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APUSH significance
| Event | Significance |
|---|---|
| Common Sense | 1776, convinced colonists to fight for independence. |
| The Federalist | 1788, important for constitutional interpretation. |
| Strict construction | Dividing issue among federalists and antifederalist = interpretation of constitution, anything that isn't said in the constitution can't happen vs anything that isn't said can happen |
| Battle of Long Island | 1776, disaster for the colonists |
| Battle of Quebec | 1759, important British victory during F&I War |
| Valley Forge | 1777-1778, American people under Washington's command starve and froze there. |
| Royal African Company | Monopolized slave trade from 1672-1698 |
| New York Slave Revolt | Led to harsher punishments for slaves -- not as big as Bacon's |
| Whigs | Patriot supporters in England-- some American partiots called this + radical |
| nonimportation agreements | Result of The Association, boycotting- effective against British |
| The Association | Boycotting after 1774 first continental congress |
| committees of correspondence | 1772, MA, spread spirit of resistance through letters and pamphlets |
| Albany Congress | Ben Franklin proposed a home-rule plan too extreme for both sides |
| Bacons Rebellion | 1676, resulted in new efforts to raise poor white men to same legal standard as rich white men -> fall of indetured servants. |
| Shay's Rebellion | 1786, MA, sparked fear of mob rule among leading revolutionaries + showed weakness of articles |
| excise tax | Tax on goods produced domestically, controversial part of Hamilton's financial plan. |
| tariff | Tax on imported goods, benefited producers and did NOT benefit farmers. |
| Whiskey Rebellion | 1794, uprising in response to excise tax -- showcased power of executive when Washington crushed them. |
| admirality courts | During F&I War, courts w/o juries for those who disobeyed the Navigation Laws. |
| Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | 1786, model for first ammendment- separation of church and state |
| Quebec Act | Allowed French Canadians to border colonists, poorly received |
| First Anglo-Powhatan War | IRISH TACTICS |
| Convention of 1800 | Ended quasi-war w/ France |
| First Continental Congress | The Association, philly |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Writings in defense of states rights--they should have the final say. |
| Jay's Treaty | Effort to avoid war w/ Britain--promised Britain we'd pay off their pre-war debts (Boston Tea Party, F&I War) |
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