APUSH Period 3 Vocab

French and Indian War/ 7 Years War -

 was fought between the French and the British to stop French expansion but England kicked France out of North America to establish themselves as the top power

 Proclamation of 1763 - 

forbade sellers to advance beyond the Appalachian Mountains  to give natives land after the 7-year War

 Treaty of Paris 1763 - 

the French seated to Great Britain some of their West Indian islands and most of their colonies in India and Canada but Britain had high debt and tax the colonies

 taxation without representation - texting people without giving them a voice in the government

 Benjamin Franklin Stamp Act -

 interColonial Congress took action against the Stamp Acts and petition to the British government that the colonies could be should be rightfully taxed with their own assemblies

Boston Massacre -

 mob of Doc workers began pelting centuries at the customs house with rocks and it became a subject of pamphlets

 Boston Tea Party - 

three companies of 50 men masqueraded as Mohawks and went aboard three ships and opens tea chest to protest Parliament

 coercive acts / Intolerable Acts - 

Parliament closed the port of Boston and drastically reduced powers of self-government in Massachusetts

 Lexington and Concord - 

Minuteman were ready to fight and the British marched on Lexington where the supplies were but the colonist told Tales of British atrocities and rallied for the rebel cause

 Patriot - 

supporters of independ

 loyalist-  

Americans still loyal to Britain and the King

 continental army -

 formed by the Second Continental Congress to fight British forces and protect the colonies

 George Washington - 

advocate for Independence

 King Philip's War - 

Native American tribes fought new englanders over disputes of land ownership and white land

 Battle of Saratoga - 

British retreated to Saratoga where General Gates surrounded them and they surrendered it was proof that America could win the revolutionary war

 Battle of Yorktown -

 British took up a defense position at Yorktown but surrendered in the world turned upside down as the colonists won the Revolutionary War

 Treaty of Paris 1783 - 

Americans feared the French Alliance would keep them at War indefinitely and created a treaty with Britain without France so the British occupation forces left

 Abigail Adams - 

John Adams wife who wrote her husband asking him to be more favorable to women in the new law

 Hessians -

 German soldiers hired by the British to fight in the American Revolutionary War

 natural rights - 

fundamental rights every person is born with not granted by the government

 Thomas Paine -

 wrote Common Sense pamphlet and simple writing to argue that the monarchy is  corrupt

 common sense - 

Thomas Paine's pamphlet to write about why the American should break away completely from Britain

 Declaration of Independence - 

the Continental Congress in Philadelphia absolved their allegiance to the British 

Abolitionism - 

a movement aimed at ending slavery in the United States and promoting equal rights for african-amer

 Republican Motherhood - 

the idea that woman had an important role in shaping moral and Civic values of their children

 French Revolution - 

economic struggles in social inequality and Enlightenment ideas fuel discontent with the monarchy so the French a boss their monarchy in Napoleon Bonaparte Rose

 State Constitution's - 

documents that outline the structures and powers of state governments such as branches

 Articles of Confederation - 

and unsuccessful plan adopted by Congress for Union this document confirmed the existing system was weak and decentralized

 critical period - 

a period of time after the Revolutionary War when the US face challenges in government and stability

 Shay's Rebellion - 

bands of distress Farmers rated taxes periodically

 Constitutional Convention - 

Gathering of delegates to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

 federalism - 

power divided between a central or national government and smaller state governments

 separation of powers - 

true ideas from the French to prevent any single group or tyrannical individual from dominating the government

 Virginia Plan - 

called for a national legislature of two houses with States represented in both bodies and proportion to their population

 New Jersey Plan - 

wanted house legislature but it would give Congress expanded powers to tax and regulate commerce

 Great Compromise - 

created two houses of Congress Senate and House of Representatives for equal representation and population-based representation

 3/5 compromise -

 agreement to determine how safe would be counted as 3/5 of a person for representation and Taxation

 1808 slave trade agreement - 

law that prohibited the importation of enslaved people to the US

 Federalists before 1791 - 

supported the division of power between the national and state governments

 Anti-Federalist - 

what Federalist called their opposition led by revolutionary leaders who believe themselves to be the Defenders of the revolution's true principles

 Federalist Papers - 

a series of essays widely published in the newspapers throughout the nation to explain the meaning and virtues of the Constitution

 Alexander Hamilton - 

the most effective advocate of a stronger national government

 James Madison - 

contributed to the creation of the American Constitution and divides the Virginia Plan

 Bill of Rights - 

the first 10 amendments of the Constitution

 George Washington - 

Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and Latin American forces to victory in the Battle of Yorktown set 2 term presidency An advocated for neutrality in foreign affairs

 John adams-

second to Washington in the first presidential election became the first vice president

 Federalists - 

after 1791- wanted to create permanent national debt to motivate wealthy classes to lend money and support to the federal state

 Democratic Republicans -

 wanted to create partisan influence applauded the French revolution's Democratic and anti-aristocratic spirit

 Thomas Jefferson -

 most prominent spokesman for the Republican cause and promoted a vision of an agrarian Republic where most citizens farmed their own land

 Whiskey Rebellion - 

farmers in West Pennsylvania challenge the federal Authority and refuse to pay the new whiskey tax

 Alien and Sedition Acts - 

empowered the president to imprison and Deport immigrants considered to be plotting against the government

 Northwest Ordinance -

 laws governing Western settlements to maintain the grid system but abandoned 10 districts so that the territory could be divided into three to five territories

 Jay's Treaty - 

Jay sent to Britain to negotiate a solution to British assault on American shipping and withdrawal of British forces failed to achieve all these goals but stopped conflict with Britain

 Pekingese treaty - 

Spain recognize the right of Americans to navigate the Mississippi to its mouth and deposit Goods at New Orleans to reload ocean going ships

 George Washington's Farewell Address - 

Stress the importance of unity and neutrality