APUSH ID's Set 2

Stono Rebellion

Period 2

1739

The largest African Slave revolt in the British controlled colonies in South Carolina.

It led to the Negro Act of 1740 which tightened the Slave Codes.

Zenger Trial

Period 2

1735

A case in New York city where a news writer was found acquitted for posting negatively about the Royal Governor.

This was the first case where someone was found innocent because they were exercising their freedom of the press.

French and Indian War

Period 3

1754

A military territorial conflict between Britain in France over the Ohio river valley.

After the French defeat, Britain heavily taxed their British Colonies to pay for their war debt.

Pontiac's Rebellion

Period 3

1763

An armed conflict in which Native Americans forced Anglicans out of the Great Lakes region.

This led to the passing of the proclamation act.

Acts of the British

Refers to all of the laws passed by Britain on the American colonies leading up to the American Revolution. Examples include: Proclamation Acts, Stamp Act, Townsend Act, Tea Act, Boston Port, etc…

Stamp Act Congress

Period 3

1765

A group of colonists who ratified to discuss the passing of the Stamp Act.

They created the phrase “No Taxation Without Representation”, which led to colonial protest and the Stamp Acts repeal.

Nonimportation Agreement

Period 3

1767

An economic boycott used by Americans in response to the Stamp and Townsend Acts, in which they refused to buy British goods.

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Period 3

1765

A group of American colonists who protested against the British before and during the revolution. (The dumped the tea)

Boston Massacre

Period 3

1770

An event in which a miscommand within the Royal Army led to soldiers firing into a crowd of protesters, killing 5 people.

This helped to ratify the colonies and create uprising through propaganda, made by the Committees of Correspondence.

Committees of Correspondence

Period 3

1770’s

Shadow Governments established by colonial leaders after the Boston massacre to coordinate resistance against the British.

They broke down isolationism within the 13 colonies and created a shared ideological resistance for natural rights.

Boston Tea Party

Period 3

1773

A political protest where the sons and daughters of liberty dumped tea from the British East India Company into the Boston harbor in protest of the Tea Act.

As a punishment, British Parliament passed the Boston Port Act which effectively blocked all trade through Boston and therefore the colony of Massachusetts.

First and Second Continental Congress

Period 3

1774 & 1775

Assemblies where delagates from the 13 colonies corrdinated colonial resistance movements and helped with the transition of more independent governments.

Lexington and Concord

Period 3

1775

Known as “the shot heard around the world” this was the first battle in the American Revolutionary War in which American malitias forced the British (who were trying to detroy gunpowder supplies) to retreat.

This victory for the colonies proved the Americans had a decent chance against the British.

George Washington

Period 3

1787

First president of the United States, and leader of the continental army during the revolutionary war.

He set the president for having a cabinet to assist in running the country, and he created the Neutrality proclamation which would hold out until WWI.

Olive Branch Petition

Period 3

1775

This was the final attempt made by the second continental congress to not have an all out war with Great Britain. It attempted to state loyalty to the king, and ask if the king would be willing to start respecting individual rights instead of an all out revolution. King George III refused to even read the petition.

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"

Period 3

1776

A political pamphlet that was originally published anonymously to persuade ordinary colonists (not in mallitias) to live independently of Great Britian and to work on establishing a national government. It emphasized on the mediocrady of having an island nation ruling over a massive continent.

Benjamin Franklin

Period 3

1754

He was a leading political figure and scientist during the 18th century. His greatest accomplishments include creating the “Join-or-Die campain”, helping to write the Declaration of Independance, and his “doscovery” of electricity.

He was the only political figure to sign all 4 major American documents: Declaration of Independance, Treaty of Paris, Treaty of French aligence, and the US Constitution.

Loyalists and Patriots

Period 3

1770’s

Two major opposing political factions of the American revolution. Loyalists were loyal to the British Crown and wanted to stay under King George III’s rule, while Patriots supported revolution and American Independance.

The Continental Association

Period 3

1774

Formed in response to the Intolderable Acts, this boycott put a total blockade on the trading and consuming of goods with the British.

This was the first time that all 12 colonies (Georgia dont count obvi) agreed on an economic policy against the crown.