APSUH Unit 3 Terms List 1

Proclamation of 1763

issued by British King George III on 7 October 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris (1763), which formally ended the Seven Years' War and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain. The Proclamation at least temporarily forbade all new settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains

Sons (& Daughters) of Liberty

Groups of American patriots who played a significant role in the American Revolution. They opposed British Rule and organized protests against British policies.

Stamp Act

1765, a direct tax on the American colonies, requiring a tax on printed materials.

Townshend Act

Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1767 aimed at taxing goods imported to the American colonies.

Quartering Act

1765 required American colonists to provide housing and supplies to British troops.

Declaratory Act

1766 asserted the British Parliament’s authority to legislature for the American colonies.

Tea Act

1773 a law passed by the British Parliament that granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies

Social Contract Theory

Posits that individuals consent, either explicitly or implicitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of a ruler or government in exchange for protection of their remaining rights and maintenance of social order.

Coercive Acts

A series of laws aimed at punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party, AKA the Intolerable Acts.

First Continental Congress

A meeting of delegates from 12/13 colonies after the intolerable acts.

Committees of Correspondence

Networks established in the American colonies to coordinate resistance against British rule

Virtual representation

the concept that a group of people can be represented in a government body without being able to vote for those who make the decisions.

Boston Massacre

A deadly confrontation on March 5, 1770 where British soldiers shot American colonists.

Second Continental Congress

A meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies that united in support of the American Revolution, they formed an army, declared independence, and established a government.

Olive Branch Petition

adopted by the second continental congress as a final peace attempt to avoid war with Britian

Common Sense

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argues why America needs to be free from Britian.

Articles of Confederation

The first US Constitution that preserved state power and had a weak central government from 1781 to 1789.

Treaty of Paris 1783

Formally ended the revolutionary war and recognized the independence of the United States.

Republicanism

The wish to replace the monarchy with some form of elected republic.

Northwest Ordinance 1787

A piece of legislature that established a framework for governing the northwest territories, and a method of admitting new states into the Union.

Republican Motherhood

The idea that women should be educated in republican values so that they could teach it to their children.

Shays’ Rebellion

An armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in response to high taxes and economic injustices, and highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation leading to a stronger central government.