AP US History Unit 2 Flashcards

5108021080	Mercantilism	idea that a country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold in its treasury	0
5108021081	Navigation Laws	laws that regulated trade to benefit England's Mercantilist system- only allowed them to trade with Britain	1
5108021082	Enumerated Products	products tat had to be sent to Britain, even though there might be better prices	2
5108021083	Monetary Deflation	there wasn't enough money in the colonies- had to print their own	3
5108021084	Royal Veto	British right to nullify any legislation passed by the colonial system if it went against Mercantalism	4
5108021085	Salutary Neglect	time from after King William's War to the French and Indian war where Britain let the colonies run themselves	5
5108021086	John Hancock	rich colonist who made money by smuggling around the Navigation Laws	6
5108021088	George Grenville	the Prime Minister of Britain- ordered the navy to enforce the Navigation Acts- created the Sugar Act	7
5108021089	Sugar Act	1st law 1765- passed by Parliament that raised taxes of colonists- on imported sugar	8
5108021090	Quartering Act	1765- required colonists to provide food and shelter to British troops	9
5108021091	Stamp Act	1765- mandated use of stamps that taxed most paper products	10
5108021092	Admiralty Courts	trial where there is no jury- defendant was assumed to be guilty	11
5108021093	Virtual Representation	representatives in Parliament represented all citizens- colonists didn't believe and wanted their own reprentative	12
5108021094	Stamp Act Congress	1765- brought together 27 delegates from 9 colonies- asked King to repeal Act	13
5108021096	Sons of Liberty	enforced the Nonimportation Agreements- mobs violently ransacked officials' houses	14
5108021097	Daughters of Liberty	the female version of the Sons of Liberty	15
5108021098	Declaratory Act	Britain declares it has complete control over the colonies	16
5108021099	Charles Townshend	persuaded Parliament to pass the Townshend Acts	17
5108021100	Townshend Acts	act that put light taxes on lead, paper, paint and tea- hated by Americans because the profits were used to pay the government officials	18
5108021101	Red Coats	British soldiers- sent to enforce the Townshend Acts	19
5108021103	John Adams	defense attorney of the British troops in the Boston Massacre- future president	20
5108021104	King George III	King who tried to assert the power of the British monarchy	21
5108021105	Lord North	George's corrupt prime minister	22
5108021106	Samuel Adams	organizer of rebellion- started the committees of correspondence	23
5108021107	Committees of Correspondence	ways for the colonies to comunicated with each other- the future Congresses	24
5108021108	British East India Company	company was going to go bankrupt, British government let them sell left over tea to Americans at a cheap price, while still taxing it	25
5108021110	Boston Tea Party	colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor- led to Intolerable Acts	26
5108021111	Intolerable Acts	acts that removed many of the rights of the colonists- Boston Port closes, British officials could be tried in England, the charter of Massachusetts revoked, guaranteed Catholicism to French-Canadians (good law)	27
5108021112	Boston Port Act	Britain closed the harbor as punishment until the damages were paid	28
5108021113	Quebec Act	French-Canadians were guaranteed Catholicism	29
5108021114	First Continental Congress	1774- ment in Philadelphia to discuss colony problems- came up with list of grievances (ignored by Britain), and Declaration of Rights, agreed to meet the next year	30
5108021115	The Association	organization that wanted a complete boycott of British goods	31
5108021116	Minutemen	name of the colonial militia	32
5108021117	Lexington	8 Americans are killed by Red Coats trying to seize power and capture Sam Adams and John Hancock- the first battle of the Revolutionary war	33
5108021118	Concord	Red coats pushed on, but were pushed back by colonists- one of the first battles of the war	34
5108021119	Hessians	professional German soldiers hired by the British to fight in the war- not really commited	35
5108021120	Loyalists	colonists who supported Britian	36
5108021121	Marquis de Lafayette	French general- helped fund the war for the Americans	37
5108021122	Continental Currency	money printed by the Continental Congress- worthless	38
5108021123	Valley Forge	cold battle in the winter where thecolonists were almost naked	39
5108021124	Patriots	name for American fighters and supporters	40
5108021125	Baron von Steuben	stern drillmaster- whipped the soldiers into shape	41