APUSH AP EXAM Flashcards
War between French and Native Americans vs the colonies and Britain
French Indian War
Prohibited colonists from expanding on land acquired from the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Placed taxes on stamps
Stamp Act
Repealed Stamp Act, but gave Britain full legislative power over the colonies
Declaratory Act of 1766
Series of acts which taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Acts
Protest by the Sons of Liberty that resulted in 342 chests of tea being dumped in the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Group founded to protest and fight against the unlawful taxes imposed on the colonies by Britain
Sons of Liberty
A meeting of delegates from 12/13 colonies to discuss the British taxes, and agreed to boycott the taxes until the Intolerable Acts were rescinded
First Continental Congress
A series of acts imposed by Britain to punish them for the Boston Tea Party that authorized the blockade of Boston Harbor, repealed Massachusetts’ colonial charter and became controlled by the crown, legal trials could be moved to other colonies or back to Britain, let military officials demand better accommodations for troops, and expanded the border of Quebec down to the Ohio River
Intolerable Acts
Referred to as “the shot heard around the world” was the first military engagement of the Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord
A meeting of delegates from all 13 colonies which accomplished the establishment of a Continental Army, placed George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, issued paper currency, and drafted the Olive Branch Petition
Second Continental Congress
A last chance message sent to King George III to avoid war and express their loyalty to the crown, but also their grievances with it
Olive Branch Petition
A significant pamphlet in the colonies which rallied support for the Revolutionary War by arguing for independence from Britain and the creation of a democratic republic
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Declared the reason for the colonies rebellion against Britain and declared their independence
Declaration of Independence
An agreement between the US and France stating that neither would make a solo peace treaty with Britain and American independence was a condition for peace with Britain
Treaty of Alliance
The final battle of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Yorktown
The first US constitution, adopted by the Continental Congress, united the states as a confederacy with a weak central government
The Articles of Confederation
Ended the Revolutionary War, forced British recognition of US independence
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Outlined a process to admit new states to the Union, established a gov’t for the Northwest Territory, and gave equal state rights to any new states
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
An uprising of upset farmers who felt it was unfair that government of Massachusetts was increasing their taxes. Led a riot that exposes weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Shays’ Rebellion
Meeting between delegates of all states where the creation of the Constitution was decided
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
A proposal at the Constitutional Convention on how to decide who was in the federal legislative body, proposed that population decide number of votes
Virginia Plan
A proposal at the Constitutional Convention on how to decide who was in the federal legislative body, proposed all states have equal number of votes
New Jersey Plan
Agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention that combined both the Virginia and Delaware Plan, making one legislature be composed of # of votes based on population (House of Representatives) and the other had all equal votes (Senate)
The Great Compromise/Connecticut Plan
A series of papers written anonymously to advocate for the proposed Constitution written by Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
The Federalist Papers
