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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Albany Plan of Union | a 1754 proposal to create to create a unified, centralized government for the British American colonies to manage defense, western expansion, and Native American relations. |
| Thomas Paine's Common Sense | 47-page political pamphlet , written in plain, powerful, and accessible language meant for everyday citizens, main idea was that is that the American colonies must immediately fight for complete independence from Great Britain. |
| Virginia Resolves | Introduced by Patrick Henry, in response to the Stamp Act/ idea that colonists brought with them all the rights, liberties, and privileges of natural-born subjects in Great Britain/Virginians had an uninterrupted right to govern and tax themselves,/ |
| Colonial actions against taxation | No Taxation Without Representation": Colonists argued that the British Parliament had no right to tax them because they had no elected representatives in Parliament./ sent petitions/ organized assemblies to fight / political protests/ economic boycotts |
| 1st continental congress actions | 1st - met in Philadelphia and organized resistance to Britain's Intolerable Acts/ Issued declaration of Rights and Grievances/ put in a trade embargo against British goods/ petitioned the King |
| 3 parts of Declaration of Independence | 1) preamble- all men are created equal/ natural rights 2)list of grievances- 27 abuses committed by King George III and the British against the American colonies, 3) formal declaration - officially declares the 13 colonies to be free and independent |
| Central causes of American revolution(economic) | Britain's attempt to shift heavy French and Indian War debt onto the colonies through strict taxation and trade controls / Navigation acts and mercantilism |
| Treaty of Paris | officially ended the American Revolutionary War and established Great Britain's formal recognition of the United States as an independent nation. Signed on September 3, 1783, |
| 1st permanent settlement by English in North America | Founded on May 14, 1607, Jamestown, Virginia, surviving early hardships like the "Starving Time" through the introduction of tobacco cultivation. |
| Problems with Articles of Confederation | created a weak central government that could not collect taxes, regulate trade, or enforce laws,/ no power to tax, no executive or judicial branches, no trade regulations/ states printed own money causing inflation |
| Land ordinance | Passed in 1785Survey, divide, and sell public land to raise money for the federal government./ Created a grid system. Land was divided into 6-mile-square townships |
| Northwest ordinance | July 13, 1787, created the Northwest Territory and established a clear path for new states to join the Union on equal footing with the original thirteen/ Banned slavery in the new territory/ Guaranteed religious freedom, trial by jury,/ schools encouraged |
| Shay's rebellion | armed uprising in western Massachusetts led by Dan Shay and other struggling farmers/ The protesters shut down local courts to stop the foreclosure of their properties and the imprisonment of debtors who faced high taxes and post-war economic distress. |
| Great Compromise | created a two-house legislature consisting of the House of Representatives, states receive seats based on population, and t Senate, where every state has two equal votes/ it saved the convention from collapsing and shaped the structure of the US Congress |
| Federalists | supported ratification of the U.S. Constitution and a strong central government/ didn't want bill of rights/made up of wealthy landowners and merchants |
| Antifederalists | opposed ratifying the US constitution out of fear that national overreach would threaten state sovereignty and individual liberties/ wanted strong state governments/ wanted bill of rights/ were farmers, local tradespeople |
| Stamp Act | a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament on the American colonies that required printed materials to be produced on stamped paper from London/ Britain did this because they needed money after 7 years war to pay troops/ Angered colonists |
| 2nd continental congress actions | Convened after REvolutionary war and all 13 colonies participated/ formed continental army and navy/ appointed George Washington/adopted and approved Declaration of Independence/ drafted Articles of Confederation |
| Military victory prior to Treaty of Paris | Battle of Yorktown (October 19, 1781): A combined force of the American Continental Army and French troops (led by General George Washington, backed by the French Navy, trapped British General Lord Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia |
| Causes of American revolution (political) | Britain's imposition of taxes and governance reforms without colonial representation./ Stamp Act/ Tea Acts |
| causes of american revolution (ideological) | belief that British imperial actions violated the colonists' natural rights, traditional English constitutional liberties, and self-governing compacts/ John Locke and enlightenment where people have natural right to life, liberty, / Great Awakening |
| causes of american revolution (social) | a growing sense of a distinct American Identity separate from Great Britain, fueled by Enlightenment ideas and resistance to military occupation/ Thomas Paines Common Sense |
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