APUSH Units 1-5 Quiz

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Boston Tea Party

• Was a Response to Tea Act

  • Issue was not price but that they only had one choice of tea

• British Response to BTP

  • Intolerable Acts

Articles of Confederation

• The Critical Period

• Ratification was delayed by a dispute over the vast American Indian lands

• Established a central government that consisted of just one body, congress

• Gave the congress the power to wage war, make treaties, send diplomatic representatives, and borrow money

• Problems over western lands

• Designed to keep the power with the states

• Designed to be a temporary gov.

• Could not tax or regulate treaties

Roger Williams

A model Puritan, very popular, was critical of Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Church and government should be separate

• Compensate the Native Americans for lost land

Dominion of New England

A __union of several New England colonies__ formed by King James 2 of England in 1686 and was part of a larger __plan to tighten British administration of the colonies__

* Purposes:
* __Strengthened colonial defense from Native American attacks__
* __Collected taxes__ more efficiently by enforcing the Navigation Acts
* Established __more direct control over the New England colonies__

Hamilton’s Financial Program

To get the new country on its feet financially, Hamilton needed:

• Support of the wealthy

• Find ways to generate income

• Support all areas of the country

Deal made:

• U.S. government pay off the national debt at face value and also assume payments of the war debts of the states; establish the nation’s capital in the South along the Potomac River

Alien and Sedition Acts

Federalists enacted laws to restrict their political opponents

• Alien:

  • Many immigrants joined the DR party

  • Change residence requirements from 5 to 14 years

  • President could deport foreigners who were considered dangerous

• Sedition:

  • Feds want to silence DR press

  • Prohibit defaming of officials

  • Federalists SC looks the other way

Hartford Convention

• Feds attempt to get their way

• Single term presidency

• No consecutive presidents from same state

• No 3/5 comp.

• End of political influence for the Feds. party

Northwest Ordinance

• Procedure for admitting new states

• Granted limited self-gov. to the developing territory

• Prohibited slavery in the region