AP United States History AMSCO Review Unit 1
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| 135172112 | Quebec | first French settlement | 1 | |
| 135169202 | Henry the Navigator | Portuguese man that sponsored voyages to open trade routes below Africa | 2 | |
| 135169203 | Treaty of Tordesillas | established papal line of demarcation | 3 | |
| 135172113 | Ferdinand Magellan | first to circumnavigate globe | 4 | |
| 135172114 | Francisco Pizarro | conquered Incas | 5 | |
| 135172115 | Encomienda system | king of Spain gives grants of land to Indians and Spaniards | 6 | |
| 135172116 | Asiento system | Spaniards pay taxes for each slave | 7 | |
| 135172117 | John Cabot | England's first sea explorer | 8 | |
| 135172118 | Jamestown | founded by Virginia Company, later became first Royal English Colony | 9 | |
| 135172119 | Virginia Company | English joint-stock company that established Jamestown | 10 | |
| 135172120 | John Rolfe | established tobacco industry in Jamestown | 11 | |
| 135172121 | Royal Colony | colony under control of king and queen | 12 | |
| 135172122 | Mayflower Compact | first form of constitution/colonial/democratic government; Pilgrims | 13 | |
| 135172123 | John Winthrop | founded Boston along with other Puritans | 14 | |
| 135172124 | Great Migration | migration from England during English civil war | 15 | |
| 135172125 | Virginia House of Burgesses | first representative assembly in America | 16 | |
| 135172126 | Robert La Salle | explored Louisiana | 17 | |
| 135229474 | Corporate colony | Colonies operated by joint stock companies | 18 | |
| 135229475 | Royal colony | Colonies under authority of king's government | 19 | |
| 135229476 | Proprietary colony | Colony under authority of individuals | 20 | |
| 135229477 | Chesapeake colonies | The royal colonies of Maryland and Virginia colonies were known as the | 21 | |
| 135229479 | Act of toleration | Permits Protestantism and Catholicism in Maryland | 22 | |
| 135229480 | William Berkeley | Governor of Virginia during Bacon's rebellion | 23 | |
| 135229481 | Bacon's rebellion | Revolt that protested Berkeley's favoring of large planters; emphasizes class differences and colonial resistance to royal control | 24 | |
| 135229482 | Headright system | System where Virginia offers 50 acres of land to each immigrant who pays for passage or plantation owner who paid for immigrant's passage | 25 | |
| 135229483 | Roger Williams | Founded Providence | 26 | |
| 135229484 | Providence | Colony unique because it granted rights of native Americans and complete religious toleration | 27 | |
| 135229485 | Anne Hutchinson | Believed in antinomianism and founded Portsmouth | 28 | |
| 135229486 | Antinomianism | Faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation | 29 | |
| 135229487 | Rhode island | Proprietary colony that combined Portsmouth and Providence, complete religious freedom | 30 | |
| 135229488 | Thomas Hooker | Founded Hartford | 31 | |
| 135229489 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | First constitution in American history, representative government | 32 | |
| 135229490 | John Davenport | Founded New Haven | 33 | |
| 135229491 | Connecticut | Colony made up of Hartford and New Haven | 34 | |
| 135229492 | New Hampshire | Colony that was separated from Massachusetts Bay to give king more control | 35 | |
| 135229494 | New England Confederation | Organization made up of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven to combat attack, keep track of servants; established precedent for colonies taken unified action | 36 | |
| 135229495 | King Philip's War | Large Wampanoag Indian revolt, its end effectively ended Native American resistance | 37 | |
| 135229496 | Restoration colonies | Colonies founded during the restoration of England's monarchs | 38 | |
| 135229497 | Carolinas | Colonies formed when King Charles II granted a large chunk of land to eight nobles | 39 | |
| 135229498 | New York | Colony that was taken from Dutch (New Amersterdam) by Duke of York, didn't allow representation | 40 | |
| 135229499 | New Jersey | Colony divided off of New York to ease managing | 41 | |
| 135229500 | Pennsylvania | Given to William Penn by king to repay debt | 42 | |
| 135229501 | Quakers | Believe in equality of men and women, nonviolence ,and resistance to military service | 43 | |
| 135229504 | Pensylvania Charter of Liberties | Pennsylvania constitution that guaranteed freedom of worship and unrestricted immigration | 44 | |
