history midterm vocab Flashcards
a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 to tax American colonists and raise revenue for the Crown
sugar act
a tax passed by the British Parliament in 1765 that required colonists to pay a tax on certain documents
stamp act
a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that required the American colonies to provide food and shelter for British soldiers
quartering act
a violent confrontation between British soldiers and colonists in Boston on March 5, 1770
Boston massacre
a law passed by the British Parliament in 1773 to help the British East India Company.
Tea act
the division of a government’s responsibilities into distinct branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful
Separation of powers
legislative, executive, and judicial branches
Three branches of government
prevents any one part of an organization from becoming too powerful
Checks and balances
The rights that are not dependent on the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government, and are therefore universal and inalienable
Natural rights-
cruel and oppressive government or rule.
Tyranny
a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 American colonies that took place in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26, 177
First Continental Congress
a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1775
Second Continental Congress
a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776
Common Sense-I
the idea that people’s moral and political obligations are based on an agreement to form a society
Social Contract Theory-
the doc that said God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Declaration of Independence-
established the boundaries of British colonies in North America, and created rules for relations with Indigenous peoples
Proclamation of 1763
an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest
Boycott-
the belief that your country is superior, without question or doubt
Nationalism
the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement,
Neutrality
a set of four laws passed by Congress in 1798 that restricted immigration and speech.
Alien and Sedition Acts
the purchase of 828,000 square miles of land from France by the United States in 1803
Louisiana Purchase
a law that prohibited all foreign trade between the United States and other countries
Embargo Act of 1807
a foreign policy statement that established the United States’ opposition to European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
Industrialization
the process of making an area more urban.
Urbanization
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Nativism
a law that allowed President Andrew Jackson to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes to relocate them from their homelands in the west
Indian Removal Act
a forced migration of Native Americans and their enslaved African Americans from the southeastern United States between 1830 and 1850:
Trail of Tears
