APUSH Chapters 4-6 Flashcards
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| 934677874 | Albany Plan | 1754; intercolonial government and a system for collecting taxes for the colonies' defense; failed because colonies were not prepared to unite under a single colonial legislature | 1 | |
| 934677875 | Seven Years' War | French/Indian War; French tried to protect control of Ohio River Valley land from Great Britain | 2 | |
| 934677876 | Proclamation of 1763 | ceded West Indian islands from French | 3 | |
| 934677877 | Sugar Act | 1764; eliminated illegal sugar trade between colonies, French and West Indies | 4 | |
| 934677878 | Currency Act | 1764; stopped issuing paper money; signaled end to Britain's policy of salutary neglect | 5 | |
| 934677879 | Stamp Act | 1765; issued tax on printed documents; repealed old principles of mercantilism | 6 | |
| 934677880 | Townsend Acts | 1767; taxed goods imported directly from Britain; set aside for payment of tax collectors; suspended New York's legislature | 7 | |
| 934677881 | Declaratory Act | 1767; Parliament takes total control over colonies | 8 | |
| 934677882 | Quartering Act | 1765; required colonies to provide supplies and homes for British troops | 9 | |
| 934677883 | Tea Act | 1773; British East India company issued no new tax on tea | 10 | |
| 934677884 | Intolerable Acts | 1774; Britain closed Boston ports | 11 | |
| 934677885 | Sons of Liberty | protest groups throughout colonies | 12 | |
| 934677886 | Olive Branch Petition | 1775; Washington's attempt to avoid armed conflict after war | 13 | |
| 934677887 | Boston Tea Party | 1773; 50 men dressed as Mohawks dumped three ships worth of tea into Boston harbor; "taxation without representation" | 14 | |
| 934677888 | Boston Massacre | 1770; mob pelted soldiers with rock filled snowballs; soldiers shot 5 men | 15 | |
| 934677889 | Lexington and Concord | 1775; English dispatched troops to seize weapons; "shot heard around the world" | 16 | |
| 935422680 | Treaty of Paris | 1783; granted United States independence | 17 | |
| 935422681 | Articles of Confederation | first national constitution | 18 | |
| 935422682 | Shay's Rebellion | 1787; Western Massachusetts farmers marched on Springfield to protest a number of unfair policies (especially taxes) | 19 | |
| 935422683 | Northwest Ordinance | 1787; claimed Native land, abolished slavery in Northwest; forerunner to Bill of Rights | 20 | |
| 935422684 | Virginia Plan | number of representatives should depend on population size | 21 | |
| 935422685 | New Jersey Plan | equal representation in each state | 22 | |
| 935422686 | Great Compromise | bicameral legislature | 23 | |
| 935422687 | 3/5 Compromise | each slave counted as 3/5 of a person | 24 | |
| 935422688 | Federalist | supported Federal government; Washington, Hamilton; economy based on commerce | 25 | |
| 935422689 | Democratic-Republican | state government; Jefferson, Madison; economy based on agriculture | 26 | |
| 935422690 | Whiskey Rebellion | farmers resisted tax on whiskey | 27 | |
| 935422691 | Jay's Treaty | prevented war with Great Britain | 28 | |
| 935422692 | Pinckey's Treaty | promise with Spain to prevent attacks on Natives | 29 | |
| 935422693 | Washington's farewell address | stay clear of political ties with other countries | 30 | |
| 935939434 | Saratoga | turning point in war; alliance with France | 31 | |
| 935949916 | Daughters of Liberty | protested British goods by making own clothes and goods | 32 | |
| 935949917 | Federalism | balance of power between local and state government | 33 | |
| 935949918 | XYZ Affair | sent delegates to France; French wanted bribes | 34 |