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The Proclamation Of 1763
An act created in October of 1763. The act was to prevent the colonies from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. This caused the colonists to be upset. -
The Sugar Act
This was an act made in April of 1764. It severely taxed sugar imports to the colonies. This was so the colonies would have to buy molasses from England. This caused the colonists to buy less sugar. -
The Currency Act
This was an act made in September of 1764. This act was to prevent colonies from printing their own money. This was so that there was one currency used for trade in the Atlantic. This caused the colonists to depend on England for their money. -
The Stamp Act
This act was created in March of 1765. It was taxing some of the various items of the colonies. This led to the colonists buying and selling illegal goods. -
The Quartering Act
This was an act made in May of 1765. This was taxing the colonists so that the army would be better paid. This caused the colonists to be annoyed with all of the taxation. -
The Declaratory Act
This act was made in March of 1766. This act increased the domestic taxes in the colonies. This led to the colonists being upset. -
The Townshend Revenue Ac
This was an act that was created in June of 1767. This act put a tax on glass, led, paint, and paper in the colonies. This caused the colonists to be angry. -
The Boston Massacre
On March 5th 1770 British soldiers fired upon a crowd of colonists in Boston, killing multiple colonists. This caused the colonists to be very upset with the British. -
The Tea Act
This act was made in May of 1773. This act was to regulate the imports of tea in the colonies. This led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans and destroyed a British tea ship. They threw about 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
These acts were made in January of 1774. These acts were created because of the Boston Tea Party to regain control and punish the colonists. These caused the colonists to start rebelling against the crown. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The British tried to get the guns and weapons away from the colonists but ended up losing. This helped the colonists regain hope and confidence. -
Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill
The British soldiers and the rebelling colonists fought to seize the hill. The British won but lost the majority of their men. It led to the British having the high ground but their army got depleted. -
Declaration of Independence
The colonies wrote a document to declare that they were separating from England. It stated some reasons why and they released it to the world. -
Battle of Trenton
In December of 1776, George Washington, Charles Lee, John Sullivan and James Ewing attacked Trenton. The Americans won and took 900 prisoners, as well as killing and wounding 114 Germans. This led to New Jersey being free of British rule and the Americans gaining morale. -
The Battle Of Saratoga
A battle where the British one the first and the American won the second. Resulted in Americans gaining French and Spanish allies. -
Valley Forge
It was not a battle. 2000 soldiers died from disease and starvation and froze to death. -
The Battle of Yorktown
A battle in Yorktown harbor, won by the Americans. The final battle of the war. -
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Abolitionism
Abolitionism was the movement in U.S. history to end slavery. It was to end slave trade as well. It grew significantly in the 30 years before the U.S. Civil War. It led to the end of slavery throughout the world. It was beneficial for the northern states because they did not rely on slavery for their jobs, however the south was heavily reliant on slavery for their jobs. It took away free workers that the south was dependent on. -
Treaty of Paris
Articles of Peace were created. It gained the rights of America. US won and gained freedom from the British and made peace with their enemies. -
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Westward Expansion
Westward expansion was when the U.S. moved west in search for more land and an improvement on life. It is connected to nationalism because the people did not expand based on north or south they all moved west where there was a promise for a better life. -
3/5 Compromise
A compromise so that 3/5 of enslaved people in the states would count to the population. This gave some states more representatives in Congress. -
States Rights Amendment 10
The Constitution did not have a law about the states making their own laws. People believed the Federal government was taking power from the states. It takes away from nationalism because the 10th Amendment gave the states the power to make individual laws. -
Whisky Rebellion
A protest on the tax of whisky that ended up having George Washington send troops to get the violent protesters to stop. -
XYZ Affair
When the French were attacking American ships the Americans sent three people to negotiate with the French so they would stop. The French said they would have to pay ten million dollars if they wanted them to stop. -
Alien & Sedition Acts
The acts allowed the president to deport anyone who was not a citizen. It also allowed him to arrest anyone who said or published anything that lied about the government. Congress let the acts expire. -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
The DRs thought the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional because it interfered with their Constitutional rights. The Kentucky Resolution said the states could resist the laws that were considered unconstitutional. This showed that the states could challenge the federal government because the government did not stop them from arguing against the laws. -
Embargo Act
An act created in December of 1807 that closed the US ports. There were no exports allowed unless the president accepted them. It was made so Britain and France would stop attacking US ships. -
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a system of routes and safe houses that were used to guide enslaved people to other states or places where they would be freed from slavery. It helped to free 100,000 enslaved people. It lowered the population and production of products from slave states by having the slaves be freed to other places. -
War of 1812
The US fought a war against Britain because they were going onto American ships and taking people off of the ships. The US won the war and stopped Britain from invading their ships. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The Court decided that the Second Bank of the US government should not be taxed by Maryland. -
Compromise of 1820
If the U.S. added a new territory it would disrupt the balance between slave states and free states. The solution was to make Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. This is connected to sectionalism because the compromise line (36º 30ºN) made the states north of the line free and the states south of the line slave states. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine told the Europeans to not try and claim the Western Hemisphere. It said that colonization of the Wester Hemisphere would be seen as an attack against the US. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in September of 1838. He went on to be a national leader of the abolitionist movement in New York. He recruited African-Americans to join the army. He let over 400 slaves into his home as a safe house. He contributed to Nationalism by advocating against slavery through the whole U.S. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was after the U.S. added the states from the Mexican Cession. The Texas territory was very large but in debt so The U.S. gave Texas $10 million for some of its land. It is connected to sectionalism because it let the states decide if they wanted to be free or slave states. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act abolished the Missouri Compromise. It added two new territories which allowed popular sovereignty. Bleeding Kansas was also a product of this act due to pro and anti slavery activists surging into the territories to change the vote. It took away from sectionalism because it got rid of the compromise line and caused slavery to appear north of the compromise line. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was made by Abraham Lincoln and stated that all enslaved people shall now be free. It took away from sectionalism by not allowing slavery to continue in the states. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who worked through the Underground Railroad to help save around 70 people from enslavement. She was a leader of 13 missions to help free the people. She escaped from slavery when she was 27. She assisted in taking power away from the government by freeing enslaved people and bringing them to free states.