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UGA History Exemption Test: Q&AYazoo Lands ✔️ The sparsely-populated central and western areas of the
US state of GA, when its western border stretched to the Mississippi River.
James Jackson ✔️ October 18, 1819 - January 13, 1887. It was a US
representative from GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a chief
justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo sale and
destructed records connected with the state. Later the Yazoo lands was given
to the Federal Goverment.
Iroquois League ✔️ Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of the
Longhouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous people of
North America
Yazoo Fraud ✔️ a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794-1803 by several
Georgia governers and the state legislature.
James Gun ✔️ Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud and
land to legislators, state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and
corruption.
Trail of Tears ✔️ Forced relocation and movement of Native American
nations from southeastern parts of the US following the Indian Removal Act of
1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee,
Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, among others in the US, from their
homelands to Indian territory (From Georgia to Oklahoma.)
Hernan Cortes ✔️ 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 - December 2,
1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall
of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the
rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th Century
The Stono Rebellion ✔️ Slave rebellion that commenced on September 9
1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the
British mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution.
,William Penn ✔️ October 14, 1644 - July 30 1718. It was an English real
estate entrepreneur, philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania,
the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania
The Great Awakening ✔️ Used to refer to several periods of religions
revival in American religious history. Historians and theologians identify
three or four waves of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the
early 18th and late 19th century. Each of these was characterized by
widespread revivals lead by evangelical Protestant ministers, a sharp increase
of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on the
part of those affected, an increase in evangelical church membership and the
formation of new religious movements and denominations.
Indentured Servitude ✔️ Historical practice of contracting to work for a
fixed period of time, typically 3 to 7 years in exchange for transportation, food,
clothing lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture.
Quakers ✔️ Members of the Religious Society of friends. Came to North
America in the early days because they wanted to spread their beliefs to the
British colonists there, while others came to escape the persecution that they
were experiencing in Europe. First known quakers arrived in 1656. The
colony of Rhode Island with its policy of religious freedom was a frequent
destionation as the Friends were persecuted by law in Massachusetts until
1681. Pennsylvania was formed by William Penn in 1681 as a haven for
persecuted.
Mercantilism ✔️ the economic doctrine that government control of foreign
trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military
security of the state.
Thomas Paine ✔️ English-American political activist, author, political
theorist and revolutionary. As the author or two highly influential pamphlets
at the start of the American Revolution, he became one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a
journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination.
,Alexander Hamilton ✔️ (January 11, 1755 or 177 - July 12, 1804) was a
Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of Amrica's
first constitutional lawyers and the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
Federalist papers ✔️ Series of 85 articles of essays promoting the
ratification of the United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton,
James Madison, and john jay
French vs. Indian War ✔️ The war was fought primarily between the
colonies of British America and the New France, with both sides supported by
military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. In 1756
the war escalated from a regional affair into a world-wide conflict. In Canada
some historians refer to the conflict as the Seven Years War fought for control
of eastern north america. British won.
American Revolution ✔️ Political upheaval during the last half of the 18th
century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break
free from the British Empire, combining to become the USA.
Revolutionary War ✔️ 1775-1783. began as a war between the Kingdom
of Great Britain and the New USA, but gradually expanded to a global war
between Britain on one side and USA, France, Netherlands and Spain on the
other.
Tories ✔️ A traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which
grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Northwest ordinance ✔️ Act of the Congress of the Confederation of the
US. Passed July 13, 1787. The primary effect was the creation of the Northwest
Territory as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of
the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi
River.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolves ✔️ Political statements drafted in 1798
and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position
that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
Louisiana purchase ✔️ Acquisition by the US in 1803 of France's claim to
the territory of Louisiana.
, Hartford Convention ✔️ An event in 1814-1815 in the US in which New
England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing
war of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's
increasing power.
Trustees dartmouth college vs woodward case ✔️ Was a landmark US
Supreme Court case dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the
US constitution to private corportations
Frederick Douglass ✔️ February 1818- February 20, 1895. African
American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. Former Slave
Nullification Crisis ✔️ A sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew
Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification.
Second Party System ✔️ Term of periodization used by historians and
political scientists to name the political party system existing in the US from
about 1828-1854 after the First Party System. The major parties were the
Democratic Party, led by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, assembled by
Henry Clay from the National Republicans and other opponents of Jackson.
First Party System ✔️ Model of American politics used by political
scientists and historians to periodize the political party system existing in the
United States between roughly 1792 and 1824. It featured two national
parties competing for control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the
Federalist Party, created largely by Alexander Hamilton, and the rival
Democratic-Republican Party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James
Madison.
Eli Whitney ✔️ December 8, 1765 - January 8, 1825. American inventor
best known for inventing the cotton gin.
Sectionalism ✔️ In national politics, this is often a precursor to
separatism.
Civil War ✔️ 1861-1865. war between organized groups within the same
nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created
from a formerly united nation state.
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