Amsco AP US History Chapter 4 Flashcards

501746311	french and indian war	fourth and most decisive war in the seven years' war
501746312	george washington	commanded a small militia sent from vrginia, surrendered to a superior force of frenchmen and their native american allies on july 3, 1754. the final war for the empire began
501746313	edward braddock	1755-general from virginia; disastrous defeat near ft. duquesne;
501746314	albany plan of union 1754	plan adopted by delegates from 7 colonies; intercolonial government and a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes from the various colonies for their common defense
501746315	peace of paris 1763	great britain acquired french canada and spanish florida. france ceded to spain its huge western territory, louisiana, and claims west of the mississippi river
501746316	salutary neglect	britiain exercised little direct control over the colonies and had generally allowed its navigation laws regulating colonial trade to go unenforced
501746317	george iii	pursued a colonial policy aimed at solving britain's domestic financial problems`
501746320	proclamation of 1763	prohibited colonists from settling west of the appalachian mountains
501746321	sugar act 1764	placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries
501746322	quartering act 1765	required colonists to provide food and living quarters for british soldiers station in the colonies
501746323	stamp act 1765	required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies, including all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and advertisements
501746324	patrick henry	virginia lawyer who stood up in the house of burgesses to demand that the king's government recognize the rights of al citizens--including no taxation without representation
501746325	stamp act congress	representatives from 9 colonies met in new york in 1765 ; resolved that only their own elected representatives had the legal authority to approve taxes
501746326	sons and daughters of liberty	secret society organized for the purpose of intimidating tax agents--tarred and feathered revenue officials and destroyed revenue stamps
501746327	declaratory act 1766	asserted that parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
501746328	townshend acts 1767	required that revenues raised be used to pay crown officials in the colonies, provided for the search of private homes for smuggled goods
501746329	writs of assistance	general license to search anywhere
501746330	john dickinson; letters from a farmer in pennsylvania	agreed that parliament could regulate commerce but argued that because duties were a form of taxation, they couldn't be levied on the colonies without the consent of their representative assemblies
501746331	samuel adams and james otis	wrote the massachusetts circular letter; urged the various colonies to petition parliament to repeal the townshend acts`
501746332	Massachusetts circular letter	circular letter; urged the various colonies to petition parliament to repeal the townshend acts`
501746333	lord frederick north	new prime minister; urged parliament to repeal the townshend acts because their effect was to damage trade and to generate only a disappointing amount of revenue
501746334	boston massacre 1770	crowd of colonists harassed the guards near the customs house; guards fired and killed 5
535305733	committes of correspondence	initiated by samuel adams in 1772; spread the idea that british officials were deliberately conspiring against colonial liberties
535305734	gaspee incident	1772-a group of colonists disguised as native americans ordered the british crew ashore and then set fire to a ship off the shore of rhode island
535305735	tea act 1773	in hopes of helping the british east india company out of its financial problems, the price of their tea was cheaper than that of smuggled dutch tea
535305736	boston tea party 1773	in refusal of buying the cheaper tea, colonists boarded the british ships carrying tea and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor
535305737	intolerable acts	news of the boston tea party angered the king, lord north, and members of parliament and resulted in a series of punitive acts
535305738	coercive acts 1774	4 acts directed mainly at punishing the people of boston and massachusetts and bringing disidents under control
535305739	port act	closed the port of boston, prohibiting trade in and out of the harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for
535305740	massachusetts government act	reduced the power of the massachusets legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor
535305741	administration of justice act	allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in england instread of in the colonies
535305742	quartering act	enable british troops to be quartered in private homes (applied to all colonies)
535305743	quebec act 1774	organized the canadian lands gained from france