Unit 3 Vocab: 1754-1800

salutary neglect

relaxation of enforcement of regulations in the colonies, trade restrictions were not enforced (bribery), mutual benefit for both England and the colonies

albany plan of union

conference of colonial leaders, goal was to negotiate a treaty with the Indians

Benjamin Franklin

French and Indian War

Treaty of Paris 1763

William Pitt

King George III

Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763

400 British killed, 2000 colonists killed or captured, native american casualties unknown

Proclamation of 1763

colonists weren’t allowed to go west of the line (enforced by the British to prevent fur trade and conflict), not policed well

sugar act

indirect/external tax, pay for imported goods, cut the original taxes in half but enforce the paying of taxes

stamp act

direct/internal tax, impacted and outraged most colonists, newspapers and legal documents were taxed

Patrick Henry

Virginia Resolves

Stamp Act Congress

sons of liberty

declaratory act

townshend duties

boston massacre

Samuel Adams

virtual representation

actual representation

parliament

Gaspée Incident

Tea Act

Daughters of Liberty

Boston Tea Party

coercive acts

intolerable acts

first continental congress

lexington and concord

second continental congress

John Dickinson

olive branch petition

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

George Washington

battle of Bunker Hill

battle of Saratoga

loyalists

patriots

battle of Yorktown

Treaty of Paris — 1783

Abigail Adams

republican wife and mother

homespun

republicanism/republic

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Critical Period

Shays’ Rebellion

Alexander Hamilton

Philadelphia Convention

James Madison

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

3/5ths Compromise

Great Compromise

separation of powers

checks and balances

federalism

ratify/ratification

federalists

antifederalists

The Federalist Papers

bill of rights

George Washington

Federalist political party

Democratic-Republicans political party

report on public credit

national bank

tariff

whiskey rebellion

neutrality proclamation

french revolution

Jay’s Treaty

Washington’s farewell address

John Adams

XYZ Affair

Quasi War

alien and sedition acts

kentucky and virginia resolution

nullification

Aaron Burr

12th amendment

Thomas Jefferson

revolution of 1800