AP United States History American Presidents CRITICAL PERIOD: 1788-1815 01. George Washington [1789-1797] No Official Party Affiliation – sympathetic to Federalist Party policies Vice President – John Adams – Federalist MAJOR DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Adoption of the Bill of Rights 1791 (first ten amendments) Judiciary Act of 1789 establishes federal courts and attorney general Establishment of the Bank of the United States Hamiltonian Fiscal Policies Assumption of State Debts from Revolution
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Waging Revolution I. From Resistance to Revolution 1. What does it mean to rebel? i. People that come from nothing and are angry and want more. Revolution is inevitable and Congress is still trying to negotiate peace they are trying to find a peaceful way out of things in a way that doesn’t lead to war B. Tea Act (1773) 1. Tea is the most important consumer product‚ it defines the colonists. Part of the monopoly of the East India company‚ sustains protests all over the colonies. Its not the tea
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<a href="http://law.jrank.org/pages/11887/Colonial-Period.html">Colonial Period - European Settlement Of North America‚ Factors Influencing Early Colonial Law‚ Differences From The English Criminal Justice System</a> ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Other Free Encyclopedias » Law Library - American Law and Legal Information » Crime and Criminal Law Colonial Period - European Settlement Of North America‚ Factors Influencing Early Colonial
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* IN 1818 James Monroe‚ who had been elected president in 1816‚ ordered Generla Andrew Jackson to clear raiding Seminole INdiands from American soil and to persue them into Florida if necessary. Seizing on these instructions‚ Jackson marched into Florida and easily captured 2 Spanish fleets. * The Spanish feared for the future of their tottering Latin American
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during the early years of the United States. The most notable removal came after the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Cherokee‚ whose journey was known as the ’"’Trail of Tears’"’‚ and the four other civilized tribes‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaw‚ Creek and Seminole‚ were forced to emigrate to lands west of the Mississippi River‚ to
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As many as 75 million indigenous people lived in the Americas right before European contact. This was about the same as the population of Europe at that time. The majority of these peoples are thought to have come over via the Bering Strait region from 100‚000 to 14‚000 years ago during the periods when Ice Ages caused land bridges to form between Siberia and Alaska. Other possible origins include Polynesia and South Africa. Theorists such as Thomas Jefferson believed they originated here in America
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Max Sweebe American History George Washington George Washington was born in Febuary 2nd 1732 into a Virginia family of planters where he was taught the manners morals‚ and knowledge required for a 18th century man. He pursued to main interests military arts and western expansion. At 16 Washington helped survey the Shenandoah Lands for Lord FairFax who was a English Baron who owned vast amounts of farmland in Virginia‚ working for Lord FairFax helped him learn many valuable things about surveying
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration America’s Spaceport America’s Spaceport John F. Kennedy Space Center “This generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it . . . we mean to lead it.” President John F. Kennedy Sept. 12‚ 1962 Origins Origins T he John F. Kennedy Space Center -- America’s Spaceport -- is the doorway to space. From its unique facilities‚ humans and machines begin to explore the solar system
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An Introduction to Native North America‚ 4/e Sutton ©2012 / ISBN: 9780205121564 Chapter begins on next page > PLEASE NOTE: This sample chapter was prepared in advance of book publication. Additional changes may appear in the published book. To request an examination copy or for additional information‚ please visit us at www.pearsonhighered.com or contact your Pearson representative at www.pearsonhighered.com/replocator. 1 Introduction In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus sailed west from
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Manifest Destiny (????- 1850) APUSH Final Exam Review Project By: Kailee Weiler and Alexa Vagnozzi Manifest Destiny In the 1840’s the people of America began to believe that they were chosen by God to control the North American continent. Thus it became a factor which drove them to look west and claim new territory. Not only was it a movement to spread political system‚ but it was also to spread a racially defined society due the “American race” as the superiority. Texas The Mexican government
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