An unofficial and long-term British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.
What is salutary neglect?
100
Placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries
What is the Sugar Act (1764)?
100
"The Shot Heard Around the World"
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
100
Drafted document created by 55 delegates who went to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787.
What is the Constitution?
100
People who opposed the the Constitution and its strong federal government
Who are anti-federalists?
200
Governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers.
What is mercantilism?
200
The group that led Bostonians to protest against British officials, which led to the Boston Massacre.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
200
Battle in which the British forces managed to take over a specific area in Massachusetts, and still lost 40% of its casualties. Americans claimed a victory of sorts.
What is the battle of Bunker Hill?
200
Gave congress the power to wage war, make treaties, send diplomatic representatives, and borrow money. Congress did not, however, have the power to commerce or collect taxes.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200
10 Amendments that were adopted in 1791 as a result of people feeling that the government needed to list the rights of all people living in the United States in document form.
What are the Bill of Rights?
300
A proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
300
Four acts (grouped together) that were directed at the people of Boston and Massachusetts as punishment for specific events and to bring the dissidents under control.
What are the Coercive Acts (1774)?
300
The three groups that made up the colonists during the American Revolution.
What are Loyalists, Patriots, and those who are apathetic?
300
Woman who was responsible for writing "Remember the ladies"
Who is Abigail Adams?
300
An initial attempt to revise the Articles of Confederation that failed.
What is the Annapolis Convention?
400
In 1763 when Chief Pontiac led a major attack on the British as a result of the growing westward movement.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
400
Act that stated Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever".
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
A decisive factor in the American struggle for independence because it widened the war and forced the British to divert military resources away from America.
Who is France?
400
Leaders of the 13 colonies worked to change them into independently owned governed states, each with its own _________. These listed rights, separation of powers, voting, and office-holding rules.
What is a state constitution?
400
A group of 85 essays, published into a book, that helped campaign the Constitution and further revisions.
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
A British government issued proclamation that prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains, due to Native American resistance.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
500
The person who put new duties to be collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper. Revenues were used to pay crown officials in the colonies, and allowed for private homes to be searched for smuggled goods.
Who is Charles Townshend (The Townshend Acts)?
500
Where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the colonists in 1781.
Where is Yorktown?
500
Congress passed this and set rules for creating new states, specifically between the Great Lakes and Ohio River.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
500
As chief executive, Washington assigned four men to the roles of secretary of state, secretary of treasury, secretary of war, and attorney general. Together these roles made up part of the executive department and are termed _____.