| 135229505 | Delaware | Colony divided off from Pennsylvania | 45 | |
| 135229506 | Georgia | Last colony, only colony to receive government support, debtor's colony, poor | 46 | |
| 135229507 | James Oglethorpe | Founded Georgia, banned drinking and slavey | 47 | |
| 135229508 | Navigation Acts | Trading can only be carried out by English; colonial imports must pass through England; certain products can only be exported to England | 48 | |
| 135229511 | Dominion of New England | James II's experiment to make New England one unit | 49 | |
| 135459380 | Established church | Colonial church based on government taxes | 50 | |
| 135459381 | Congressional church | Church that were successors to Puritans | 51 | |
| 135459382 | Great awakening | Movement characterized by fervent expressions of religious feeling among masses of people; united Americans and challenge authority | 52 | |
| 135459383 | Jonathan Edwards | Started Great Awakening | 53 | |
| 135459384 | George Whitefield | Spurred on Great Awakening in a preaching circuit; ordinary people could understand gospel | 54 | |
| 135459386 | Phillis Wheatley | Colonial poet known for overcoming slavery and beautiful verse | 55 | |
| 135459387 | Zenger Case | Colonial era case where a new york newspaper editor was put on trial for libel against governor; his acquittal encouraged newspapers to take greater risks | 56 | |
| 135459390 | Town meetings | Local colonial government in New England was primarily carried out through small gatherings called | 57 | |
| 135459391 | County government | Local colonial government in the south was primarily carried out by sheriffs in a system called: | 58 | |
| 135958917 | Edward Braddock | Englishman that Led a failed expedition against French Quebec at beginning of French and Indian War | 59 | |
| 135958918 | Albany Plan of Union | Colonial alliance set up to defend colonies against French and Indian attack, failed; set precedent for unification | 60 | |
| 135958919 | Peace of Paris | Treaty that ended French and Indian War. France gives up Canada to British and Louisiana to Spanish, Spanish gives up Florida to British | 61 | |
| 135958920 | Salutary Neglect | Britain's lax enforcing of its colonial restrictions | 62 | |
| 135958921 | George III | English king during revolution | 63 | |
| 135958922 | Tories | the majority party in parliament during revolutionary war and loyalists in America | 64 | |
| 135958923 | Pontiac's rebellion | Indian revolt that made England send troops after French and Indian War | 65 | |
| 135958924 | Proclamation of 1763 | Forbade colonists from moving past the Appalachian Mountains | 66 | |
| 135958925 | Patrick Henry | Protested against stamp act and cried no taxation without representation | 67 | |
| 135958926 | Stamp act congress | Congress that resolved that only colonial authority could approve tax changes | 68 | |
| 135958927 | Sons and daughters of liberty | Secret colonial organization designed to intimidate tax agents | 69 | |
| 135958928 | Declaratory act | English law that asserted that Parliament could tax colonies in all circumstances | 70 | |
| 135958929 | Townshend acts | Controversial act that taxed tea, glass, and paper and allowed search of private homes | 71 | |
| 135958930 | Writs of assistance | A license to search anywhere | 72 | |
| 135958931 | John Dickinson | "Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania", protested Townshend acts, wrote Articles of Confederation | 73 | |
| 135958933 | Samuel Adams | Founded sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence | 74 | |
| 135958934 | Crispus Attucks | African American killed in Boston Massacre | 75 | |
| 135958935 | Committees of Correspondence | Regularly exchanged letters about suspicious or threatening British activities | 76 | |
| 135958936 | Gaspee incident | Colonists destroyed British vessel that captured slaves | 77 | |
| 135958937 | Intolerable acts | Punitive acts against Boston and colonists as a result of the Boston Tea Party | 78 | |
| 135958938 | Coercive acts | Punished Bostonians by closing port and limiting governmental power | 79 | |
| 135958939 | John Locke | Stressed natural laws and the rights of the people | 80 | |
| 137673546 | First Continental Congress | Conference that sought to determine how the colonies should react to grievances | 81 | |
| 137673547 | Suffolk Resolves | Resolutions that rejected the Intolerable acts and called for their repeal; urged economic sanctions against GB | 82 | |
