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

• Est. Conn. As new colony with religious freedom

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

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

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

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

• 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’

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

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

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

NorthWest Ordinance - 1789

• Determined how a territory becomes a state; must have constitution, and 60,000 people living there

• Bicameral plan; representation based on population

• Unicameral plan; representation equal by state

• 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

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

• Written by Hamilton and Madison to get support for new Constitution

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

• Midnight judges; gave Supreme Court right of Judicial review

• Rqrd colonists to pay GB for stamp on ALL paper documents

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

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

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

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

• 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 -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

a) Fugitive slave lawb) Slavery outlawed in Wash D.C.c) New Mexico gets pop. Sovereigntyd) New Mex and Cali carved out of land we got

from Mexe) Maine comes in as free state

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

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

• 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

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

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

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

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

• Made it illegal to own and operate a monopoly or trust

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

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

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