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History of the Americas
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- What had negative effects on United States culture
- Did slaveholders believe that by introducing slaves to Christianity it would make them rebellious and unruly?
- Which religious community focused on the power of patriarchy (male dominated society)?
- The prejudice of southern citizens often showed in what Slavery had negative effects on United States culture.
- Which utopian group believed in complex marriages?
- it made it harder for people to invest their money in the stock market
- Alliance of states where states have the majority of the powers and retain their sovereignty
- American victory considered the turning point of the Revolution, because of this victory in 1777, Fránce pledged assistance to theAmericans to fight against the British
- First goverment of United States from 1781 - 1788, states had more power than weak national government- no standing army, no power totax, no courts, no executive branch
- Final major battle of the American Revolution, British defeated
- The drought in California destroyed America's fruit and vegetable crops.
- Commander in Chief of Continental Army, 1" President of U.S.
- Free from restrictions placed on individual actions
- First battles of the American Revolution in April 1775
- July 4; 1776, written by Thomas Jefferson, American colonies declareindependence from England, list of grievances against King George II
- The institution in society that governs on behalf of the people, makes the laws, and taxes the people
- Rights/privileges which, according to the Declaration of Independence,cannot be taken away, these include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (and property)
- Giant corporations that controlled entire businesses
- An organization that consists of several unions that merge together
- War for U.S. Independence, 1775 - 1783, major battles - Lexington and Concord, Saragota, Yorktown