APUSH - Unit Two Matching Section

Use these flashcards to help you prepare for the matching section of your upcoming test.

Boston Massacre

Clash between unruly protestors and locally stationed British redcoats, who fired on the jeering crowd, killing or wounding eleven citizens

Treaty of Paris

Peace treaty signed by Britain and the US ending the Revolutionary War. The British formally recognized American independence and the American promised to restore Loyalists property to repay British creditors

Boston Tea Party

Rowdy protest against the British East India Company’s newly acquired monopoly. Colonists, disguised as Indians, dumped 342 chests into Boston harbor, prompting harsh backlash from the British Parliament.

Townsend Acts

External, or indirect, levies on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea, the proceed which were used to pay colonial governors 

Battle of Yorktown

George Washington, with aid of the French army, defeated the British on land, while the French naval fleet prevented British reinforcements from coming ashore. This dealt a heavy blow to the British war effort and paved the way for an eventual peace.

Camp folllower

Women who traveled along with the Continental Army during the American Revolution, providing vital services such as cooking, sewing, and nursing 

French-Indian War/7 Years War

9 year war in North America that resulted in the expulsion of the French from the North American mainland 

Quartering Act

Law that required colonies to provide food and lodgings for British troops 

Crispus Attucks

Runaway slave and leader of Boston protest that resulted in the Boston Tea Party - one of the first to die at the Boston Massacre

Pontiacs War

Bloody campaign waged by the Ottawa chief to drive the British out of Ohio Country. It was brutally crushed by British troops, who resorted to distributing blankets infected with smallpox as a means to put down the rebellion.

Declaration of Independence

Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and approved by the 2nd Continental Congress, this document from 1776 allowed Americans to appeal for foreign aid and inspired other revolutions (France we see you!!)

1st Continental Congress

Convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that convened in Philadelphia to craft a response to the Intolerable Acts. 

Samuel Adams

Boston revolutionary who organized Massachusetts’s committee of correspondence - delegate at the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress

Commonsense

Widely read pamphlet urging the colonies to declare independence and establish a republican government

Republicanism

Political theory of representative government, based on the principle of that a government’s power comes form the people, with a strong emphasis on liberty and civic virtue

Thomas Paine

Author of Common Sense

Proclamation of 1783

Decree issued by British Parliament, prohibiting settlement by American colonists beyond the Appalachians

Mercantalism

Economic theory that closely linked a nation’s political and military power to its wealth - especially in gold and silver. According to this theory, the purpose of colonies was to contribute to the wealth and power of the mother country.

George Washington

American military leader during the French-Indian and Revolutionary wars

Committee of Correspondence

Local commissions established across Massachusetts, and later in each of the 13 colonies, to coordinate colonial opposition to British policies through the exchange of letters and pamphlets 

Sugar Act

Duty on imported product from the West Indies. It was the first tax levied on the colonists by the crown and was lowered substantially in response to widespread protest.

Loyalists

American colonist who opposed the Revolution and maintained their loyalty to the king.   They were typically well educated, wealthy, from the older generation, and members of the Anglican church.

Battle of Saratoga

Decisive colonial victory in upstate New York, which helped secure French support for Revolutionary causes

Stamp Act Congress

Assembly of delegates from 9 colonies who met in NYC to draft a petition for the repeal of the duty on paper goods - helped promote intercolonial unity

Stampact

Duty placed by the British on an array of paper goods in the colonies - resulted in mass protest

Intolerable Acts

Series of punitive measures passed in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party, closing the Port of Boston, revoking a number of rights in Massachusetts colonial charter, and expanding the Quartering Acts to allow for the lodging of soldiers in private homes

Olive Branch Petition 

Measure adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress, professing American loyalty and seeking an end to the fighting between British and American troops.  King George III rejected the petition and proclaimed the colonies in rebellion.  

George III

Declared the American colonies in rebellion

Declaratory Acts

Laws passed by the British that reaffirmed Parliament’s unqualified sovereignty (meaning control & authority) over the North American colonies

Albany Congress

Intercolonial congress summoned by the British government to foster greater colonial unity and assure Iroquois support in the escalating war against the French

The Association

Nonimportation/nonexportation/nonconsumption agreement crafted during the 1st Continental Congress for the complete boycott of British goods

John Hancock

Boston smuggler and colonial resistance leader who served as President of the Second Continental Congress 

Lexington & Concord

1st battles of the Revolutionary War - the colonial militia successfully defended their stores of munitions

Patriots

Colonists who supported the American Revolution. They were often working class individuals from rural areas. They were likely members of the Presbyterian Church and believed in independence from British rule.

2nd Continental Congress

Representative body of delegates from all 13 colonies assembled in 1775 - ‘first’ government of the US during the revolutionary war