Reform Movement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the expansionist movement:
In 1820’s Mexico became Independent from Spain.

Describe Manifest Destiny and what people used it to justify:
Expansionists used Manifest Destiny to refer to belief that god wanted U.S to own all of North America.

Describe the Temperance Movement:
Alcohol caused increased crime, sickness, poverty, and neglected families. Temperance means drinking in moderation which many pushed for but some pushed for porhibitation.

Describe the Abolition Movement:
Early 1800’s slavery grew and so did the cotton industry. Many opposed slavery and began to speak out against it on moral grounds.

Describe the Education Reform Movement:
Most children didn’t attend school because of money. There wasn’t many public schools and private school were costly so, the people wanted to rely on taxes to form public schools for children.

Describe the Reform Movement for Women’s rights including the Seneca Falls Conference:
Women were only supposed to express their feelings and beliefs privately with their husband but things slowly changed when women started to take part in the religious and abolitionists movements. In 1848 women spoke out about womens rights in Seneca Falls one of which was Elizabeth Cady. They adopted a Declaration of Sentiments on Women’s Rights.

Web Quest Unit 1 Words

1. missionary- Catholic friars served as missionaries.
2. viceroy- During the 1530’s and 40’s the Spanish Crown divided the American empire into viceroyalties each ruled by a viceroy.
3. Northwest Passage-The French were interested in finding the Northwest Passage.
4. Samuel De Champlain-Samuel De Champlain is Quebec’s founder.
5. charter-After receiving a charter from the king the group formed a joint stock company.

6. joint stock company-Workers generated new wealth with the joint stock company.
7. Powhatan-Powhatan was an unusually powerful chief of the 1600’s.
8. House of Burgess-in 1619 Virginia granted political reforms and it allowed the planters to create the House of Burgess.c
9. Royal Colony-the royal colonies belonged to the Crown.
10. Proprietary Colony-Proprietary colonies belonged to powerful individuals or sometimes companies.
11. Puritan-Puritans wanted to purify the Church of England.
12. Separatist-Separatist wanted to be separate from the Puritans and form their own churches.
13. Pilgrim-the first puritan emigrants were called Pilgrims.
14. Mayflower Compact-The Mayflower Compact was created in the 1620’s.
15. John Winthrop-lead a large group of Puritans to America.
16. Pequot War-Rivalry over the fur trade lead to the Pequot War.
17. King Phillip’s War-in 1675 Indians rebelled. Metacom aka “King Phillip” led and plotted this rebellion.
18. Bacon’s Rebellion-After Berkley’s protest, Bacon and his men marched to Jamestown in a revolt.
19. Pocahontas- was the daughter of chief Powhatan. She started peace between the Indians and the Jamestown colonists.
20. Walter Raleigh-Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the wealthy gentlemen from southwestern England.
21. Indentured servant-Half of the migrants to the English colonies were indentured servants.
22. Triangular trade-The triangular trade became very popular in the 1700’s between Europe, Africa, and Americas.
23. Magna Carta-The Magna Carta protected English nobles by limiting the kings ability to tax them.
24. English Bill of Rights-William and Mary agreed to sign a English Bill of Rights.
25. Habeas corpus- The habeas corpus stated that no one could be held in prison without a specific crime.
26. Salutary neglect-The Glorious Revolution encouraged England to adopt salutary neglect.
27. Mercantilism-Mercantilism encouraged monarchs to minimize imports from rivals empires.
28. Navigation Act- The Navigation Acts stated that only English ships with English sailors could trade with English colonies.
29. Enlightenment-The Enlightenment challenged old ways of thinking.
30. Benjamin Franklin- Ben was one of the Enlightenment thinkers and he had a huger for knowledge.
31. George Washington-Washington lead the continental army.
32. French Indian War-The British colonists called the French and Indians conflict the French and Indian War.
33. Pontiac’s Rebellion-An uprising by the Indians in the Great Lakes region.
34. Proclamation of 1763-This document ordered colonial settlers to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains.
35. Albany Plan of Union- This plan called on the colonies to unite under British rule and to cooperate with each other in war.
36. Stamp Act-The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on almost all printed materials.
37. John Adams-John Adams was a prominent Massachusetts lawyer.
38. Patrick Henry- Was a Virginia rep. who drafted a radical document known as the Virginia Resolves.
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40. Sons of Liberty- In august 1765, a mob led by the Sons of Liberty tore down the office and damaged the house of the stamp tax collector.
41. non-importation agreement-The non importation agreement threatened British merchants and manufacturers with economic ruin.
42. Boston Massacre-The Boston Massacre angered the Patriots because they lost five soilders.
43. committee of correspondence-Adams organized a network of local committees of correspondence throughout Massachusetts.
44. Boston Tea Party- Patriots dressed up as Indians, boarded three British ships, and dumped tea into the Habor.
45. Intolerable Acts- Because of the Boston Tea party the colonists were enraged, so enraged that they created the Intolerable acts which cut off lands claimed by the several colonies.
46. First Continental Congress-In fall of 1774 delegates from every colony except Georgia met in Philly for the First Continental Congress
47. militia- Militias are full time farmers and part time soilders.
48. Loyalist- Loyalists are also known as Colonists.
49. Second Continental Congress-The Second Continental Congress was held in May of 1775 when delegates from all colonies assembled in Philly.
50. George Washington- Washington served as a colonial officer in the French and Indian war.
51. Thomas Paine- Thomas Paine was a recent immigrant from England who had been both an artisan and a tax collector.
52. Declaration of Independence- The Declaration of Independence was approved on July, 2 1776.
53. Thomas Jefferson- Thomas Jefferson drafted the Dec. of indp.
54. Natural Rights- Natural rights are rights that cannot be taken away by a government.
55. Cornwallis-
56. Yorktown
57. Saratoga