APUSH UNIT 3

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French and Indian War

French encroachment on English colonies in the Ohio River Valley

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Continental Congress

Ben Franklin proposes a more centralized government with the Albany Plan of Union

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Peace of Paris

Ends the Revolutionary War

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Royal Proclamation of 1763

Forbade colonists from westward expansion; largely ignored

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Salutary neglect

Parliament largely ignores the colonies and creates a sense of independence

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Navigation acts

Limits colonial trade to only Britain

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Quartering acts

Colonists required to house and feed soldiers

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Sugar act

Increased taxes on luxury items like coffee and wine

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Stamp act

All paper items are taxed

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Sons and daughters of liberty

Radical groups that opposed British taxation

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Stamp Act Congress

Protests against no taxation without representation ending in repeals

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Declaratory acts

Parliament maintains the ability to pass whatever taxes deemed necessary

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Townsend acts

All imports are taxed

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Boston Tea Party

Results in the coercive or intolerable acts

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Continental Congress

Appoints GW to general and approves a national army

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Enlightenment

Influences the separation of powers and social contract by introducing natural rights

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Loyalists

Opposed the idea of American independence

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Battle of Saratoga

American win that convinced the French to provide aid

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Battle of Yorktown

Forced British surrender and inspired French and Haitian revolutions

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Articles of Confederation

Limited federal power to only legislation; limited ability to enforce taxes

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Allowed territories to apply for statehood and abolished slavery in the Northwest territory

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Shay’s Rebellion

Highlighted the weakness of the articles — petitions to relieve taxes — government couldn’t raise an army to stop the farmers

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Constitutional Convention

Federalists fought for a stronger central government, anti feds pushed for more state power

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Virginia plan

State representation by population

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New Jersey Plan

States are all represented equally

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Great Compromise

Split legislation into two houses — house of reps (population) and senate (2 per state)

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3/5s Compromise

Limited southern voting power by accounting slaves for 3/5s of a vote

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Federalist Papers

Essays that sought to persuade the public to support a centralized government — forced to implement a bill of rights first

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Republican Motherhood

Mothers are most influential by raising good sons

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Alexander Hamilton

Secretary of Treasury, consolidated state debts into federal debts, created the national bank

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Elastic clause

Allowed for the creation of a national bank by claiming it was “necessary and proper”

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Whiskey Rebellion

Poor farmers assaulted tax collectors and George Washington crushed them with the new ability to raise an army

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Alien and Sedition Acts

Ability to deport non-citizens targeting the Irish and Scottish, illegal to criticize the government

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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Laws can be nullified if they are considered to be “federal overreach”

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Indian trade and intercourse act

Caused by western migration, regulated relations, ignored

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Pinkney Treaty

Finalized a border between Spain and America

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