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1. The Line of Demarcation: The line by the Pope to dived the world in half. Giving
one half to Spain and the other the Portugal. The Spanish convinced to Pope to do
this because both countries wanted to colonize but Portugal was the super power
of the sea.
2. Treaty of Tordesillas: A 1494 agreement between portugal and spain, moving
the Line of Demarcation farther west.
3. Henry Clay: Engineered the Missouri Compromise
4. The Missouri Compromise of 1820: This maintained the balance of slave and
free states by bringing in Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. It
sought to diffuse slavery as an issue in westward expansion by prohibiting slavery
north of latitude 36°30', but it said nothing about popular sovereignty south of that
line.
5. "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
Was said by?: Thomas Jefferson, following the heated elections of 1800.
6. The Treaty of Paris 1783 (four main parts): Britain recognizes independence of
the U.S.; boundaries of the new nation are established; American ships are given
unlimited fishing rights; creditors of either side would be unimpeded in the collection
of lawful debts; the U.S. would compensate loyalists whose property had been
confiscated
7. Freeport Doctrine: In a Douglas vs. Lincoln debate, this was Stephen Douglas's
said that slavery could be prevented from any territory by the refusal of the people
living in that territory to pass laws favorable to slavery. Likewise, if the people of the
territory supported slavery, legislation would provide for its continued existence. He
didn't want to go against the Supreme Court and say it couldn't be continued into
the territories but he also didn't want to anger southerners.
8. The Triangular Trade: The pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, Asia,
and the American continents. They traded rum,slaves, sugar, and tobacco .
9. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at...: The Appomattox Courthouse
on April 9, 1865
10. The Judiciary Act of 1789: Congress provided for a Supreme Court of six
members and a system of lower district courts and courts of appeal, also giving
the Supreme Court the power to make the final decisions in cases involving the
constitution or state laws.
11. Alexander Hamilton's Legislative Program: Promoted the Bank of the United
States, assumption of Confederation and state debts, excise taxes, and manufac-
turing
12. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787: Defined the process by which new states
could be admitted into the Union from the Northwest Territory. It forbade slavery in
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the territory but allowed citizens to vote on the legality of slavery once statehood
had been established.
13. The Specie Circular of 1836: An executive order issued by U.S. President
Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required
payment for government land to be in gold and silver.
14. Anne Bradstreet: The first published american poet
15. Phillis Wheatley: The first African American poet to be published.
16. Virginia House of Burgesses: The first lawmaking body in the English colonies
17. Massachusetts General Court: Passed the first set of laws in the English
colonies.
18. King Philip's War: A conflict between New England colonists and Native Amer-
ican Groups allied under leadership Wampanoag cheif Metacom, known to the
colonists as King Philip.
19. Royal Colonies: Colonies that were under the direct control of the English crown
20. Proprietary Colonies: Colonies owned by persons who had been given a royal
charter to own the land
21. Charter Colonies: Colonies based on a grant of land by the British Crown to a
company or a group of settlers
22. Mercantilism: The theory that a country should sell more goods to other coun-
tries than it buys
23. Salutary Neglect: An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
24. The Stamp Act: A tax, passed in March 22,1765; on documents and printed
items such as wills, newspapers, and cards.
25. Declaratory Act: Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act.
Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.
26. The Intolerable Acts: A series of laws passed 1774 by British Parliament to
punish the people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party
27. The Quartering Act: March 24, 1765 - Required the colonials to provide food,
lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.
28. The Townshend Acts: Laws passed in 1767 that taxed imported goods such as
glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea
29. The Homestead Act: Passed in 1862 - The law offered 160 acres of land free
for anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years- only $10 fee
30. The Kansas-Nebraska Act: It would create 2 new territories to allow the govern-
ment to build a railroad. It split Nebraska into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas
and allowed for popular sovereignty there, thus nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
31. Benjamin Rush: Patriot and doctor; signer of the Declaration of Independence
and strong supporter of the Constitution. He was the first to diagnose insanity as an
illness and wrote curriculum for course in psychiatry.
