Act Right!
Act passed by the British which made the colonial governments provide food and housing for soldiers
Quartering Act
Ruler of GB (1) and an advantage of GB at the onset of the war (2)
King George III
-Better military/navy
-More economic power
-Larger population
-varied
Thomas Paine
Boston. Crispus Attucks. Paul Revere engraving.
Boston Massacre
First constitution of the US that created a weak national government
Articles of Confederation
Replaced the Molasses Act of 1733
Sugar Act of 1764
"No taxation without Representation"? Yeah right! According to the British, the Americans had no reason to complain because they already had this representation in Parliament.
Virtual
A patriotic group of shopkeepers, artisans, etc that protested British laws (tea, anyone?)
Sons of Liberty
Reason Britain was in debt prior to the Revolution
French and Indian War (7 years war- Great War for Empire)
Battle that marked end of the Revolution
Yorktown
After this Act, the colonists formed a Congress of the same name to challenge the constitutionality of the said Act. What was the name of the Congress?
Stamp Act Congress
Courts run by British-appointed judges ("guilty until proven innocent")
vice-admiralty courts
Group that favored a Bill of Rights (ex: Thomas Jefferson)
Anti-Federalists
Convinced the French to ally with the Americans
Battle of Saratoga
Neither the French nor the Americans would sign a separate peace treaty that did not recognize American independence in this agreement
Treaty of Alliance
Punishment for Massachusetts only that included closing the Boston Harbor and voiding town meetings, among others.
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts of 1774
Signed with GB that ended the war.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Political body formed in response to the Coercive Acts
First Continental Congress (1774)
Pennsylvania winter. Death. Baron Von Steuben.
Valley Forge
Prohibited slavery and sold lands to fund debt and public schools
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Placed import duties on glass, paper, paint, tea
Townshend Acts
Catholicism next door? Yikes! New Englanders resented this British law of 1774
Quebec Act of 1774
Who wrote Federalist No. 10 and what did it maintain?
James Madison/
a large, diverse republic is the best way to control the dangers of "faction"
First real victory for the Americans (a nice surprise on Christmas night- 1776) was the Crossing of THIS
The Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature. Define bicameral and describe the elements of Congress.
Bicameral- two houses/chambers
Senate- equal representation (2)
House- population