Terms & Name: Chapter 7

H. St John de Crevecoeur: French soldier settled in rural New York, wrote letters from perspective of a farmer explaining American agrarianism, connections between property and liberty,


Notes on the State of Virginia: (1781) book written by Thomas Jefferson. Basically describes all the aspects of Virginian Life.

Barter/cash: farmers relied more on barter, giving goods/services for goods/services, as opposed to money, cash.



Fallen Timbers: (1794) final battle of North Indian War, Native Americans v. US for Northwest Territory. Significance: decisive victory for the United States, ended major hostilities in the region until "Tecumseh's War" and the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.

Old Northwest: area where Shawnee, Miami, other tribes with British maintained seven forts within what was formally the US

William Henry Harrison: led an army towards Profetstown.

Tecumseh: Tenskwatawa's brother, tooc control of the Tenskwatawan religion's movement to expel whites.

Eli Whitney: (1793) a Connecticut Yankee who made the Cotton Gin, which separated the sticky seeds from short-staple cotton so it could be milled, making it a viable cash crop, and reviving slavery.

Freehold: the laws that connected property ownership with voting rights, some states dropped it, and (1790-1820) gave way to democratic insistence for equal rights for all white men.

Alexis de Toqueville: (1835) wrote Democracy in America French political thinker, historian, observed the absence of paternal power in American families.

Gabrielle's Rebellion: (1800)Well-planned conspiracy to overthrow Virginia’s slave regime, hoped to make a republican revolution, not a slave revolt, goal not retribution or revenge, but creation of a truly democratic republic, betrayed by a fellow conspirator, leaders either executed or sold and transported out of Virginia

Competence: the ability to live up to neighborhood standards of material decency while protecting the long-term independence of their household, and thus dignity and political rights

Outwork: city merchants provided country workers with raw materials and paid them for finished goods, done by large, relatively poor families (like the cottage industry system in Euro) extended domination by male figure

Agrarian Republicanism: widespread land ownership and rough equality, declined, richer men painted houses,

Five Civilized Tribes: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole, adopted many of the colonists' customs and had generally good relations with their neighbors. process of cultural transformation was proposed by George Washington and Henry Knox; lived in the Southeastern United States.

Treaty of Greenville: (1795) forced cession of two-thirds of present-day Ohio and southeastern Indiana to US, ended Northern Indian War

Prophetstown: (Tippecanoe) Where Tenskwatawa lived. Many converts flooded in, located in what's now Indiana.

Tenskwatawa: fat, one-eyed, alcoholic Shawnee who failed as a warrior and medicine man. He had a prophetic vision: Native Americans must return to how things were before Europeans came. Really mean Christian-like god would restore everything. Kinda a new religion.

Battle of Tippecanoe: (1811) when Tecumseh was away, Tenskwatawa ordered an unwise attack on William Henry Harrison's army and was beaten

John Jacob Astor: a newcomer to New York City who amassed a huge personal fortune. Settled Astoria, Oregon!!!

Deism: believing God created everything but doesn't interfere now, believed by Jefferson, popular to politicians as alternative to strict religions

Camp-meeting Revivals: extended prayer session, on the frontier, many would come and get preached at for hours on end.

John Wesley: founder of Methodism

St. Dominigue: French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804, when it became the independent nation of Haiti

Cane Ridge: (1801) Kentucky, first camp meeting held here by Southern Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians to spread word

Cumberland Gap: a pass through the Cumberland Mountains region of the Appalachian Mountains, important part of the wilderness road

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