| 137673548 | Declaration of Rights and grievances | Petition to the king urging him to redress colonial grievances and restore colonial rights | 83 | |
| 137673550 | Concord | Location of military supplies and location of first battle of revolution | 84 | |
| 137673551 | Battle of Bunker Hill | First true battle of revolution, fought on breed's hill | 85 | |
| 137673553 | Olive Branch Petition | Document from second continental congress trying to secure peace and pledging loyalty | 86 | |
| 137673554 | Prohibitory Act | Parliamentary decree that declared that the colonies were in rebellion | 87 | |
| 137673555 | Continentals | Worthless paper money issued by Congress | 88 | |
| 137673556 | Battle of Saratoga | Turning battle in revolutionary war, led France to openly ally with US | 89 | |
| 137673557 | Battle of Yorktown | Last major battle of the Revolutionary War | 90 | |
| 137673558 | Treaty of Paris | Treaty to end revolutionary war | 91 | |
| 137673559 | Land ordinance of 1785 | Policy made under articles of confederation that established rules for surveying and selling western lands; set aside some land for education | 92 | |
| 137673560 | Northwest ordinance | Granted limited self-government and prohibited slavery in new western states | 93 | |
| 137673561 | Shays' rebellion | Farmer uprising against high taxes, imprisonment for debt, and lack of proper money; put down by our good friend George Washington | 94 | |
| 137673562 | Mary McCauley | Woman who took place of her husband in Revolutionary War | 95 | |
| 138261084 | Constitutional convention | Convention designed with the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation | 96 | |
| 138261085 | George Washington | Chairperson of Constitutional Convention | 97 | |
| 138261086 | James Madison | Father of the constitution, nationalist | 98 | |
| 138261088 | Virginia plan | Constitutional proposal that favored large states | 99 | |
| 138261089 | New jersey plan | Constitutional proposal that favored small states | 100 | |
| 138261090 | Great Compromise | Connecticut compromise that created two houses in Congress | 101 | |
| 138261091 | Commercial compromise | Constitutional compromise that allowed congress to place taxes on imports but not exports | 102 | |
| 138261092 | Federalists | Supported the Constitution and strong federal government; generally found in cities | 103 | |
| 138261093 | The federalist papers | Essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton to show practicality of Constitution | 104 | |
| 138261094 | Henry Knox | Washington's Secretary of War | 105 | |
| 138261097 | Judiciary act | Established supreme court that was allowed to rule on decisions made by state courts; Washington | 106 | |
| 138261098 | Excise taxes | Non-import/export taxes; usually on particular goods | 107 | |
| 138261099 | George Washington | 1st president, dealt with French Revolution, national debt, and domestic uprisings | 108 | |
| 138261101 | Jay treaty | Treaty where Britain agreed to evacuate its posts on US western frontier, kept America neutral in French Revolution | 109 | |
| 138261102 | Pinckney treaty | Spain gives America right of deposit in New Orleans and moves Florida border | 110 | |
| 138261103 | Battle of fallen timbers | Battle against Indians that would open up Ohio for settlement | 111 | |
| 138261104 | Whisky rebellion | Farmers protested the excise tax on whiskey, Washington put it down | 112 | |
| 138261105 | Public land act | established orderly procedures for dividing and selling federal lands. | 113 | |
| 138261106 | Federalist party | Political party favoring Hamilton and his financial program; favored growth of federal power; northeast | 114 | |
| 138261107 | Democratic-republican party | Southern states; state's rights | 115 | |
| 138261109 | John Adams | 2nd president, first federalist candidate, XYZ affair | 116 | |
| 138261110 | XYZ affair | French diplomats try to collect bribes from Americans to stop crimes at sea | 117 | |
| 138261111 | Alien and sedition acts | Authorized president to deport aliens and made it illegal for newspapers to criticize government | 118 | |
| 138261112 | Naturalization acts | Immigrant citizenship takes 14 years instead of 5 | 119 | |
| 138261113 | Kentucky and Virginia resolutions | Said that a state could nullify an act of the federal government that broke the compact | 120 | |
| 138261114 | Revolution of 1800 | The change from federalist control to democratic-republican control (Jefferson) | 121 |
