SS midterm Flashcards
study for midterm
what was the stamp act
Was a tax imposed by the British on the colonies to help with British goods and was represented by a stamp and taxed goods such as playing cards happened in 1765
what was the Boston tea party
Was when the sons of liberty boarded onto a British ship and dumped tea into Boston harbor in protest a tax enforced by the British happened in 1773
what was the quartering act
Was a law from Great Britten that made the colonists hose British soldiers
what was the Townsend act
Because Great Britten was broke from having to pay for the U.S and having to defend them imposed a Tax on the colonies for things such as glass, lead, paint, and paper it was on things the colonists could not make on their own so they were practically maditory taxes
what were the intolerable acts
Laws by the British to respond and punish the colonists for the Boston tea party was a strict crackdown
what was the Boston massacre
Was when colonists were protesting over taxes and strict laws and the protest turned to a riot and in The whole mess the British soldiers fired into the crowed killing people
what was the declaration of Independence
It was the official separation of the colonies from the British government it happened in 1776
what was the winter at valley forge
Was a winter with constant thawing and disies and food shortage but got a lot better training
what were the articals of confederation
Was the first constitution of the United state adopted by the government
what was on pro and one con about the articals of confederation
pro it helped structure the real constitution cons are that states would tax things imported to other states and Congress did not have the power to tax
what was the Virginia plan
Was a plan that had three branches of government executive, legislative, and judicial
what was the new jersey plan
Made to protect small states rights only one vote in congress
what was the three fifths compromise
three of every five slaves were counted towards population
what are the powers of the house and senate
Only the House can originate revenue legislation, and only the Senate confirms presidential nominations and approves treaties, but the enactment of law always requires both chambers to separately agree to the same bill in the same form before presenting it to the President.
what powers do the judicial branch have
Federal courts enjoy the sole power to interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to individual cases