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1. The Line of Demarcation: The line by the Pope to dived the world in half. Giving
one half to Spain and the other the Portugal. The Spanish convinced to Pope to do
this because both countries wanted to colonize but Portugal was the super power
of the sea.
2. Treaty of Tordesillas: A 1494 agreement between portugal and spain, moving
the Line of Demarcation farther west.
3. Henry Clay: Engineered the Missouri Compromise
4. The Missouri Compromise of 1820: This maintained the balance of slave and
free states by bringing in Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. It
sought to diffuse slavery as an issue in westward expansion by prohibiting slavery
north of latitude 36°30', but it said nothing about popular sovereignty south of that
line.
5. "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists."
Was said by?: Thomas Jefferson, following the heated elections of 1800.
6. The Treaty of Paris 1783 (four main parts): Britain recognizes independence of
the U.S.; boundaries of the new nation are established; American ships are given
unlimited fishing rights; creditors of either side would be unimpeded in the collection
of lawful debts; the U.S. would compensate loyalists whose property had been
confiscated
7. Freeport Doctrine: In a Douglas vs. Lincoln debate, this was Stephen Douglas's
said that slavery could be prevented from any territory by the refusal of the people
living in that territory to pass laws favorable to slavery. Likewise, if the people of the
territory supported slavery, legislation would provide for its continued existence. He
didn't want to go against the Supreme Court and say it couldn't be continued into
the territories but he also didn't want to anger southerners.
8. The Triangular Trade: The pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, Asia,
and the American continents. They traded rum,slaves, sugar, and tobacco .
9. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at...: The Appomattox Courthouse
on April 9, 1865
10. The Judiciary Act of 1789: Congress provided for a Supreme Court of six
members and a system of lower district courts and courts of appeal, also giving
the Supreme Court the power to make the final decisions in cases involving the
constitution or state laws.
11. Alexander Hamilton's Legislative Program: Promoted the Bank of the United
States, assumption of Confederation and state debts, excise taxes, and manufac-
turing
12. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787: Defined the process by which new states
could be admitted into the Union from the Northwest Territory. It forbade slavery in
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the territory but allowed citizens to vote on the legality of slavery once statehood
had been established.
13. The Specie Circular of 1836: An executive order issued by U.S. President
Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required
payment for government land to be in gold and silver.
14. Anne Bradstreet: The first published american poet
15. Phillis Wheatley: The first African American poet to be published.
16. Virginia House of Burgesses: The first lawmaking body in the English colonies
17. Massachusetts General Court: Passed the first set of laws in the English
colonies.
18. King Philip's War: A conflict between New England colonists and Native Amer-
ican Groups allied under leadership Wampanoag cheif Metacom, known to the
colonists as King Philip.
19. Royal Colonies: Colonies that were under the direct control of the English crown
20. Proprietary Colonies: Colonies owned by persons who had been given a royal
charter to own the land
21. Charter Colonies: Colonies based on a grant of land by the British Crown to a
company or a group of settlers
22. Mercantilism: The theory that a country should sell more goods to other coun-
tries than it buys
23. Salutary Neglect: An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies
24. The Stamp Act: A tax, passed in March 22,1765; on documents and printed
items such as wills, newspapers, and cards.
25. Declaratory Act: Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act.
Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.
26. The Intolerable Acts: A series of laws passed 1774 by British Parliament to
punish the people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party
27. The Quartering Act: March 24, 1765 - Required the colonials to provide food,
lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.
28. The Townshend Acts: Laws passed in 1767 that taxed imported goods such as
glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea
29. The Homestead Act: Passed in 1862 - The law offered 160 acres of land free
for anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for 5 years- only $10 fee
30. The Kansas-Nebraska Act: It would create 2 new territories to allow the govern-
ment to build a railroad. It split Nebraska into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas
and allowed for popular sovereignty there, thus nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
31. Benjamin Rush: Patriot and doctor; signer of the Declaration of Independence
and strong supporter of the Constitution. He was the first to diagnose insanity as an
illness and wrote curriculum for course in psychiatry.
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