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AP US History
Unit 3 Review
| Chapter 4 Terms | Chapter 4 Definitions | Chapter 5 Terms | Chapter 5 Definitions | Chapter 6 Terms | Chapter 6 Definitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French & Indian War | Cause: territorial disputes between Indians & Britain Effect: Britain gained more land | First Continental Congress | Called to discuss Intolerable Acts & England threats on the colonies | Annapolis Convention | Called to discuss post war issues, held by George Washington, more discussions were needed |
| George Washington | Young Colonel, started 7 Years War in Ohio Valley | Suffolk Resolve | Attempt for repeal of Intolerable acts & colonies to resist Acts by boycotting | James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| Albany Plan of Union | Developed by Benjamin Franklin, inter colonial gov't that taxed colonies for their own military purposes | Lexington & Concord | 1st battle of the American Revolution, outcome was British victory | Great Compromise | (Constitutional Convention), Virginia Plan (population) & New Jersey Plan (one vote per state) combined to create this |
| Peace of Paris (1763) | Treaty after British victory from 7 Years War, France gave up their land & Britain got more control | Battle of Bunker Hill | American victory, many British casualties | 3/5 Compromise | (Constitutional Convention) 3 of every 5 slaves would be counted for taxing & representation, slave trade is allowed but stopped in 1808 |
| Salutary Neglect | Britain had neglected their control over the colonies & stopped enforcing the Navigation Acts | Declaration of the Causes & Necessities for Taking Up Arms | Called on colonies for troops & volunteers, George Washington made commander of colonial army, enacted in Second Continental Congress | Commercial Compromise | (Constitutional Convention) congress taxed imports but not exports |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | Cause: Native Americans resisted control of their land & tribes Effect: Proclamation of 1763 | Olive Branch Petition | Colonies would pledge loyalty to the king to secure their rights, king denied this | Electoral College System | (Constitutional Convention) kept from democratic mobs ruling |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Britain stopped colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains, colonists were angered by this | Common Sense | Thomas Paine, argued that colonies should become independent states | Article I (1) | Legislative Branch (Senate+House of Representatives=Congress) |
| Sugar Act | Placed taxes on sugar & luxuries, frustrated colonists | Declaration of Independence | 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced it, declared colonists Independence from Britain | Impeachment Process | House of Reps votes, Senate holds a trial, if 3/5 senate votes guilty, official is removed from office |
| Currency Act | Required colonists to pay British merchants in gold & silver, colonists were frustrated by this impossible Act | Valley Forge | British victory, low morale for colonists, horrible conditions | Revenue Bill | Taxes to raise money for gov't, must start in House of Reps, senate can change or amend this bill |
| Stamp Act | Places taxes on paper good & legal documents, first direct tax, colonists developed the Stamp Act Congress & "no taxation without representation!" | Battle of Saratoga | Turning point! Colonial victory, forced British to surrender | Article II (2) | Executive Branch (President & Vice P) |
| Stamp Act Congress | Created by colonists after Stamp Act, decided that only colony representatives had authority to approve taxes | Yorktown | Last battle of Revolutionary War, colonial victory! Washington's army forced Cornwallis to surrender | Article III (3) | Judicial Branch (interprets laws & the constitution) |
| Declaratory Act | Gave British parliament authority over the colonies & enforced crown authority | Treaty of Paris (1783) | Ended Revolutionary War, Britain recognized US independence, Miss river was Western boundary. | Article IV (4) | Every US citizen had rights & protections, Congress can admit new states |
| Townsend Act | Taxes on tea & glass & paper, Britain could get a Writ of Assistance to search. colonial homes for smuggled goods, colonies created Committees of Correspondence | Strengths of Articles of Confederation | Negotiated with Britain, Land Ordinance of 1785 (set aside land for schools) & Northwest Ordinance (set rules for territories & states & prohibited slavery) | Article V (5) | The amending the Constitution process |
| Writ of Assistance | What Britain needed to search a colonial home for smuggled goods, made for Townsend Act | Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation | War debts were unpaid, Congress had no taxing power, rebellions against poor gov't | Amendment of the Constitution must be proposed by | 2/3 vote in House of Reps & Senate, 2/3 vote in state legislatures |
| Committees of Correspondence | Founded by Samuel Adams, exchanged letters to colonies about news from British | Shay's Rebellion | Farmers led by Daniel Shays rebelled against high taxing, debt, & lack of money, this showed Articles of Con were weak | Amendment of the Constitution must be ratified by | 3/4 state legislatures, 3/4 state special convention |
| Tea Act | made price of British Tea cheaper so colonists wouldn't smuggle tea & it hurt colonists tea merchants, colonists enacted the Boston Tea party in response | Article VI (6) | The Constitution is the supreme law of the land | ||
| Quartering Act (1774) | required colonists to provide food & housing for British soldiers | Article VII (7) | The ratification process (9/13 states must have ratified | ||
| Intolerable Acts | Port act (stopped Boston Port until destroyed tea was paid for), Mass Gov't Act (reduced power of colonies), Admin of Gov't Act (allowed royal officials accused would be trialed in Britain), Quartering Act | Federalists | Wanted Constitution ratified & a strong gov't, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay | ||
| Intolerable Acts (colonists response) | Colonists convened First Continental Congress & declaration of colonial rights | Anti-Federalists | Opposed the Constitution, feared states would lose power, Samuel Adams & Patrick Henry | ||
| Boston Massacre (1770) | happened after Townsend Acts, British troops were taunted by angry colonists & troops fired & killed 5 colonists, the colonists were quick to spread this violent news | The first 10 Amendments (Bill of Rights) | Compromised the ratification of the Constitution with the Anti-Federalists because it ensured state's rights |
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