Chapters 6-11 Flashcards
(26 cards)
According to the____ states shall remain forever a part of the US and they shall bear the same relation to the confederation as the original states
Land ordinance of 1784
The____spelled out the terms of sale of the land. The min price was set to $1 an acre and the min purchase was 640 acres
Land ordinance of 1785
This ordinance related to the governing of the Old Northwest and it forbade slavery in the Old Northwest
Northwest ordinance
What was the historical significance of shays rebellion
The realization that the articles of confederate were inadequate and thus a reworking of national gov was needed
Why did ben franklin create the Albany plan of union in 1754
To provide for an intercolonial gov
Why did the Albany plan of union fail
Each colony was too jealous of its own powers
At the constitutional convention the virgins plan called for a_______ a chamber with representation in both houses based on_________
Two chamber
Two states population
The New Jersey plan called for a________ a chamber legislature in which each state had_________vote
One chamber
One vote
As a part of the great compromise delegates at the Philadelphia convention agreed on a lower house appointed by______ and the senate that would have two senators
Population
What was the significance of the whiskey rebellion
It provided an early test of the federal gov willingness to enforce the federal laws
Who was the English prime minister who assumed power in 1758 and brought about a remarkable shift in the seven years war
William Pitt
Samuel Adams organized shopkeepers, craftsmen, dockworkers, and laborers into his group of protestors in order to protest the stamp act. What was the group called
Sons of liberty
Who was friedrich von steuben
Turned the American army into a formidable force
What were the provisions on the sugar act
It lowered the duty on French molasses from 6 pensé to 3 pensé to make it more attractive for shippers to obey the law
What was the significance of the declaratory act
It asserted parliaments right to make laws and statuses for the colonies in all states whatsoever
What was the purpose of the continental association
Implement a trade boycott with Great Britain
How did the treaty of Paris 1763 change the map after the frecnch and Indian war
England received lands East of the Mississippi River, Spain received lands west of the Mississippi River
Describe the Virginia resolves 1765
It claimed that virgins alone had the right to tax virginians
Why did the southern states vote for Alexander Hamilton’s plan to assume state debts
According to compromise of 1790, north reps agreed to transfer the federal capital from Philadelphia to a location in a potomatic river in virginia
What was the most lasting effect of Marbury v Madison
The Supreme Courts claim to the right to judicial review
In American Revolution, patriots constituted about______ of the population, neutrals another______,and loyalists about 20%
40 and 40
Who was crisp is attucks
A former slave and casualty of the Boston massacre
Missouri compromise: Missouri as a slave state, _______as a free state, and slavery was prohibited north of the______parallel in land gained in the Louisiana purchase
Maine and 36/30
Why did general gage plan a surprise attack on concord
He was ordered to quell the dissenters before they would become more organized
