaved people for free, which was cheap labor. Amendment 10 was nationalism because the federal government is the national government of the United States, and they makes laws that affect all the sections in the country. -
XYZ Affair
France began attacking American ships as England once had. In 1797, President Adams sent three Americans to negotiate peace. The French foreign minister refused to meet and instead sent three representatives (X, Y, and Z) in his place. They demanded money and to speak to the minister. The Americans were insulted, and the news broke out. Many Federalists wanted war with France as clearly they did not respect the US and would not change the ways. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien Act: the president could imprison or deport anyone considered to be dangerous who was not a U.S. citizen. Sedition Act: law stating it was a crime to speak or publish any "false, scandalous and malicious criticism of the government. -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Democratic-Republicans thought the Alien and Sedition Acts were an abuse of power. These political statements argued that the acts were unconstitutional because they interfered with the Constitutional rights granted to the states. The Kentucky Resolution went so far as to insist that states could nullify laws they found unconstitutional. While the resolutions did not change the law, they did show that the states could challenge the federal government. -
John Brown
John Brown was a leading figure in the abolitionist movement. He believed in aggressive action against slaveholders and any government officials. John Brown practiced nationalism because he showed the United States that aggressive action was not the correct way to talk to somebody or interact with a slave, so he showed slaveholders and government officials that it was wrong and shouldn't be done to anybody. -
Embargo Act
Both Britain and France were blockading American trade with the other European nations, and the U.S. wanted to pressure them to respect its neutral trading rights. The Embargo Act prohibited American ships from leaving port for any foreign destination, cutting off American trade with the rest of the world. -
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of abolitionists that helped guide one hundred thousand enslaved people to safety and freedom, away from working for the rich, having to do their labor, and being their slaves. Harriet Tubman also helped influence others to go too, and because Harriet made it safe multiple times, they knew it was the right decision to leave. The Underground Railroad was nationalism because it brought the nation together by transporting enslaved people to freedom. -
War of 1812
The United States was in was mad at the British for not respecting or listening to the U.S. The U.S. became very angry with the British after asking them to stop multiple times and wanting to fight. Some people didn't want the United States to fight because they thought they weren't ready to go up against the British, but some others thought they were ready. They did fight. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch and Maryland were arguing if there should be a national bank or not. McCulloch said that the Constitution never said that Congress could create a national bank; the Constitution gives Congress the power to make taxes and borrow money, so we need a national bank to carry out other power, but Maryland disagreed. Maryland said the Constitution says that Congress can borrow money, so why do they need a national bank to do it for them. -
Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise)
The Compromise of 1820 was a solution dividing the states with a line, 30º36'N. The states north of the line in the Louisiana territory would be free states, and the states south of the line would have popular sovereignty. Ultimately, The Compromise of 1820 was sectionalism because the deciders focused on the North verus the South and not the whole nation. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a role model for many slaves around the United States. Tubman herself escaped enslavement, and after escaping, she led 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people using the network known as the Underground Railroad. With her help in assisting the slaves to escape in a safe way, she brought the nation together by showing them that slavery was wrong and it should come to an end. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine declared that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization and that the U.S. would view any attempt by European powers to interfere in the affairs of the Americas as a hostile act against the U.S. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was comprised of five main parts. First, California was admitted as a free state. Second, there was popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico. Third, the Fugitive Slave Law was passed. Fourth, the D.C. slave trade was banned, and lastly, Texas received $10 million, which ended the border dispute with New Mexico. All of these different aspects of the Compromise of 1850 describe nationalism because it touched all directions of the United States. -
Fugitive Slave Law
The act required that slaves would be returned to their owners, even if they lived in a free state. The federal government was responsible for finding slaves that tried to escape. This act was nationalism because it didn't depend on what state you lived in, free or popular sovereignty; slaves would still have to return to their owners. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a proclamation made by past President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. This proclamation freed all enslaved people, making them free from their owners. This proclamation was nationalism because Abraham Lincoln didn't free only certain states; he freed all enslaved people in the United States. -
Fredrick Douglass
Fredrick Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York after he escaped slavery in Maryland. This movement that Fredrick led showed that even people who used to be enslaved and people who thought they couldn't achieve anything but work in the fields are some people who could be very successful in life. Fredrick Douglass showed his section of Massachusetts and New York that he was that leader.