I combined Zach's quizlet and Dabney's quizlet because I was told that Zach's was missing the terms that are in Dabney's set.( I can add William's set as well upon request).Assuming thats true this set has all of the terms in one organized set. However I'm making a one non editable and one editable set encase there are duplicates. I also have typed all my Neely notes, so although there not that great here is the attached link
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AdInVxOa_GpdZGdrNGdyOHZfODEyaHRjOHRmZD...
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| 45707707 | Tea Act of 1773 | East India Company acquired big surplus of tea; price of tea went down; hit smugglers and legitimate carriers of tea, leading to the Boston Tea Party, during which a group of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped $15,000 of tea in the harbor | |
| 45707708 | Coercive Acts | also known as the Intolerable Acts; passed after the Boston Tea Party; Port of Boston closed port of Boston until tea paid back; Administration of Justice Act stated that perpetrators would be sent to England to be tried; Quartering Act imposed on Massachusetts; Massachusetts Government Act dismissed civil government and placed military government | |
| 45707709 | Continental Congress | 55 members; declared laws from England null and void; called for boycott on English goods; asked colonies to get serious about training militias | |
| 45707710 | Lexington and Concord | first two battles during the American Revolution; British wanted to confiscated arms and ammunition in Concord; march passed through Lexington; confronted in both cities by American militias | |
| 45707711 | Bunker Hill | battle fought on Breed's Hill, early in the American Revolution; Americans driven off the hill, but the British suffer over 1000 casualties | |
| 45707712 | Olive Branch Petition | peace offering sent to Britain from colonies; appealed to the king, but George III refused to open or read it, saying the Americans would either submit or triumph | |
| 45707713 | Thomas Paine | wrote "Common Sense," a pamphlet advocating the American Revolution; also traveled to France during French Revolution, attached to the Girondist party, almost guillotined; wrote the American Crisis during the American Revolution | |
| 45707714 | Thomas Jefferson | the third president of the US (1801-1809); a member of the second Continental Congress; drafted Declaration of Independence (1776); presidency marked by Louisiana Purchase and Embargo of 1807 | |
| 45707715 | Trenton | Christmas 1776; Washington crosses Delaware River and captured Hessian force | |
| 45707716 | Hessians | mercenaries hired by British to fight the colonists; greatly excited the Americans | |
| 45707717 | John Burgoyne | led a part of the British three-pronged invasion in 1777; led forces from Vermont into Albany | |
| 45707718 | Henry Knox | first Secretary of War; set up Springfield Arsenal | |
| 45707719 | Valley Forge | site where Washington camped during the winter of 1778; Howe could have attacked there, but didn't, allowing Washington to train troops and get supplies | |
| 45707720 | Horatio Gates | leader of American forces at Saratoga, his finest moment | |
| 45707721 | Saratoga | site of an important capture of Burgoyne's army; recognition of French, offering of military alliance | |
| 45707722 | Cowpens | battle won by American forces; one of Lord Cornwallis's major losses | |
| 45707723 | King's Mountain | battle won by American forces; one of Lord Cornwallis's major losses | |
| 45707724 | Lord Cornwallis | sent by British to replace Howe; badly beaten in battles of Cowpens and King's Mountain; trapped at Yorktown by French naval forces when they gained superiority in Chesapeake Bay to block off the British | |
| 45707725 | Yorktown | French gained naval superiority in Chesapeake Bay to block of British; instrumental victory for the Americans and French | |
| 45707726 | Lafayette | French officer who helped rally American troops in the Battle of Manmouth | |
| 45707727 | Baron von Steuben | arrived at Valley Forge to train American army; turned American army into European-style army | |
| 45707728 | Francis Marion | most famous guerilla leader during the American Revolution; known as "the swamp fox" | |
| 45707729 | Admiral deGrasse | French commander at Yorktown | |
| 45707730 | Alexander Hamilton | the first US secretary of the treasury (1789-1795); established national bank and public credit system; in 1804 mortally wounded in a duel with his political rival Burr | |
| 45707731 | John Paul Jones | received command of the ship Providence in 1775; captured 16 British merchant vessels; raided coast of England and Ireland; received command of the Bohommie Richard in 1779 | |
| 45707732 | Bonhommie Richard | fought naval battle against British ships HMS Serapis and HMS Countess of Scarborough | |
| 45707733 | privateer | man who owns his own ship and outfits it for war; had to get a "letter of mark"—official permission from Congress—or would be tried as a pirate if captured; inflicted $30 million of damage, captured/destroyed 700 ships, 18 warships | |
| 45707734 | Society of Cincinnatus | first American veterans' society, founded after the Revolution; still in existence today, open only to officers | |
