AP US History Period 3 Flashcards

7904450823	French and Indian War	War between French and British	0
7904451950	Salutary Neglect	Great Britain "ignored" colonies and didn't enforce laws prior to French and Indian War	1
7904455803	Pontiac's Rebellion	Group of Natives try to push British soldiers and settlers out of Great Lakes area after French and Indian War	2
7904472808	Proclamation of 1763	No colonists could move past the Appalachian Mountains	3
7904475240	Sugar Act	Tax on sugar	4
7904477707	Stamp Act	Tax on all stamps needed for mail and official documents	5
7904481421	John Dickinson's Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania	Helped unite colonists against Townshend Acts	6
7904488671	Boston Massacre	Altercation between Bostonians and British soldiers leaving 5 dead	7
7904494603	Crispus Attucks	African American killed during Boston Massacre; "first" casualty of Revolutionary War	8
7904501625	Committees of Correspondence	Groups of people throughout the colonies that could help spread news around	9
7904504873	Boston Tea Party	Event in Boston where colonists dumped chests of tea into the harbor to protest Parliamentary actions	10
7904509705	Intolerable Acts	Name given to a number of acts designed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party	11
7904516956	First Constitutional Congress	Meeting to figure out what to do about the failing Articles of Confederation	12
7904519799	Minutemen	Men that were ready to go fight for the colonies at any minute	13
7904521400	Lexington and Concord	First battles of Revolutionary War	14
7904523119	Second Continental Congress	Meeting where the Declaration of Independence was adopted	15
7904530120	Thomas Paine	Writer of Common Sense	16
7904530121	Common Sense	Pamphlet describing why it was necessary to break from Great Britain	17
7904531975	Declaration of Independence	July 4, 1776; declared independence from Great Britain	18
7904534136	Loyalists	Individuals living in the colonies that sided with Great Britain	19
7904538858	Battle of Saratoga	Turning point in Revolutionary War; France decides to ally themselves with Colonists	20
7904540224	Land Ordinance of 1785	Articles of Confederation; allowed settlers to purchase titles to areas of land	21
7904546782	Northwest Ordinance of 1787	Law passed to regulate new Northwest Territory	22
7904552599	Shays' Rebellion	Group of farmers rebel in Massachusetts over debt; final straw before trashing Articles of Confederation	23
7904558165	Virginia Plan	Felt representation should be based on population	24
7904565432	New Jersey Plan	Felt all states should have equal representation	25
7904568478	3/5ths Compromise	African Americans were counted as 3/5ths of a person	26
7904570582	Federalists	Felt Constitution should be adopted; liked strong central government	27
7904576123	Anti-Federalists	Wanted to revise Articles of Confederation; likes weak central government	28
7904579270	Judiciary Act of 1789	Established Supreme Court	29
7904582695	Jay's Treaty	British soldiers left American forts; America paid of debts; angered Americans because we looked weak to Great Britain	30
7904596723	Whiskey Rebellion	Rebellion against the first tax imposed by the federal government	31
7904601430	George Washington	First president of US	32
7904602927	XYZ Affair	Event with US and France where France demanded a bribe to meet about their impressment of American ships	33
7904608016	Alien and Sedition Acts	Used to silence opposition and create stricter rules to become a US citizen	34
7904618438	Treaty of Paris	Ended Revolutionary War	35
7904619964	Articles of Confederation	First form of government in US after Revolutionary War	36
7904621930	Constitution	New form of government that focuses on a central federal power; checks and balances	37
7904626673	Great Compromise	Compromise between Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan	38
7904628884	Bill of Rights	First ten amendments of Constitution	39
7904661271	Republican Motherhood	American mothers were tasked with raising patriotic children	40
7904681675	Legislative Branch	Branch tasked with writing laws; Congress	41
7904683627	Judicial Branch	Branch tasked with interpreting laws; Supreme Court	42
7904686126	Executive Branch	Branch tasked with enforcing laws; President	43
7904690171	Federalist Papers	Collection of 85 articles and essays written by A. Hamilton, J. Madison, and J. Jay promoting the ratification of the Constitution	44
7904697894	Democratic-Republican Party	Party that believed in decentralized government; more agrarian-based	45