APUSH Key Events? Flashcards
House of Burgesses
legislature of colonial Virginia. First rep government in English colonies
Beaver Wars
between 1640 and 1680, Iroquois fought French for fur trade control in east/Great Lakes region
Virginia Company
group of London investors who sent ships to Chesapeake Bay in 1607
Puritans
people who believed Queen Elizabeth’s reforms were insufficient, led Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Company
group of wealthy Puritans who got a royal charter in 1629 to settle in Massachusetts
Frame of Government
William Penn’s constitution for Pennsylvania, with freedom of religion
Pequot War
Conflict between English settlers and Pequot Indians over control of land and trade in east Connecticut
King William’s War
first of colonial struggles between England and France. occur on frontiers of north New England and New York between 1689 and 1697
Pueblo Revolt
rebellion in 1680 of Pueblo Indians in New Mexico against Spain
Great Awakening
large N American religious revival, starting in middle colonies and New England in 1740s then going south
Stono Rebellion
one of the largest and most violent slave uprisings during colonial period that occurred in Stono, South Carolina
Queen Anne’s War
1702-1713, Americans involved in Europe’s War of the Spanish Succession
King George’s War
third Anglo-French war in N America (1744-1748), part of the War of the Austrian Succession
enumerated goods
items produced in colonies and sent to locations dictated by Parliament
Act of Toleration
Act passed in 1661 by King Charles II, ordered stop to all religious persecution in Massachusetts
Enlightenment
intellectual movement stressing importance of reason and natural laws
Calvinist theology of election
belief that salvation was the result of God’s sovereign decree and that few people would receive God’s grace
New Lights
people who joined Christianity during Great Awakening
Old Lights
people who like old religion, no personal relationship with God
Albany Conference
1754, meeting between British and Iroquois leaders
Plan of Union
Ben Franklin in 1754, called for intercolonial union to manage defense and Indian affairs. The plan was rejected by participants at the Albany Congress
French and Indian WAr
last of Anglo-French colonial wars, first where fighting began in N America. aka 7 Years’ War
Treaty of Paris
formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain in February, 1763
Royal Proclamation of 1763
royal proclamation declaring trans-Appalachian region to be Indian Country
Sugar Act
1764, raise revenue in American colonies. lowered price from 6 to 3 pence per gallon on foreign molasses imported into the colonies + increased restrictions on colonial commerce
Stamp Act
law passed by Parliament in 1765 to raise revenue by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards
Sons of Liberty
secret organizations in the colonies formed to oppose the Stamp Act
nonimportation movement
not buying British goods to put economic pressure
Declaratory Act
1776, accompany repeal of Stamp Act that stated that Parliament had authority to make legislature for colonies
Townshend Revenue Acts
many acts, 1767, duties on colonial tea, lead, paint, paper, glass
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770; British troops fired on American civilians in Boston
Tea Act
act that gave East India Company rights to sell through agents in America without paying the duty, reducing retail price
Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773; Bostonians destroyed a lot of British East India tea to prevent payment of the duty on it
Coercive Acts
1774; Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts
America term for the Coercive Acts + Quebec Act
Quartering Act
Americans had to house British troops if they asked
Quebec Act
1774; provided appointed government for Canada, enlarged boundaries of Quebec, and confirmed privileges of Catholic Church
First Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from most of colonies held in 1774 in response to the Coercive Acts
Continental Army
regular or professional army authorized by the SEcond Continental Congress and commanded by Gen. Washington during Revolutionary War
Articles of Confederation
written document setting up the loose confederation of states that comprised the first national government of the United States
Land Ordinance of 1785
Act passed by Congress under Articles of Confederation, creating grid system of surveys by which all subsequent public land was made available for sale
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Legislation that prohibited slaver in the NW Territories and provided the model for the incorporation of future territories into the union as coequal states
Bill of Rights
written summary of inalienable rights an dliberties, first ten amendments
Constitutional Convention
convention of delegates form the colonies that first met to organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts
Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom
a bill authored by Thomas Jefferson establishing religious freedom in Virginia
Annapolis convention
conference of state delegates at Annapolis, Maryland, that issued a call in Sept. 1786 for a convention to meet at Philadelphia to consider fundamental changes
Virginia Plan
proposal calling for a national legislature in which the states would be represented according to population
New Jersey Plan
proposal of the NJ delegation for a strengthened national government in which all states would have an equal representation in a unicameral legislature
Great Compromise
2787 Constitutional Convention for creating a national bicameral legislature in which all states would be equally represented in Senate, proportionally represented in House
Federalists
supporters of Constitution
Anti-Federalists
opposed to Constitution
Judiciary Act of 1789
Act of Congress that implemented the judiciary clause of the constitution by establishing the Supreme Court and a system of lower federal courts
Intercourse Act
1790; regulated trade with Indian tribes, declared public treaties between US and Indian nations the only means of obtaining Indian lands
Whiskey Rebellion
armed uprising in 1794 by farmers, W Penn., to prevent collection of excise tax on whiskey. Washington harsh reaction
Treaty of Greenville
1795; natives in Old NW were forced to cede most of the present state of Ohio to the US
Jay’s Treaty
treaty with Britain negotiated in 1794 in which the US made major concessions to avert a war over the British seizure of American ships
