The Colonies & Revolution

First governing document of Plymouth Colony-majority rule

Virginia-representative government

New England, Middle, Southern

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

Fishing, Shipbuilding, Trade, Timber

Puritans, Clergy, Town Meetings

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Trade/Commerce, Food Crops

Diverse, Religious Tolerance, Quakers

Maryland, Virginia, North & South Carolina, Georgia

Plantations, Cash Crops, Slavery

Planter Elite, Slavery, Protestants & Catholics

Just powers from the consent of the governed

Colonists who remained in support of the King

Colonists who favored independence

Constitution & Federalism

Excluded African Americans and Women

Each branch of government limits the power of another

The legislative body of Great Britain

1215 AD - Limited the powers of the King

1689 - Lists the rights of Parliament

War, Coin, Foreign Affairs, Postal System

Path for territories to become states-AOC

Revealed the weaknesses of the AOC

Strong Central Government, Merchants

Strong State Governments, Farmers, BOR

Tax, Regulate Trade, Courts, Militia, Copyrights

Bicameral Legislature, One House Equal, One House Population

Judicial Review-Is a law constitutional?

National Bank too powerful, Not in Constitution

Ensure a strong economy, Implied power

Westward Expansion & Antebellum

American control from Atlantic to Pacific

Controls the Mississippi River, Major Port

Balance of slave states and free states

No European colonies in the Americas!

Removal to reservations-Trail of Tears

Added territory to the USA-Oregon, Texas, South West

Survival of natives, killed off by whites

Land Grants & Federal Subsidizes

Forced off of ancestral lands and onto reservations

Civil War & Reconstruction

Geography, Economics, Religion, Immigration Base

End slavery, morally wrong

Declaration of Independence by women at Seneca Falls

The people vote slave state or free

Battle over the vote for/against slavery

South Carolina secedes from the Union

Freed all slaves in the United States

Gave citizenship to African Americans

Gave male African Americans the right to vote

Mostly worked as sharecroppers

Legal segregation of Blacks & Whites in the South

Seen as too moderate by Radical Republicans

Seen as too radical/harsh by moderates and Democrats

To reunite the Union

Federal Troops leave South - Hayes becomes President

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