Midterm Flashcards
In response to Stamp act, the sons of Liberty
Engaged in mob violence
Major obj. Of tea act of 1773
Bail out east India company
Battle of bunker hill
The British suffered major casualties
Abigail adam’s appeal to husband to remember the ladies
Was ignored
NW ordinance of 1787
Banned slavery in NW
Under the proposed constitution members of senate would
Be chosen by state legislatures
By the final years of the American war of independence
It had become a world war
By 1790 indians
Remained a powerful threat to western settlement
In regard to religion the constitution
Prevents congress from establishing an official religion
The emergence of political parties
Reflected basic philosophical differences between jefferson and hamilton
Pinckney Treaty
American trade to Spanish New Orleans
The sugar act of 1764
Taxed imports in order to raise revenue
When attacked by British in late New York 1776
The Americans army was fortunate to escape into NJ
Americans won tremendous victory at Saratoga with surrender of
Johnny Burgoyne
Great exploit of George Rogers Clark was
Conquest of the western frontier
British shifted to the south to
Utilize strength of local tories
Turning point in the south
Kings mountain
John Andre
Ended Benedict Arnold plot
Nathanael Greene
American commander in the south fighting quaker
Time of Rev a republican form of government
Was considered a radical idea
Shay’s rebellion in
Western Mass
Constitution designed so only branch elected by voters was the
House of Representatives
Article VI declares the constitution
The supreme law of the land
Anti- Federalists wanted
A bill of rights in the constitution
Who was anti
Patrick Henry
