Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

APUSH > Chapter 6-8 > Flashcards

Chapter 6-8 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards
1
Q

Huguenots

A

French protestants

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Edict of Nantes

A

granted limited religious tolerance to the Huguenots

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Coureurs de Bois

A

French traveling settlers who made living off of selling beaver pelt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Voyageurs

A

recruited Natives to join pelt trading cause

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

King William’s and Queen Anne’s War

A

Fight between England and France for control over North America. Mostly fought between Brit Colonists and Coureurs de Bois

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

War of Jenkin’s Ear

A

Caused by tension created after King William’s war, and the agreements made at Utrecht. Between Spain and England, mostly fought in the Carribeans and Georgia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

King George’s War

A

Sequel to War of Jenkin’s Ear, France and Spain against Britain. Merged with the war of Austrian Succession. Louisburg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Acadians

A

French colonists in Nova Scotia, move to Louisiana after British conquer and become Cajun

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

French Indian War

A

Fight over the Ohio Valley between Britain and France, merged with Seven Year’s War

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Albany Congress

A

lead by Franklin, created to solve problems of invading Natives and French. Both London and the colonies rejected it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Regulars

A

British citizen/militia men

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Battle of Quebec

A

between Wolfe and Marquis de Montcalm. Both die, but Quebec surrenders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Pontiac’s Uprising

A

laid siege to Detroit, and overran all but three British posts west of the Appalachians. Britain responds with biological warfare

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Proclamation of 1763

A

Prohibits settlers from settling over the Appalachians.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Louis XIV

A

likes overseas colonies, expands

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Champlain

A

“Father of New France”, explored and founded Quebec area, made Iroqouis angry,

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Edward Braddock

A

British commander who tried to capture Fort Duquesne. Ended up leaving west side of the colonies exposed to Native Attacks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

William Pitt

A

Loved British Commander, attacks Montreal and Quebec

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

James Wolfe

A

conquered and died for Quebec, British

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Pontiac

A

lead attack against Detroit region.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Date of Champlain colonizes Quebec

A

1608

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Date of Queen Anne’s war

A

1702-1713

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Date of French find New Orleans

A

1718

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Date of Peace of Paris, Pontiac’s Uprising, Proclamation of 1763

A

1763

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Republicanism

A

for the greater good, opposed to aristocracy and monarchy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Radical Whigs

A

against corruption

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

mercantilism

A

state run economy, export more than import

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Sugar Act

A

First law passed that raised revenue for the crown

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Stamp tax made because

A

military funding

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Admirality courts

A

guilty until proven innocent.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Stamp Act Congress

A

brought together 27 delegates from the colonies, drew up statement of rights

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

nonimportation agreements

A

against the buying of british goods, boy cotting.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Sons and Daughter of Liberty

A

Radicals who “took the law into their own hands”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Declatory Act

A

Britain draws line in hand, says parliament has the right to bind the colonies in any way whatsoever

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Townshend acts

A

internal, less direct tax on paper, paint and white lead

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Boston Massacre

A

troops inflict 11 casualties

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

committees of correspondence

A

run by Samuel Adams, send letters and do other things to spread spirit of revolution

30
Q

Boston Tea Party

A

Colonists toss excess tead from British East India company over board

31
Q

Intolerable Acts

A

chartered rights of Massachussets taken away, new quartering act

32
Q

Quebec Act

A

new territory is not given the same rights as English men

33
Q

First Continental congress

A

Convention, respected men meet, discuss grievances

34
Q

The Association

A

more radicals who tar and feather

35
Q

Lexington and Concord

A

fought over colonists siezing ammunition

36
Q

Valley Forge

A

Soldiers are starving, barely clothed

37
Q

camp followers

A

women who cooked and cleaned for the men

38
Q

John hancock

A

leader of the Continental Congress, recieves fortune by smuggling

39
Q

George Grenville

A

proposed stamp tax, Prime Minister, Americans should pay for defense

40
Q

Charles Townshend

A

proposed indirect taxes in the Townshend Acts

41
Q

Crispus Attackus

A

leader of the Boston mob, dies in massacre

42
Q

George III

A

king of Britain during American rev

43
Q

Lord North

A

Prime minister of London during American rev, very conservative

44
Q

Samuel Adams

A

Speaks out about independence early on

45
Q

Thomas Hutchinson

A

conservative mayor of Boston during tea party

46
Q

Marquis de Lafayette

A

French gent who will help Washington fight by providing a navy and arms.

47
Q

Baron von Steuben

A

German drill sargent who whips the American militia men into shape

48
Q

Lord Dunmore

A

British Royal governor who offers freedom to slaves who volunteer for military

49
Q

Date of Quartering Act, Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress

A

1765

49
Q

Date of Boston Massacre

A

1770

49
Q

Battle of Lexington and Concord

A

1775

49
Q

Second Continental Congress

A

no call for independence

49
Q

Bunker Hill

A

strategic military position for Americans, in trenches a mow down charging British forces

49
Q

Olive Branch Petition

A

professes American loyalty, and begs to prevent further hostilities

50
Q

Hessians

A

German mercenaries

51
Q

Common Sense date of publishment

A

1776

52
Q

Date of Declaration of Independence

A

July 4th, 1776

53
Q

Patriots

A

American rebels against Brits

54
Q

Battle of Long Island

A

Washington retreating from Manhattan island, narrowly gets awayq

55
Q

Trenton

A

Washington captures 1000 Hessians after Christmas

56
Q

Saratoga

A

Burgoyne loses after plowing into the forest

57
Q

Model Treaty

A

Created by Continental Congress, asked for no military and political connection, only a commercial connection

58
Q

Armed Neutrality

A

giant alliance between Spain, Holland, France and Russia passively against Britain

59
Q

Treaty of Fort Stanwix

A

Treaty between natives and Americans. Natives lose most of their land.

60
Q

Privateers

A

pirates who interrupted British trade

61
Q

Yorktown

A

Washington and de Grasse defeat Cornwallis in a trap

62
Q

Treaty of Paris

A

Britain recognizes American independence

63
Q

Ethan Allen

A

leads Bunker Hill attack

64
Q

Benedict Arnold

A

helps Ethan Allen

65
Q

General Montgomery

A

Captures Montreal, dies in battle

66
Q

Thomas Paine

A

recent citizen of America, rights Common Sense

67
Q

Richard Henry Lee

A

creates initial motion for declaration of independence, says “give me liberty or give me death”

68
Q

Lord Cornwallis

A

trapped by Washington in York

69
Q

William Howe

A

Almost ends Washington, but decides not to follow him

70
Q

John Burgoyne

A

tasked with “pushing down” Lake Champlain from Canada to meet Howe’s troops in New York. Gets defeated at Saratoga

71
Q

Comte de Rochembeau

A

Arrives in Manhattan with 6000 French troops

72
Q

Nathaneal Green

A

British general, fighting Quakers

73
Q

Joseph Brant

A

Mohawk leader who believed that siding with Britain would end American western expansion

74
Q

George Rogers Clark

A

captures several forts by floating down river

75
Q

Admiral de Grasse

A

helps Washington capture Cornwall

76
Q

Date of Treaty of Paris

A

1783

77
Q

Date of Treaty of Fort Stanwix

A

1784

APUSH (15 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions