Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
historys
terms and names
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| King George III | had succeeded his grandfather in 1760,lower dept |
| Sugar act | a trade law in am attempt to reduce smuggling |
| Stamp act | a law that established the first taxation of goods and services |
| Samuel Adams | one of the founders of the sons of liberty |
| Boston Massacre | a clash between British troops and Boston troops |
| Boston Tea Party | dumping 1800 pounds of tea into Boston Habor |
| John Locke | one of the key Enlightenment thinkers was english phiosopher |
| Common Sense (pamphlet) | the idea of Thomas Paine |
| Thomas Jefferson | Virginia Lower |
| Declaration of Independence | the document written by Jefferson which delegates of the continental congress declared the colonies independence |
| Loyalists | a colonist who supported english government |
| Patriots | a colonist who supported American independence from Britain |
| Saratoga | American troops surrounded Burgoyne at Saratoga |
| Battle of Lexington | The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Monmouth | The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, New Jersey |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War |
| Valley Forge | a place that made a winter camp for troops |
| Inflation | An increase in prices |
| Marquis de Lafayette | Foreign military leader |
| Yorktown | British troop camped in this place |
| Treaty of Paris | A treaty that ended the revolutionary war, and confirming an independence of the U.S. |
| Ney Jersey Plan | The New Jersey Plan (also widely known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention |
| Olive Branch Petition | The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in a fortified attempt to avoid a full-blown war between the Thirteen Colonies that the Congress represented, and Great Britain |
| egalitarianism | the belief that all people should have equal politics, economic |
| republic | a gov in which the citizens rule through elected represenratives |
| Articles of Confederation | the second continental congress set up a new plan for gov in a set of laws |
| Northwest Ordinane of 1787 | Congress provided a procedure for dividing the land into no fewer than three and no more than 5 states |
| Shay's Rebellion | as the farmers protest |
| federalism | a politics system in which a national gov and constituent units such as state gov |
| checks and balances | The delegates established a system tp prevent any one branch from dominating the other two |
| ratification | the official approval of the constitution |
| Federalists | a supporter of the constitution |
| Antifederalists | opposed constitution an a strong central gov |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendments to the U.s. constitution |
| Judiciary act of 1789 | provided for supreme court and federal cicuit and district court |
| cabinet | a group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers |
| two-party system | the differences within Washington's cabinet intensified and soon helped to give rise |
| Democratic-Republican | who supported Jefferson's vision |
| protective tariff | a tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation's businesses from foreign competition |
| XYZ Affair | a 1797 incident in which french officials demanded a bribe from U.S. deplomats |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with France, |
| nullification | a state's refusal to recognize an act of congress |
| Henry Knox | Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary of War. |
Created by:
ali4cent
Popular U.S. History sets