Ap Flashcards

5276179259	Edict of Nantes	Issued by the crown,granted limited toleration to French protestants	0
5276179260	Huguenot	A French Protestant of the 16-17th centuries	1
5276179261	Coureurs de bois	"Runners of the woods", runners of risks,two fisted drinkers,free spenders,free livers and lovers	2
5276179262	Voyageurs	A boatman employed by the fur company's in transporting goods	3
5276179263	King Williams war	1689-1713, earliest contests among the European powers for control of North America known to British colonists	4
5276179264	Queen Anne's war	1702-1713 mostly pitted British colonists against the French coureurs de bois with both sides recruiting whatever Indian allies they could	5
5276179265	War of Jenkins ear	Broke out in 1739 between British and Spaniards confined to Caribbean Sea and Georgia	6
5276179266	King George's war	Small scale scuffle with Spain in America soon merged with large scale war of Austrian succession in Europe	7
5276179267	Acadians	Acadia people	8
5276179268	French and Indian war	4th struggle began in America touched off by George Washington in the wilds of the Ohio balled in 1754 it rocked along on an undercard basis for two years then widened	9
5276179269	Seven years war	Most far flung conflict the world had yet seen it was fought in America Europe West Indies Philippines Africa and ocean seven seas war	10
5276179270	Albany congress	Franklin was one of the leading spirits meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of 7/13 British North American colonies	11
5276179271	Regulars	Arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern	12
5276179272	Battle of Quebec	1759 ranks as one of the most significant engagements in British and American history	13
5276179273	Pontiacs uprising	Laid siege to Detroit in the spring of 1763 and eventually overran all but 3 British posts west of Appalachians	14
5276179274	French and Indian war reason	French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of Appalachian mts (Ohio territory)	15
5276179275	Outcome French and Indian war	British won	16
5276179276	Impact of French and Indian war	A great expansion of British territorial claims in new world enlarged Brittany's debt	17
5276179277	Republicanism	Defined a just society as one in which all citizens willingly subordinated their private selfish interests to the common good	18
5276179278	Radical whigs	A group of British political commentators	19
5276179279	Mercantilism	Justified their control over colonies believed that wealth was power and a country's economic wealth	20
5276179280	Sugar act	1764, first law ever passed by that body for raising tax revenue in the colonies for the crown	21
5276179281	Quartering act	Measure required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops	22
5276179282	Stamp act	Raise revenues to support the new military force mandated the use of stamped paper or affixing of stamps certifying payment of tax	23
5276179283	Admiralty courts	Juries were not allowed,guilty unless they could prove they were innocent	24
5276179284	Stamp act congress	NYC, 27 distinguished delegates from 9 colonies	25
5276737016	Nonimportation agreement	Promising stride toward Union they spontaneously United American prepare for first time in common action	26
5276737017	Sons of liberty	Group of rodent spirits	27
5276737018	Daughters of liberty	Enforced non importation agreements against violators	28
5276737019	Declaratory act	Reaffirming parliaments right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever	29
5276737020	Towns head Act	Seizing on a dubious distinction between external and internal forces	30
5276737021	Boston massacre	Troops opened fire and killed 11 citizens	31
5276737022	Committees of correspondence	Rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among 13 colonies	32
5276737023	Intolerable acts	Series of punitive laws passed British parliament in 1774 after Boston tea party	33
5276737024	First contential congress held	Discuss intolerable act,Royal governor in Georgia succeeded in blocking delegates from being sent in congress	34
5276737025	First contential congress do	Organize colonial resistance to parliament coercive acts	35
5276737026	Second contential congress held	Manage the colonial war effort,adopting Declaration of Independence	36
5276737027	Second contential congress do	Succeeded first contential congress	37
5276737028	Common sense	One of most influential pamphlet by t Paine anticipated Thomas Jefferson declaration that only lawful states were those power from consent of governed	38
5276737029	Declaration of Independence	Natural laws of humankind not just British rughts	39