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
Unit 4
APUSH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plan for colonial union developed by Ben Franklin in 1754 to coordinate colonial defense against the French; not adopted | Albany Plan of Union |
| signed in 1763 ending French and Indian War; Britain gained Quebec and Spanish Florida; Spain gained Louisiana | Peace of Paris |
| British policy of exercising little direct control over colonies and allowing Navigation Acts to go unenforced | salutary neglect |
| characterized by Indian attacks along colonial border from New York to Virginia in 1763; British troops sent to quell violence | Pontiac's Rebellion |
| issued by British to prevent hostilities b/w colonists and Indians issued by British; said colonists could not settle west of Appalachian Mts.; meant to prevent hostilities between colonists and Indians | Proclamation of 1763 |
| imposed a 3 cent per gallon tax on French molasses that would be strictly enforced; actually reduced tax on molasses | Sugar Act (Revenue Act of 1764) |
| said colonists had to provide food and shelter to British soldiers in colonies (but not in their homes) | Quartering Act |
| required stamps to be placed on most printed paper in colonies (legal docs, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards) | Stamp Act |
| 1st direct tax on colonists | Stamp Act |
| he proclaimed "no taxation w/o representation" in response to Stamp Act | Patrick Henry |
| idea that said Parliament represented all colonists despite fact that colonists elected no members of Parliament | virtual representation |
| asserted Parliament’s right to “make laws and statutes” in colonies | Declaratory Act |
| tax on tea, paper, glass, lead, painters’ colors; passed in 1767 to raise money to pay for British officials in colonies | Townshend Acts |
| initiated by radical Samuel Adams in 1772; allowed New England towns exchanged letters about British activities | Committees of Correspondance |
| British anti-smuggling ship that ran ashore off Rhode Island in 1772; was burned by colonists | Gaspee |
| passed by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party | Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) of 1774 |
| in 1774, passed the Suffolk Resolves and Declaration of Rights and Grievances in response to the Coercive Acts | 1st Continental Congress |
| in 1775, created the Continental Army; authorized the invasion of Canada; passed the Olive Branch Petition; signed Declaration of Independence | 2nd Continental Congress |
| 1778 battle that resulted in French entering War for Independence on side of Americans | Battle of Saratoga |
| 1st constitution of the United States | Articles of Confederation |
| set rules for creating new states in area b/w Great Lakes and Ohio River | Northwest Ordinance |
| rebellion of poor Massachusetts farmers against rising taxes and debt; made many believe in need for stronger federal government | Shays’ Rebellion (1786) |
| at Constitutional Convention, it called for bicameral legislature with both houses based on population | Virginia Plan |
| at Constitutional Convention, it called for unicameral legislature with each state having 1 vote | New Jersey Plan |
| at Constitutional Convention, it resulted in bicameral legislature (House of Representatives based on population; Senate based on equal representation) | Great Compromise |
| these people feared strong central government/central power and wanted protection of individual rights; were mainly farmers and western settlers | Anti-Federalists |
| these people wanted strong central government for order | Federalists |
| 85 essays published by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay to convince NY and Virginia to ratify the Constitution; promised Bill of Rights (1st 10 Amendments to Constitution) | Federalist Papers |
| idea of French Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu, said power should be split between different branches of government | separation of powers |
| the idea that power in the US is shared between the states and the federal/national government | federalism |
| 1st ten amendments to Constitution added to gain support from Anti-Federalists | Bill of Rights |
| idea that a woman's place was in the domestic sphere but that she was also responsible for educating children in citizenship | Republican motherhood |
| Said no distinction b/w internal (direct) tax and external tax (paid at port by merchants); if Parliament wanted to tax, colonists needed representation | Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson) |
Created by:
debbiecasillo
Popular U.S. History sets