| 45707735 | Benjamin Franklin | an American public official, writer, scientist, and printer; proposed a plan for union at the Albany Congress (1754) and played a major part in the American Revolution; helped secure French support for the colonists, negotiated Treaty of Paris (1783), and helped draft the Constitution (1787); numerous scientific and practical innovations included the lightning rod, bifocal spectacles, and a stove | |
| 45707736 | Loyalist | Americans who sympathized with British during the American Revolution | |
| 45707737 | Abolitionists | demanded the end of slavery | |
| 45707738 | Articles of Confederation | basis for original government of the first 13 states of the US; adopted 3 years before the end of the Revolution; very weak, states started asserting their own power almost immediately | |
| 45707739 | Federalism | political theory that power should be distributed among states rather than concentrated in a central government | |
| 45707740 | George Rogers Clark | American military leader and frontiersman who led raids on British troops and Native Americans in the West during the Revolutionary War | |
| 45707741 | Creek Indians | formed alliance with Shawnees | |
| 45707742 | John Adams | first vice president (1789-1797) and second president (1797-1801) of the US; major figure during the American Revolution: helped draft the Declaration of Independence and served on the commission to negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783 | |
| 45707743 | Barbary Pirates | demanded $400,000 from Americans to guarantee they wouldn't be attacked; John Adams able to get bribe reduced to $10,000; in 1802 declared war on US because the US didn't want to pay bribes, lasted until 1815 | |
| 45707744 | Northwest Ordinance | most long-lasting contribution of the Articles; established stricter control over the government of Northwest territories ceded to the US by the states; provided a system for territories to become states; also laid to rest land claims of individual states | |
| 45707745 | Bill of Rights | first ten amendments to Constitution, added in 1791 because it was demanded by Anti-Federalists; contain basic protection of the rights of individuals from abuses by the federal government, including freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly | |
| 45707746 | Shay's Rebellion | revolt by western Massachusetts farmers in 1786-1787 named after one of its leaders, Daniel Shays; demands included a more responsive state government, paper money, and tender laws that would enable them to settle debts and paw taxes with goods instead of specie; marched on an arsenal in Springfield; prevented by militia called by merchants | |
| 45707747 | James Madison | fourth president of the US (1809-1817); tried to maintain a balance between proslavery and antislavery factions, but his views angered radicals in both the North and South | |
| 45707748 | Virginia Plan | "Large State Plan"; suggested by Madison and Edmund Randolph; suggested a bicameral congress with a House of Representatives elected based on population and a Senate elected by the lower house | |
| 45707749 | New Jersey Plan | "Small State Plan"; suggested by William Livingston; unicameral house, 2 representatives from each state, establishment of Supreme Court | |
| 45707750 | Patrick Henry | member of the Virginia House of Burgesses; introduced fourteen resolves against the Stamp Act | |
| 45707751 | 3/5 Compromise | Southerners wanted to count slaves in population to get more representation and tax money; compromise counted each slave as 3/5 of a person | |
| 45707752 | Electoral College | system established for electing president; not through popular vote; each state receives as many electors as congressmen and senators combined | |
| 45707753 | veto | power to repeal a law; given to the president, but not absolutely—Senate can override veto with 2/3 majority | |
| 45707754 | Elastic Clause | sometimes known as necessary and proper clause; gave national government right to enact any law needed to implement Constitution; has allowed for document to remain functioning for so long | |
| 45707755 | Supreme Court | highest federal court; established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 | |
| 45707756 | The Federalist Papers | essays written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay explaining questions about how the new government would operate; advocated Constitution | |
| 45707757 | John Jay | American diplomat and jurist who served in the Continental Congress and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783); first chief justice of Supreme Court (1789-1795 | |
| 45707758 | Second Great Awakening | a series of Protestant religious revivals that began in 1797 and lasted into 1830s | |
| 45707759 | Methodist Church | biggest denomination during Second Great Awakening | |
| 45707760 | Baptists | a major denomination during the Second Great Awakening | |
| 45707761 | Unitarians | encouraged people to emphasize feeling rather than dogma | |
| 45707762 | George Washington | commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention, and the first president of the US (1789-1797 | |
| 45707763 | cabinet | system put in place by Washington of selecting a group of advisors; formalized into executive departments by Congress | |
| 45707764 | Samuel Slater | British-born textile producer; one of the first industrialists in America; brought the spinning jenny; oversaw construction of nation's first successful water-powered cotton mill (1790-1793 | |
| 45707765 | Francis Lowell | set up first industrial town, in Massachusetts | |
| 45707766 | Lowell, Massachusetts | first industrial town |
