APUSH 1
Following the ratification of this document, the British government began the process of attempting to consolidate control over the American colonies
What is the 1763 Treaty of Paris?
This plan allowed for states to have equal representation in Congress.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Required Britain to cede all territory to the US east of the MS River
What is the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
The US treaty with Spain in the mid-1790s granted Americans access to this important "highway" for trade and commerce.
What is the MS River?
This woman is known for reminding colonists (and her husband) to "Remember the Ladies".
Who is Abigail Adams?
This was required to be added to the Constitution in order for it to be ratified.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This economic response on the part of the colonies led to the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts
What is boycott?
This movement included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state (aka religious freedom).
What is The Enlightenment?
When women played a role as moral and civic guides to their husbands and children.
What is Republican Motherhood?
Federalist Papers author who believed a "large republic" would check the problem of factions, as no one could achieve a true majority (Fed No. 10 & 51) and "Father" of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
Largely ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies is called…
What is Salutary Neglect?
This gave too much power to the states and failed to work in the new republic.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
These three patriots are known for organizing the movement against the British.
Who were Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams
This was the coldest, dreariest battle of the American Revolution
What is Valley Forge?
The Sugar Act was intended to eliminate smuggling between these colonies and the English colonies in the Americas
What are the Dutch and French colonies in the West Indies/Caribbean?
Albany Congress, Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress have this in common
What is "Response to British Policies"?
This was by no means what the title insinuates, but it was one trigger of the American Revolution
What is the Boston Massacre?
Created as a resolution for those who advocated for the Virgina Plan and those who advocated for the New Jersey Plan.
The blame for the Whiskey Rebellion may be laid at this man's feet, as his financial plan proposed an excise tax on whiskey that hurt small distillers and/or farmers.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This allowed royal officials in the colonies to have their trials moved to England.
What is the Administration of Justice Act?
Names given to colonists living in British North America according to their alignment (or lack thereof) with Britain.
What are Loyalists & Patriots?
This is why most Indian nations sided with the British during the American Revolution.
What is "a British win would prevent or slow westward expansion by Americans"?
It was during this battle in which there was a "Shot Heard 'Round the World".
What is Lexington and Concord?
Created to convince representatives from each state to agree to ratifying the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
During this meeting, in 1765, reps. of 9 colonies in NYC drafted a Declaration of Grievances that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies internally.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
With few exceptions, banned maritime commercial activities in MA Bay in 1774.
What is the Port of Boston Act?
The American Revolution and the revolutionary ideas of the colonists inspired these three events to occur.
What are the Haitian, Latin, and French Revolutions?
Contained in the Declaration, it states that the people must obey the governments decrees so long as the goverment protects their natural rights.
What is the Social Compact/Contract Theory?
Created by the Philadelphia convention to ensure that the national chief magistrate (president) would not be beholden to any one region and/or combination of states.
What is the electoral college?
Restricted colonial trade, manufacturing, and shipping to other countries, but not enforced during the era of Salutory Neglect.
What are the Navigation Acts?