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Key Concepts of U.S. History: Social Darwinism, Taxation, and Major Events

Explore essential themes and pivotal events in U.S. history, including Social Darwinism, which posits that social progress arises through survival struggles, leading to the advancement of the strong and the decline of the weak. Understand judicial review, the Whiskey Rebellion, and the implications of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Dive into the significance of the Mayflower Compact and mercantilism, highlighting taxation without representation. Learn how the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party ignited revolutionary fervor, alongside the impacts of policies like the Dawes Act and the Treaty of Versailles.

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Key Concepts of U.S. History: Social Darwinism, Taxation, and Major Events

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  1. U.S history Flashcards Solomon Gray

  2. The theory that social progress came from the struggle for survival. The strong advance and the weak decline. social darwinism

  3. The doctrine in democratic theory under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review, and possible invalidation, by the judiciary. Judical Review

  4. Angered by an excise tax imposed on whiskey in 1791 by the federal government, farmers in the western counties of Pennsylvania engaged in a series of attacks on excise agents Whiskey Rebellion

  5. Designed to protect the Catholics from alien citizens of enemy powers and to prevent seditious attacks from weakening the government. Alien and Sedition Acts

  6. A mutual agreement to obey any laws agreed upon for the general good of the colony. Signed by (male) Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. Established the notion of self-government in America. Mayflower Compact (1620)

  7. The economic system of imperialism. The colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country. Mercantilism

  8. The taxpayer (colonists) had no say in the making of their taxes. (Examples: the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Tea Act). Taxation without Representation.

  9. In March 1770, a crowd of colonists protested against British customs agents and the presence of British troops in Boston. Violence flared and five colonists were killed. BOSTON MASSACARE

  10. Boston patriots organized the Boston Tea Party to protest the 1773 Tea Act. In December 1773, Samuel Adams warned Boston residents of the consequences of the Tea Act. Boston was boycotting the tea in protest of the Tea Act and would not let the ships bring the tea ashore. Finally, on the night of December 16, 1773, colonials disguised as Indians boarded the ships and threw the tea overboard. They did so because they were afraid that Governor Hutchinson would secretly unload the tea because he owned a share in the cargo. Boston Tea Party

  11. An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism. Dawes Act

  12. Foreign policy that stated all countries should have equal commercial and industrial trade rights Open Door Policy

  13. group of farmers refused to pay federal excise tax on whiskey, Washington responds decisively with troops (1794) The Whiskey Rebellion

  14. Treaty that ended World War I - most important part was the forced blame on Germany and other allies Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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