AP US History DBQ #1 In 1643‚ there were four New England colonies who formed a confederation and they came up with the Articles of Confederation. In 1697‚ William Penn brought forth a plan of union which never was implemented. Last but not least in 1754‚ Benjamin Franklin came up with the Albany Plan of Union. “The history of colonial efforts to cooperate or unite demonstrates that the colonies had no strong or sustainable need for a common government.” All of those plans never went into effect
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1. Women and Colonial Resistance During the 1970’s when colonists were protesting British policies‚ women started to play an active role public affairs‚ and created the Daughters of Liberty‚ a group that helped end the Stamp Act. During the Townshend Act crisis women played a big role in colonial resistance through “non-consumption” of British tea. This was as important as non-importation of tea because women were the major consumers of British tea. Women also supported colonial resistance through
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1. The Whigs and Democrats agreed on a few things. First‚ they agreed to push slavery aside as long as they could‚ as noted in the gag resolution. Not only that‚ but both parties also made use of campaigning towards the “common man.” Despite that‚ these parties also differed. The Whigs were made up of Jackson haters‚ whereas the Democrats composed of people who supported Jackson. With this in mind‚ the Whigs were incredibly disorganized. The Whigs also supported a national bank‚ whereas
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AP Chapter 10 Study Guide 1. Why was Washington the only real choice for president in the first presidential election? How was this situation similar to the Constitutional Convention? 2. Where was he inaugurated? 3. How did Washington change the way he got advice from the heads of departments 4. Who made up Washington’s first cabinet? 5. Why was Jefferson an excellent choice for his spot? 6. What post did John Jay take up? 7. What law set up the federal court system
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5. Van Buren‚ squired into office by the close popular vote but by the comfortable margin of 170 to 124 votes (for all the Whigs combined) in the Electoral College N. Big Woes for the “Little Magician” 1. Martin Van Buren‚ eighth president‚ was the first to be born under the American flag 2. An accomplished strategist and spoils man—the “wizard of Albany”—he was also a statesman of wide experience in both legislative and administrative life 3. From the outset the new president labored under sever
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Chapter Seven: The Jeffersonian Era I. The Rise of Cultural Nationalism A. Patterns of Education 1. Central to the Republican vision was the concept of a virtuous and enlightened citizenry. 2. Republicans believed in the establishment of a nationwide system of public schools to create the educated electorate they believe a republic required. 3. A Massachusetts law of 1789 reaffirmed the colonial laws by which each town was obligated to support a school‚ but there was little enforcement. 4
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Ethan Scott-6th Ms. Istre FRQ Although many seemingly happy events such as the “Era of Good Feelings” and the granting of universal white manhood suffrage occurred during the early 1800’s‚ the statement that nationalism and not the fear of sectionalism caused westward expansion is an invalid statement. Westward expansion was truly an effect of a growing sectionalism in the country originating from events such as the Tariff of 1828 ‚ the National Bank‚ and the Missouri Compromise. Preceding
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The so-called "Indian Wars" took place roughly from 1864-1890 (from the Sand Creek Massacre to the Battle of Wounded Knee). It was really less of a war than a long series of skirmishes‚ battles‚ and massacres. At first‚ the Indians actually had the advantage because their arrows could be fired more rapidly than a muzzle-loading rifle. The invention of the Colt .45 revolver (the six-shooter by Samuel Colt) and Winchester repeating rifle changed this. Notably‚ one-fifth of the U.S. Army out West
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1. To what extent was late nine-teenth-century and early twentieth century United States expansionism a continuation of past expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? Use your knowledge of US history to 1914 to construct your answer 2. In what ways were the late-nineteenth-century Populists the heirs of the Jacksonian Democrats with respect to overall objectives AND specific proposals for reform? 3. Analyze the ways in which supporters of slavery in the nineteenth century used
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The purpose of this lab was to observe the different amount of distances each DNA samples travel when placed in a gel-electrophoresis box. Restriction endonucleases are critical tools in recombinant DNA methodology. Electrophoresis is the method of determining the size of fragments that are cut by restriction enzymes. These restriction enzymes always cut at their specific protein recognition sites. This is very useful in the sense that no two restriction enzymes codes for exactly the same recognition
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