Politics
Relaxed supervision of internal colonial affairs led to the rise of American self-government
What is Salutary Neglect?
Organization of colonies that protested taxes
What was the Stamp Act Congress?
What was the Boston Massacre?
Compromise declaring that 3/5 of the enslaved population would be counted in regards to the distribution of taxes and determining the members of the House of Representatives
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
First president of the United States
Who was George Washington?
Plan proposed in 1754 by Benjamin Franklin to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, etc.
What was the Albany Plan?
First U.S. Constitution; no executive or judicial power, no power to tax or regulate trade
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped crates of tea into the harbor in protest of British taxes
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Consisted of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What was the Bill of Rights?
American colonists who were willing to fight the British until they achieved independence
Who were the Patriots?
War fought between the English and the French; also known as the Seven Years War
What was the French and Indian War?
Formed in 1774 in response to Intolerable Acts; called for a stop in trading with Britain
What was the First Continental Congress?
A document written by Thomas Jefferson and signed on July 4, 1776 announcing the separation of the colonies from Great Britain
What was the Declaration of Independence?
Proposal stating that the House would be based on population and the Senate would have 2 representatives from every state
What was the Great Compromise?
American inventor and politician. He helped negotiate support from France for the American Revolution
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This treaty ended the French and Indian War. France lost Canada and lands east of the Mississippi River to the British and New Orleans and land west of the Mississippi to Spain
What was the Treaty of Paris 1763?
12 delegates met to express growing dissatisfaction with King George and his lack of response to the Declaration of Rights
What was the Second Continental Congress?
The fighting began with the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775 and ended with the Battle of Yorktown in 1781
What was the American Revolutionary War?
Established the federal court system and number of Supreme Court Justices
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
American colonists who stayed loyal to Britain and opposed independence
Who were the Loyalists?
Allowed Great Britain to search colonial ships and private property without a warrant
What were the Writs of Assistance?
What was the U.S. Constitution?
American victory over British troops in 1777 that served as a turning point in the Revolution
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Declared that states could nullify federal laws the states consider unconstitutional
What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
Who was Samuel Adams?