British Colonial Policy
Period when Britain did not enforce Navigation Acts
Salutary Neglect
Another name for the French & Indian War
The Seven Years War
Intellectual and political movement that inspired ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
The Enlightenment
Under the Articles of Confederation ______________ > National government
Division of power between states and national government.
Federalism
Self-titled groups of patriots who began to protest and resist British policies
Sons of Liberty
Region at the center of French & Indian War conflict.
Ohio River Valley
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that swayed many colonists to support independence movement.
Common Sense
Great Compromise
Concept centered on the belief that the patriots' daughters should be raised to uphold the ideals of republicanism, in order to pass on republican values to the next generation.
Republican Motherhood
Belief that a representative does not need to be elected by constituents so long as he represents their political beliefs and goals.
Virtual Representation
Proclamation of 1763
"the shot heard round the world"
Battle at Lexington and Concord (1775)
Shays' Rebellion
Reading of the Constitution that is based on the 10th Amendment
strict interpretation
In this act, Parliament stated in could make laws binding the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever”
Declaratory Act
1763 effort by confederation of Native Americans to push the British out of the Great Lakes regions
Pontiac's Rebellion
Document in which Great Britain formally acknowledged the independence of the thirteen American colonies
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay that explained the meaning and virtues of the Constitution
The Federalist Papers
Provided for a Supreme Court of six members, thirteen district courts and three circuit courts of appeal.
Judiciary Act of 1789
Three provisions of the Coercive Acts
1) Closed the port of Boston
2) Massachusetts Government Act (weakened elected bodies while strengthening appointed ones)
3) Justice Act (protected royal officials charted with crime by moving trial out of colony)
4) Quartering Act (allowed for seizure of private building for housing troops)
British Prime Minister under whose leadership the tides of the war begin to shift in favor of the British and the colonists
William Pitt
Olive Branch Petition (soon after the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms was adopted)
Provide an example of:
1) Delegated power
2) Reserved power
3) Concurrent power
1) Delegated = power to declare war
2) Reserved = education, running elections
3) Concurrent = taxation
Five components of Hamilton's BE FAT Plan
Bank of the US, Excise tax on whiskey, Fund the national debt, Assume state debts, Tariffs