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proclamation of 1763
This act was an act created by the British to make sure the colonists don't expand west and cross the Appalachian act. -
The Currency act
In this act the British prohibited the colonists from printing paper money to benefit the english -
The Sugar Act
This act lowered the rations of sugar for the colonists, raised the prices of molases and taxed sugar and molases because the english wanted to be rich and get their debt payed off. -
The Stamp Act
In this act the British imposed a tax on papers and documents in the colonies but not in England -
The Quartering Act
This act prohibited British soldiers from being quartered in private homes an forced at the colonists to house and provide food for the British soldiers -
Declaratory act
King George gave himself power to object any laws or impose any laws -
Townshend Act
Taxed items such as led, paper, glass, and tea -
Boston massacre
A small fight/battle between some British soldiers and colonists. 5 people died. -
The Tea Act
a tax on tea made by England and was the only surviving tax from the Townshend acts -
intolerable acts
4 different acts that the British gave the colonists. The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
Lexington and Concord
When the British came in and tried to obtain all of the colonists weapons to ensure there was no fights but the colonists got mad and it became a big battle -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British and the Colonists where fighting over bunker hill to fight on. The British won and they where actually fighting most of the war on Breeds hill not bunker hill. -
Boston Tea party
When the colonists revolted against the tax on tea and threw out all the tea from England into the harbor -
The Declaration of Independence
It was a declaration that showed how the colonies were now becoming free from England and also told the world about all the bad things England did to them -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War between England and America. -
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Westward Expansion
Westward expansion was when everyone was expanding to the new territory such as the two most common spots to settle, Oregon and California. Due to these unknown regions being filled up with settlers and then becoming states people where worried due to the possibility of their being an unequal amount of free and slave states. -
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Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion was when most Americans where traveling out west to start a new life in new land. Most of these settlers settled in California and Oregon. Due to the rise in population in the new land these regions started to become states. Once these regions where becoming states people got nervous due to the possibility of their being an unequal amount of free and slave states. This is sectionalism because people where focused on making sure the amount of free and slave states where equal. -
3/5 compromise
The 3/5 compromise was a compromise between the south and north on wether the slaves should count as a person in order to get more representatives. So they made this compromise stating the the slaves would be count as 3/5 of a person of the population. This is nationalism because both the north and the south where happy because the souths slaves still counted as a person but they didn't count fully which made the north happy. -
The Whiskey Rebelion
This was one of the first taxes in the US government and it was on achoholic drinks and it led with Pensilvania rebeling and having protests and just being bad in general. -
States Rights (Amendment 10)
This amendment is basically stating that the powers not given to the united states are for the states to decide on. This relates to sectionalism because it is giving the states some power too not just having the United States government have all the power. -
XYZ Affair
This was when President Adams sent 3 Americans to Paris to make peace the French minister refused to see them and demanded money if they wanted to speak to him. The Americans declined and instead the Prime minister sent 3 people to represent him known as X, Y, and Z. -
Alien and Sedition acts
Alien act- a law in which the president could deport or imprison an immigrant from another country that potentially can bring harm.
Sedition Act- A law stating that it was a crime to speak or publicize a rumor or anything against the US government -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
This was when the Democratic-Republicans thought the alien and sedation act was an abuse of power and so Virginia and Kentucky had created a trial to abolish the law -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act was when the U.S. cut all trade supply with France and England which France and England were also not trading. The creator of this was Thomas Jefferson -
Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was an abolitionist which is when someone is anti-slavery. He relates to nationalism because 11 states that allowed slavery withdrew from the United States.President Lincoln did not want this and was upset about the fact of the U.S. splitting up which promotes nationalism -
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Underground Railroad
This was a group of abolitionists that created a system to help free slaves and this system led 100,000 slaves to escape. This relates to sectionalism because this was making the slaves and north happy because these slaves where becoming free but it made the south mad because they where losing their slaves. -
War of 1812
A war America declared on the British because the British were attacking U.S. ships -
McCulloch v.s. Maryland
A trial between Maryland v.s. McCulloch on the national bank Maryland didn't want it and were anti-federalists but McCulloch wanted it and were federalists. -
Compromise of 1820
This compromise made it so that since the new slave state Missouri was becoming a state and people where mad that now there would be more slave states than free states, now they would add a new free state to make a balanced amount . This relates to nationalism because it made the all of the people happy because now it was all equal. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was when after the war in South America when South America gained freedom from Spain and the European countries thought they could go colonize South America but The U.S. made the Monroe Doctrine stating that if the European countries come and colonize that territory that they will come and fight war between them -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was when California was admitted to the U.S. as a free state and Texas was admitted as a slave state. Meanwhile the New Mexico and Utah territory's where both unidentified as either a slave state or a free state. This is nationalism because two of the territory's where neutral while their where 2 additional states, one free and one that had slaves which made everything equal. -
Fugitive State Law
This Law stated. that if any people see a free slave who had escaped their owner they must bring the slave back to the original owner. This connects to sectionalism because the south states where happy to get their slaves back but northern people where aggravated that there was still slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
During the Civil war Abraham Lincoln made this proclamation that stated that ALL slaves where now free. This made the south VERY mad due to them having lots of slaves and mostly depending on them to farm and produce cash-crops which gave these owners a greater wealth. This is nationalism because Abraham Lincoln was thinking about the greater good of America and wanted for every one to be equal in America. Basically wanted every American state to be free states. -
Fredrick Douglass
Fredrick Douglass was an abolitionist who was first enslaved in Maryland but escaped. When he escaped he was most famous for being a writer. One of his most famous books was, Narrative of the Life of an American Slave (1845). All of these are examples of sectionalism because with his book he is trying to show how horrible it is to be a slave and showing all the lows. These things lead to more people wanting to free slaves and stop these horrible things from happening. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an enslaved women who was an abolitionist. She was part of the underground railroad and continued to go on 13 other journeys to free slaves and successfully freed 70 other slaves. This is sectionalism because she was helping save the slaves from the south which angered the south