American Revolution and Early Government Review

A set of 25 vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes regarding the American Revolution, key figures, and the founding documents of the United States.

Valley Forge

Location where the Continental Army, uni Washington, endured a harsh winter but famously emerged stronger and more disciplined

Articles of Confederation

First written plan of government the United States which was weak and replaced

Boston Massacre

In this event, British soldiers killed five colonists in Massachusetts as a result of tension created by the Townshend Acts

Albany Plan of Union

Though it failed, this represented the first time the colonies considered joining together for common defense

Stamp Act

This direct tax the colonists taxed most printed materials and led to numerous protests in the colonies

Sons of Liberty

This group formed to protest the Stamp Act, organizing protests and harassing tax collectors

Lexington and Concord

The first armed conflict between colonial and British force, considered the "shot heard around the world"

First Continental Congress

Meeting in Philadelphia, which delegates from the colonies met and asked King George III to restore colonial rights and spoke against the Intolerable Ads

Thomas Paine

Wrote "Common Sense," pamphlet for independence from Britain

Battle of Yorktown

Last major battle of the American Revolution and victory for America

Committee of Correspondence

A type of group formed in the colonies to communicate with other colonies about British

Boston Tea Party

This colonial protest to the Tea Act led to Britain passing the Intolerable Acts, over 92,000 pounds of tea had gotten poured into the Boston harbor.

Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

This series of laws from Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party, including laws that shut down the Boston port, expanding the Quartering Act, and further limiting the colonists' rights

French and Indian War

This conflict resulted in France losing its territory in America and led England to consider new ways to pay for their colonies in America

Treaty of Paris of 1783

Ended the American Revolution with England recognizing the United States as a new nation

Olive Branch Petition

Last effort of the Second Continental Congress to reconcile with King George III, which he rejected

Thomas Jefferson

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Battle of Saratoga

Major turning point in the American Revolution that convinced France to help America

Declaration of Independence

This document asserted that Britain had violated the natural righ of the colonists and concluded authority over the colonists longer had

Loyalists

Colonists who sided with the British during the American Revolution

Nonimportation agreements

Signed by colonists, this led to a boycott of British goods in protest of the Stamp Act

Shays' Rebellion

Action by Massachusetts farmers in response to what they saw as unfair taxes, exposed weakness In Articles of Confederation

Proclamation of 1763

This order from King George III told the colonists not to settle past the Appalachian Mountains

Second Continental Congress

Meeting which delegates from the colonies created the Continental Army and declared Independence from Britain

Republic

Form of government in which power resides with a body of citizens entitled to vote for elected officials who represent the voters and who must govern according to laws and a comtitution