APUSH Review 5/2/25

Flashcards about the Revolutionary War, Cold War, etc.

Proclamation Line

A line established in 1763 that colonists were not allowed to cross.

Townsend Acts

Acts passed by the British Parliament that imposed duties on various goods imported into the colonies.

Sugar Act

Increased enforcement of taxes on sugar and other goods.

Currency Act

Regulated colonial currency.

Quartering Act

Required colonists to provide housing and provisions for British troops.

Stamp Act

Taxed most printed materials in the colonies.

Declaratory Act

Declared that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever.

Non-importation Movement

A movement that boycotted British goods.

John Dickinson

He wrote a series of pamphlets called Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, arguing against taxation without representation.

Tea Act

Passed to alleviate the financial problems of the British East India Company, it gave the company a monopoly on the tea trade.

Coercive Acts

Closed the port of Boston, altered the government of Massachusetts, required colonists to quarter troops, and mandated that British officials be tried in Britain for offenses committed in the colonies.

Quebec Act

Reorganized Canadian provinces and allowed Catholics to practice freely, angering American Protestants.

Lexington and Concord

The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Common Sense

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocated for American independence.

No taxation without representation

The principle that the authority of a government should depend on the consent of the people, as expressed by votes in elections.

Taxation

The act of levying a tax or duty.

Natural Rights

The philosophical view that certain rights are inherent by virtue of human nature, endowed by nature with which people are inherently endowed.

Capitalist Democracy

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. A political system based on majority rule and protection of individual rights.

Imperialism

The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Truman Doctrine

The U.S. policy of containment during the Cold War.

Marshall Plan

Provide economic support to rebuild Western European economies after World War II.

Proxy War

A conflict in which opposing sides use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.

Containment

The policy of refraining from direct military confrontation with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, aimed at preventing the spread of communism.

Exploiting Tensions

To use an event or situation to gain an advantage.

NATO

An international organization founded in 1949 for purposes of collective security.

McCarthyism

Is related to red scare and involved blacklisting of actors and other such figures.