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