Hist 1301: Midterm review

Result of the Great Awakening was that

1. thousands of sinners were converted 2. countless believers were revived 3. scores of new churches were founded

The War of 1812

A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.

The explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert: A. was lost at sea B. founded the Roanoke colony C. became a notorious pirate D. married Queen Elizabeth E. was an English captain hired by the French

A. was lost at sea

The Treaty of Ghent

December 24, 1814 - Ended the War of 1812 and restored the status quo. For the most part, territory captured in the war was returned to the original owner. It also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border.

The Great Awakening developed in reaction

Deism and skepticism associated with the Enlightenment

The British colonies differed from the Spanish in all of the following ways

Every detail of colonial administration was closely regulated by the Spanish king.

At the Battle of Bunker Hill

First major battle of the Revolutions. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. However, the British suffered more deaths.

The English revivalist who preached to thousands and also impressed Benjamin Franklin

George Whitefield

The Spanish Armada

In 1588, a fleet was assembled by Phillip II of Spain to invade England, but they were defeated. The defeat helped bring the decline of the Spanish empire. Queen Elizabeth helped England defeat the Spanish Armada. England's victory over Spanish forces established England as an emerging sea power; it was one of the great achievements of Queen Elizabeth I.

In the election of 1800

Jefferson and Burr each received 73 votes in the Electoral College, so the House of Representatives had to decide the outcome. The House chose Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice President.

anti-Federalist

John Hancock, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry

The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island:

The first English settlement in North America, in 1587. Sir Walter Raleigh returned to England for supplies, and when he returned the entire settlement was gone, and no one knows what exactly happened. Resulted in the disappearance of colonists.

All of the following are true of the English Quakers

They are not followed by charismatic preachers.

The Judiciary Act of 1801

a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new posts with Federalists

With the end of the war, many Americans viewed the United States as

as a nation with a special destiny

Just before he left office, Adams

cemented Federalism within the judiciary.

At the Hartford Convention, delegates

proposed a series of constitutional amendments to limit Republican influence in government

The purpose of the Coercive Acts was to:

punish Boston for the Tea Party

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions argued

that states could decide if laws were unconstituational.

The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom marked

the general trend away from state-supported churches.

Because of associations with the British, the Revolution was especially detrimental

to the status of the Anglicans

By the early eighteenth century, the English colonies in North America

were the most populous and prosperous on the continent.

As the new Constitution went into effect, Founding Fathers like Franklin and Washington viewed its future

with feelings of uncertainty