Ap US History period 3 Flashcards

7771274615	The French and Indian War	1754-1763 War between French and British in American colonies part of 7 years	0
7771274616	The Proclamation of 1763	Line drawn by British Parliament, colonists not allowed to settle past Appalachian mountains	1
7771274617	Stamp Act	1765 direct tax on a stamp that must be put on paper, office documents, etc.	2
7771274618	The Coercive Acts	1774 intolerable acts	3
7771274619	Common Sense	1776 pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to get people to want independence	4
7771274620	The Declaration Of Independence	1776 document written by colonist elites to British King and Parliament stating independence and what all was wrong with British rule and the King	5
7771274621	Battle of Saratoga	Head to head battle between the British and Americans in country side, Americans win by a lot and show they have a chance	6
7771274622	French American Alliance	Formed after battle of Saratoga when Americans proved to French they can win and French are allies because they want to damage an age old enemy	7
7771274623	Treaty of Paris	1783 ended the American Revolutionary War Granted the land British gave Indians as American land now American colonies recognized as their own independent country	8
7771274624	Articles of confederation	First form of government A lot of weaknesses No strong central government Strong state governments Causes economical problems and failure	9
7771274625	The Northwest Ordinance of 1787	Land in Northwest is divided into 5 states (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana) they are all seen as equal to the 13 original states Reach a certain pop you can apply for statehood and be part of congress and slavery was outlawed	10
7771274626	Shay's Rebellion	1786 farmers debt rebellion agriculture depression, economical failure and 2 out of 3 were being sued	11
7771274627	The Constitution	New format of government focuses more on a central national power and less on states 3 branch government that limit each other	12
7771274628	Federalism	One central power over all	13
7771274629	The Great Compromise	New Jersey and Virginia plans together and create the senate and House of Representatives senate equal vote house of rep by population	14
7771274630	The Three-Fifths compromise	Slaves count as population for vote in congress 3 slaves for every 5 white were counted	15
7771274631	The Federalists papers	Essays written by Federalists to get people to ratify the constitution plubis	16
7771274632	Federalists	Supported the ratification of the constitution one central strong government	17
7771274633	Anti federalists	Against ratification of the constitution	18
7771274634	The Bill of rights	First ten amendments of the constitution	19
7771274635	George Washington's presidency	1st president formed the cabinets 2nd term strictly followed constitution left office to tell everyone they needed to be unified established framework of Supreme Court and how they will be decided judiciary	20
7771274636	Hamilton	Tackle debt- grant money back to people, national bank create national government, manufacturing establish tax revenue	21
7771274637	Jefferson	Wanted state governments against Hamilton 3rd president vice under John Adams voting process not fix yet and he got 2nd place	22
7771274638	Washington's farewell address	Unity and against foreign policies	23
7771274639	XYZ Affair	3 agents from France try to bribe Americans who came as ambassadors to see the rulers of France common in Europe but Americans took offense and John Adams published what happened for all Americans to see decreasing support of republicans because they are Franco files	24
7771274640	Alien and Sedition Acts	Sedition- speaking false against congress or president Alien- allow president to prison or deport suspicious foreign during war Cut of increase of republicans	25
7771274641	Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions	Idea of nullification Legislatures that constitution was written by sovereign states so they could revoke the unconstitutional laws	26