Seven Years War
Name of the North American phase of the Seven Years War.
What is the French and Indian War?
Pamphlet that argued that the colonies should become independent and cut ties with the British Monarchy, using forceful language.
What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
A petition sent to King George III in which colonist pledged their loyalty to the king
What is Olive Branch Petition?
A law that set the rules for creating new states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
The system of separating branches of government, where each branch will keep the other in check.
What are checks and balances?
An early British policy of little direct control or regulation of their colonies.
What is salutary neglect?
First direct tax against colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
First true battle of the Revolution.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Rebellion led by Rev. War vet with farmers against high state taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of paper money.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
A plan that would count an enslaved induvial as 3/5 of a person when determining representation and taxation.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
A proclamation issued by the British government prohibiting colonists from settling west of Appalachians.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
An violent altercation between British solders and Sons and Daughters of Liberty, that killed five.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Document that declared independence, written by Thomas Jefferson
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Law that established a policy for surveying and selling western lands.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
What is the Great Compromise?
The most valuable trading possessions of North America.
What is sugar cane and fur?
An enlightenment idea of a concept of government to promote liberty and equality.
What is the social contract?
The name for colonists who remained loyal to the king.
What are Tories?
Under the Articles of Confed the central government consisted of only this branch.
The legislative branch/congress
Supporter of a strong central government and those in opposition.
What are federalist and anti-federalist?
First major test of British policy, an attack led against colonial settlements on the western frontier.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
A convention that was made to respond to what delegates believed was a threat to their liberties.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The victory in this battle led to French aid for the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Voting rights were extended only to this group of people.
Who are white males who owned property?
A bill that listed the specific rights that the government couldn't violate. aka first ten amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?