American History

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Mercantilism

An economic policy where colonies are only allowed to trade with the “Mother Country” .

Navigation Acts

British law that restricted colonial trade to English ships and ports. (England and it’s colonies).

Salutary Neglect

British policy of loose enforcement of laws in the American colonies.

French & Indian War

Conflict between Britian and France over territories in North America.

Proclamation Line 1767

British law banning colonies from settling west of the Applanation Mountains

Stamp Act

Tax on all paper documents in the colonies. (1765 British law imposing a direct tax on American colonists by requiring official stamps on printed materials like legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. It was the first direct internal tax on the colonies and sparked massive protests under the rally cry 'No taxation without representation.')

Quartering Act

Required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops.

Sons of Liberty

Secret society formed to oppose British policies and taxes.

Declaratory Act

British law stating Parliament’s power over the colonies.

Townshed Act

British law imposing duties on imported goods.

Boston Massacre

Violence between British soldiers and Boston colonists causing 5 colonists’ death.

Committees of Correspondence

Groups established to spread information among colonists about British policies and resistance efforts.

Boston Tea Party

Protest where American colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor to oppose the Tea Act.

Intolerable Act

Series of acts to punish Massachusetts.

Battle of Lexington & Concord

First battle of the American Revolutionary War.

Common Sense

Pamphlet by Thomas Paine arguing for American Independence.

Battle of Saratoga

Turning point battle in the Revolutionary War.

Shay’s Rebellion

An Armed uprising by farmers protesting economic troubles & lack of government help.

Great Compromise

Compromise that established a bicameral (two house) legislature.

Three-Fifths Compromise

Agreement counting each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.

Federalist Papers

Series of essays written to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Hamilton’s Economic Era

Financial plan proposed to stabilize the economy.

Neutrality Proclamation

Declaration by president Washington that the U.S. would remain neutral in foreign conflict.

Whiskey Rebellion

Uprising by farmers protesting a federal tax on whiskey.

Battle of Yorktown

Final major battle of the Revolutionary War where British forces surrendered.

Treaty of Paris

Agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War & recognized American independence.

Articles of Confederation

First government document of the United States, creating a weak central government.

XYZ Affair

Incident where French officials demanded bribes from U.S diplomats.

Alien & Sedition Act

Laws that restricted immigration & illegal to criticize the federal government.

Revolution of 1800

Peaceful transfer of power from Federalist to Democratic-Republicans.