key terms Unit 1 Flashcards
American Exceptionalism
The idea that the creation of America was a unique historical experiment in the America hold a special position in the world serving as a role model for all nations
ex .
City on a hill, thank you religion better, the mayflower compact
The mayflower
The mayflower boat carried the pilgrims from England to Plymouth Massachusetts in 1620
Jamestown
Funded by the London Company, it was the first permanent English settlement in Virginia. It was called Jamestown after king James and they hope to find valuable metals. Tobaccos discovery was the thing that kept him alive. Many indentured servants women in slaves came here
Royal, charter, proprietary colonies
formed USA.
- royal colonies were fully under the British crown
-charter colonies had established charter under the British crown that they had to follow rules from but other than that had had
-proprietary colonies were basically all on their own
Mercantilism
Economic theory that states political power depends on its wealth.
-This system was enforced in the 13 colonies by the Navigation acts
- establish colonies to create
(1) geopolitical influence,
(2) a source of raw materials, and
(3) a market for exported goods.
- The home country (Britain) must export more than it imports.
navigation acts
A series of laws that regulated trade between Britain and her colonies, Britain wanted to make sure the colonist remain completely dependent on them.
-Foreign naval vessels were prohibited from trading with the colonies directly, all could only be exported to and from Britain, colonist were discouraged from certain all manufacturing plants that might compete.
usually ignored lol
salutary neglect
basically the king saying I don’t give a shit if you follow the navigation act and I’m not gonna pay attention to you not following it. He was too lazy and I was too hard to control the situation because they were so far away so this caused Colonies to rely on themselves and each other Instead of Britain.
The middle passage 
The force of voyage and slaves Africans across the Atlantic ocean to the New World that had brutal overcrowded slave ships
The treaty of Paris #1
Outcome of the French Indian war the end of the war, Britain had obtained all of Canada and the treaty ended the French empire in North America
Royal proclamation
It was a result of the French Indian war that was a successful failure British promise to reserve the interior of North America for Native Americans bra prohibiting European settlement in colonial expansion but the British did not follow through because they were assholes
The sugar act
A taxation of the colony put in place by the British parliament also called the revenue act, but taxes on sugar coffee and one imported from Britain to colonies, it’s called the sugar act because it was built on previous tax for molasses
The stamp act
The taxation on the colony put in price by the British power limit, all printed materials as a spare stamp indicating taxes been paid such as newspaper legal document pamphlets and playing cards, the tax was already in Britain but was new the colonies and it had so much outrage because it implement attacks on products already in the colonies. Benjamin Franklin removed the stamp tax by convincing the British parliament
olive branch petition
Written in the second continental Congress and it was a last attempt to prevent Formal war from being declared between Britain in America. The colonist were asking for peace and they wanted to pursue reconciliation over resolution and all they wanted was a repeal of statutes and regulations.
coercive acts
series of four vas passed by British Parliament on Boston Massachusetts in response to the tea party. The goal was finally ending colonial protest and asserting British Authority.
The first act in the Coercive acts
The Boston port act made all Boston port close to all trading until compensation was paid for the Cargos of tea destroyed
