Flashcards
3) Make America Great: The many Frontiers
Cards in this deck (7)
- 1The war of independence -reasons-colonial trade regulations
political domination (no rep in parl)
military conflicts
dev of an american identity
dev am elite - 2challengesunification of colonies and colonists
est governing body and army
economic independence
international support - 3The fundationUS Constitution
1787/89
establish justice
general welfare
secure liberty - 4Bill of Rights1789/91
civil rights
- freedom of religion, speech, press
-bear arms
-peoples rights protected
-right of jury trail
-legal rights - 5The frontierimaginery point or line between wilderness and civilisation
(pushing the frontier west) - 6Territorial expansion in the 19th cLouisana Purchase (from Napoleon)
Lewis and Clark Expedition
annexation of Texas
1846-48 Mexican American War - 7The New Frontier Kennedy's political concept- 1848 California Gold Rush