APUSH Flashcards

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DIcsovery of americas

1492 by Christopher Columbus

Jamestown

1607 was the first permanent English settlement in America

Bacon’s Rebellion

1676 uprising in Virginia against Governor William Berkeley's administration becuase small farmers were mad about the lack of protection they received by the government from Native Americans

The Seven Year War

1756-1763 war between the French and British over land which the British won

Pontiac’s Rebellion

1763 post seven year world where Native Americans were mad at the British and rebelled but were quickly stopped by the British

Proclamation of 1763

1763 prevented colonisht from expanding to keep good relations with the Native Americans by the colonizers were mad about this —> started some tension

The Sugar Act

1764 British started taxing sugar and molasses to pay off war debt

The Quartering Act

1765 forced all colonials to house and fed all British soldiers if needed

The Stamp Act

1765 tax on all paper

Boston Massacre

1776 fight between British soldiers and colonists due to rising tension of all the taxes pkaced which resulted in 5 dead.

The Townshend Acts

1767 a BUNCH of taxes on stupid shit to raise revenue —> led to taxation w/o representation

The Boston Tea Party

1773 colonists REALLY mad about the insane tax so they poured a lot of tea out into the Boston Harbor

Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts

1774

the port act —> 1774 boston ports = closed until fixed/paid off

The Administration of Justice Act —> 1774 made it so any royal official accused in the colonies would be tried in Britain rather than the colonies (to make it more in more in British favor)

Quebec Act —> 1774 extended boundaries of Quebec and granted religious freedom to Catholics, which angered many Protestants in the colonies.

Thomas Paine

publish pamphlet, “common sense” in 1776 whisch advocated that the sates should cut ties with Britain

The Enlightenment

1685-1815 cultural change which changed traditional beliefs

deism —> actions not cos god did or gods path but rather science and fact

rationalism —> turned away from religion towards science

social contract —> agreement between individuals to live peacefully and create government to promot these ideas

american revolution

1775-1783 fight between the British and the Colonists over the colonies. British with well devolped and skilled armies and the colonists kinda struggling to get by

Lexington and Concord

1775 first battle in the American Revolution which was when the British troop were on their way to ruin colonial supplies but where stopped because Paul Revere was able to tell everyone that the British were coming. The British were stopped and attacked and ended up winning so they continued to proceed and destroy military supplies. On the way back, they got jumped by the colonists and “lost”

Bunker Hill

1775 first acc battle that they had which the British won

second continental congress

1775 was colonists who were willing to fight under the commander-in-chief George Washington. They were able to create a navy to fight British ships and recruited African Americans with the promise of freedom because they were scared of the British recruiting them

Olive Branch Petition

1775 colonists tried to settle the issue nicely but and sent a petition to the king which he said no to so no more peace

Declaration of Independence

1776 document declaring the thirteen colonies independent from British rule after the olive branch petition was a fail

Battle of Saratoga

1777 battle in the cold cold weather which the colonist weren’t prepped for and so they were losing but got french support

Battle of Yorktown

1781 was where the British surrendered

Treaty of Paris

1783 official end of the war between the British and the American colonies, recognizing American independence and establishing borders.