American history Flashcards
Mercantilism
a trade practice wherein nations maintain a favourable balance in trade by increasing exports and decreasing imports
13 colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Protestants
Christian religious movement that began in northern Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices.
Puritans
members of a religious reform movement known as Puritanism that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century.
House of Burgesses
the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies
Anne Hutchinson
challenged male authority—and, indirectly, acceptable gender roles—by preaching to both women and men and by questioning Puritan teachings about salvation.
Jamestown
A Short History of Jamestown - Historic Jamestowne Part of …
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America
George III
- George III was King of Great Britain and of Ireland
- losing the American colonies and going mad.
Proclamation of 1763
he Royal Proclamation of 1763 set out the core elements of the relationship between First Nations and the Crown,
Breed’s Hill
- fought June 17, 1775
- first stage of the American Revolutionary War.
George Washington
first American president, commander of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, and farmer
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists
Common Sense
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary
Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was Britain’s unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole, to relax the enforcement of strict regulations
Manifest Destiny
a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom
- Britain’s interference with its trade and impressment of its seamen;
abolition
abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery.
- the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
James Madison
James Madison Jr. was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817
- his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere
Alexander Hamilton
founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution,
Missouri Compromise
An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government
