APUSH 1
led to a meeting of 9 colonies in NYC, and a Declaration of Grievances that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies internally (domestically)
The Stamp Act
The Great Compromise
What is the Senate would be equal for all states, but the House of Reps would be based on each state's population
the failure of Britain and the US to live up to the terms of the treaty ending the AMREV led to this treaty in 1795
What is Jay's Treaty?
Taxes imposed in 1767 on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass & tea.
Townshend Acts
first document to create a divide between territory that was free and territory that was slave
NJ, Hessians, Christmas
Battle of Trenton
This economic response on the part of the colonies led to the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts
What is non-importation?
minor battle that kept the AMREV alive by convincing many Continentals to re-enlist for another year
What is Trenton?
idea that women had a duty to shape the morals of future political leaders
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)
James Madison
turning point in the war for independence, as it convinced Louis XVI to go all in for the Americans
Saratoga
Washington Defeated, retreats across the Delaware River
Join or Die...
Albany Plan of Union
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
its intention was to eliminate a SWEET DEAL between the American colonies and the Dutch and French West Indies
The Sugar Act of 1764
This conflict demonstrated the strength of the new federal govt under the Constitution
Largely ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies is called
Salutary neglect
At this battle, French naval aid was key to the British loss
The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.
The French and Indian War/Seven Years War
This compromise resolved the issue of slavery as it pertains to representation
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item
The Bill of Rights
contained in the Declaration, it states that the people must obey the govt's decrees so long as the govt protects their natural rights
Social compact/contract theory
Albany Congress, Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress have this in common
Demonstrate growing colonial unity
early psychological victory that demolished the idea of Redcoat invincibility
Bunker Hill
One of these acts' purpose was to undercut the authority of colonial assemblies by paying royal governors salaries
What is the Townshend Acts?
HIS pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence
Who is Thomas Paine
was a drastic departure from the intention of the Philadelphia Convention, it called for a MUCH STRONGER central govt with a bicameral legislature, and an executive branch to carry out national laws
his actions led George III to place a ban on colonial settlement in Trans-Appalachia
Pontiac
refers to the undeclared naval war between the US and France from 1798-1800
Quasi-War
First shots fired of the American Revolution...
Lexington and Concord