Midterm Review Part 2

Acts and Taxes

100

A compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures

Tax

200

Name of search warrant type order that allowed British to search whatever they pleased

Writs of Assistance 

300

Act that led to the housing of British soldiers in the home of the colonials 

Quartering Act

400

Direct tax on many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamp paper in London

The Stamp Act of 1765

500

Nickname of the four acts passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party; disgust

Intolerable Acts

Revolutionary War

100

The first battles of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Lexington and Concord

200

Phrase that colonists rallied behind throughout the Revolutionary War

"No taxation without representation"

300

Type of unconventional warfare used in American Revolutionary War

Guerilla War

400

Document that ended the Revolutionary War

Treaty of Paris

500

Crossing the Delaware River. (Name of battle)

Battle of Trenton

Articles of Confederation

100

The "pre constitution"; Created a loose unity between the states

Articles of Confederation

200

Rebellion that revealed to the leaders in Congress that Articles of Confederation were "weak"

Shay's Rebellion

300

Articles of Confederation were created during this war

Revolutionary War

400

One reason why the Articles of Confederation were viewed as "weak"

Inability to regulate trade, could not levy taxes, failed to form a militia, needed unanimous consent from all states to pass laws

500

Biggest accomplishment from the Articles of Confederation as it lead to a newfound emphasis on public education, outlawing of slavery and pathway to new states

Northwest Ordiance