APUSH Ch.5 Vocab

Treaty of Paris 1783

Ended the revolutionary war

Effect of the French and Indian war on Native Americans

The British took retribution against nations that spot on the French side by cutting off their supplies and forcibly compelling the tribes to obey the rules

Pontiacs rebellion

Uprising of Native Americans, following the French and Indian war that led to the passage of the proclamation of 1763 in the British decision to establish a permanent, standing army in North America

George Greenville

British Prime Minister from 1763 to 1765. He ordered the Navy to enforce the navigation laws to pay for the seven years war. In 1764 he had parliament, pass, the sugar act.

Proclamation line of 1763

British produce boundary marked in the Appalachian mountains at the eastern continental divide. Prohibited Anglo American colonist from settling on lands acquired from the French.

Paxton boys

Group of Scots, Irish man, living in the Appalachian Hills, that water protection from Indiana tax

Loyalists

Colonist who remained loyal to the British crown during the American war for independence

Republicanism

Ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is not appointed through heredity, but usually through an election. Has a limited government philosophy.

French revolutio

social and political revolution in France, that top of the monarchy; created a dilemma for the US between helping the crown or the people, the US chose neutrality

Saint Domingue, slave rebellion

Period of conflict in the French colony of Saint Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there in the founding of the Haitian republic

Impressment

The arbitrary, seizure of goods or individuals buy a government, or it’s agents for public service. Used by the British to regain deserters from the Royal Navy to American vessels

Sugar act

Act that lower the duty on foreign produce molasses as an attempt to discourage colonial smuggling

Currency act

British ban on printing colonial money to alleviate British creditors fears of being paid in the depreciated currency of the colonies

Stamp act of 1765

Act than imposed a tax on all printed materials, including newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards

Declaratory act of 1766

Act that attempted to regulate the behavior of colonist. It’s stated that “ in all cases whatsoever “parliament can make laws

Tea act of 1773

Granted the British east India company, a monopoly on the sale of tea in the colonies and lower the price of tea. Led to the Boston tea party.

Townsend duties of 1760

Ask that impose taxes on a variety of imported goods, such a glass lead paint and tea. Met with the most resistance by colonist.

Tea party of 1773

Political protest that took place the night of December 16 at Griffin’s wharf in Boston. A mob organized by the sons of liberty rated three ships and throughout all of the tea they were carrying into Boston harbor.

Intolerable acts of 1774

Series of punitive laws passed by parliament in 1774, after the tea party; meant to punish Massachusetts colonist for their defiance

Sons of liberty

Organization formed by American colonist which used acts of civil disobedience in violence to protest British taxation and push for independence

Colonial forms of resistance

Colonist would boycott riot, and intimidate, tax collectors

Boston massacre

Deadly confrontation between British soldiers in American colonist that took place in Boston in March 1770 led to the death of five colonist

daughters of liberty

Organization formed by women prior to the American revolution. They protesting the treatment of the colonies by their British rulers

Quebec act

1774 @they gave Catholic French Canadian religious freedom and restore the French form of Civil War; notified mini western claims to the coast polonaise by expanding the boundaries of Quebec to the Ohio river

First continental congress 1774

Convention of delegates from 1213 colonies that met on September 5, 1774 at Carpenters Hall as a response to the intolerable acts

Phillis Wheatley

First, African American female writer to be published in the United States. Her book “poems on various subjects quote was published in 1773; pioneered African-American literature also the first African-American to get a volume of poetry how published

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Initiated the revolutionary war, British governor Thomas gage sent troops to Concord to stop the colonist who are loading arms the next day on April 19, 1775. The first shots were fired in Lexington.

Battle of bunker hil

First major battle of the revolutionary war happened on June 17, 1775 the British attack a newly established American fort; they suffered heavy casualties, but won the battle

African American involvement in the war

Both and slave and free fire in the continental army; black soldiers, mostly thought an integrated units

Second continental congress 1775

Convention of delegates from all 13 colonies that met on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia. Met soon after warfare again

Thomas Paine’s common sense

Argued that the colonist should freedom cells from British rule and establish an independent government based on enlightenment ideals – one that would protect men’s natural, rights

Declaration of independence, 1776

Formal draft of a resolution created by the continental Congress, which broke all ties with the independent states of America and the British government and crown, created the idea that the colonist were states

Thomas Jefferson

Third President of the United States, he favored limited central government. He was the chief drafter of the declaration of independence; approved of the Louisiana purchase in 1803, and promoted ideals of republicanism.

Articles of confederation

1781, first American constitution, establish the United States as a loose confederation of states under a week national Congress, which was not going to the power to regulate commerce or collect

George Washingto

Father of this country. Played a critical role in fighting for, creating, and leading the United States and its earliest days. He was a surveyor farmer in soldier who rose to command the colonial forces in the revolutionary war

Minute men

Small handpicked elite force that were required to be highly mobile enable to assemble quickly. Selected from militia muster, Rolls by their commanding officers.

Women’s involvement in the war

Most carried on with daily tasks, but many took action by boycotting British goods, or following their men to war

Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware river

Washington and his forces crossed the Delaware river, cause a surprise attack to British soldiers on the eve of Christmas

Baron von Steuben

Prussian born military officer, who served as an inspector generals, in major general of the continental army during the

Marquis de Lafayette

French major, who, aided the colonies during the revolutionary war by training their soldiers

French and Spanish aid in the war

France helped in the capture of Gibraltar, Menorca and Flores, and in return Spain would a France in the war

Battle of Yorktown

Last major land title in the revolutionary war, American in French forces, surrounded Yorktown and capture lieutenant general Charles Cornwallis

Treaty of Paris, 1763

Ended the French and Indian war