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Laws and Documents Review

Laws and Documents Review. First elected legislature in US Hist ; VA colongy. What pilgrims signed when landed in new world; first document signed in new world. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine questioned why GB should rule colonies; helped cause anger in colonies.

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Laws and Documents Review

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  1. Laws and Documents Review

  2. First elected legislature in US Hist; VA colongy

  3. What pilgrims signed when landed in new world; first document signed in new world

  4. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine questioned why GB should rule colonies; helped cause anger in colonies

  5. Est. Conn. As new colony with religious freedom

  6. Southern states wouldn’t sign Const. till Bill of Rights created protecting rights of states and individuals against abusive power of federal govt.

  7. Granted to businessmen to est. colony in VA to find gold and other resources

  8. Line across Appalachian Mts. Where colonists couldn’t cross after French and Indian War; made them angry b/c they already owned land there

  9. Gave GB cntrl over N. America up to the Mississippi River; France gave Canadian claims to GB and Spanish gave FL to Brit

  10. Msg to King George III about what terrible things he did and why they deserve independnece; ‘all men are created equal’ and ‘consent of the governed’

  11. Ended Rev. War; gave America cntrl of land to the Miss. River

  12. Slaves in the south would be counted as 3/5 a white male for representation in Congress purposes

  13. Could not levy taxes; could not print money; could not raise an army; no executive branch

  14. NorthWest Ordinance - 1789 • Determined how a territory becomes a state; must have constitution, and 60,000 people living there

  15. Bicameral plan; representation based on population

  16. Unicameral plan; representation equal by state

  17. Punishment for Boston Tea Part • Boston Port Act - Closed port of Boston till tea $ repaid • Quartering Act – soldiers housed in homes • Administration of Justice – Brits tried in GB courts not in colonies • Mass. Govt. Act – put Mass. Colony under direct cntrl of GB

  18. Granted by King of England for group to move to new world and establish a colony

  19. Written by Hamilton and Madison to get support for new Constitution

  20. Combine both plans; bi cameral; Senate gets = #s; House of Reps. Based on state population

  21. Midnight judges; gave Supreme Court right of Judicial review

  22. Rqrd colonists to pay GB for stamp on ALL paper documents

  23. Ended the 1812 War; establish United states as dominant power in Western hemisphere

  24. Three branches; exec, legis., judicial; balance of power

  25. Bought land west of Miss. to Pacific Ocean from Napoleon; doubled US

  26. Issued by G. Wash; said avoid factions, political parties, and getting involved in European Napoleonic Wars

  27. John Adams wanted to prevent joining war on side of France; made it illegal to speak against the government and limited French immigration to US -

  28. Page 2

  29. After 1812 war; told Europe to stay out of North America or the US would consider it an act of war

  30. Said that most of the Louisianna Territory would be free; drew a line under Missouri to the West; N. territories free; S. Territories slave

  31. Forced removal of Indians from GA to OK; 15,000 walked and 4,000 died

  32. Supreme Court case that said slaves are not citizens and cannot sue for freedom

  33. Issued at Seneca Falls Conference; copied DofI verbatim except said ‘men and women are created equal’

  34. Ended Mex-Am War; gave US Mex lands all the way to California

  35. A law that tried to outlaw slavery in any land we got from mexico; almost passed many times

  36. Fugitive slave law • Slavery outlawed in Wash D.C. • New Mexico gets pop. Sovereignty • New Mex and Cali carved out of land we got from Mex • Maine comes in as free state

  37. Slaves in seceded states set free; NOT in border states loyal to the union

  38. Speech Lincoln made at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA where he dedicated the field as a memorial to those who died

  39. Speech Lincoln made after 2d election; said neither side should have ‘malice’ toward the other and God was punishing America for slavery w/ the blood of both sides

  40. Andrew Johnson 1stPrez impeached under it; said prez can’t fire exec. Branch people w/o Congress approval

  41. Outlawed segregation of any kind in the south gave freedmen civil rights; declared unconst. By supreme court

  42. South agreed to let Rutherford B. Hayes (republican) be Prez if North would remove military occupation; ENDED reconstruction

  43. Prevented any Chinese from immigrating to America b/c were taking jobs in West

  44. Made it illegal to own and operate a monopoly or trust

  45. Idea that in Lat. Am. The US would ask politely but threaten with force if necessary

  46. Add on to Monroe Doctrine – said Europe can’t intervene in Lat. Am. But the US can to prevent an economic collapse

  47. Ended bad food practices; required govt. inspection of food and drugs; required

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