Unit 3 - 1753-1800 Flashcards
(46 cards)
Pontiac’s Rebellion
A war launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois country, and Ohio country who were dissatisfied with the British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region after the British victory in the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Issued of October 7, 1763 and was created to alleviate relations with natives after the French and Indian War and stated that Americans were not permitted to pass the Appalachian Mountains
Chief Little Turtle and the Western Confederacy
American Indian chief of the Miami when the U.S. Congress launched a campaign against the Indians who were raiding settlers in the Northwest Territory
Stamp Act
Many paper goods needed to have a tax stamp. It was imposed by the British on the colonies. The revenue went to pay for the troops station in the colonies.
Committees of Correspondence
Rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies
Intolerable Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party; meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor
Sons of Liberty
A group of American Patriots during the Revolutionary War who rebelled by using violent attacks against the British crown and Loyalists
Mercy Otis Warren
Female political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
Hamilton’ Financial Plan
- Federal government assumes states’ debts at face value
- Establish a national bank
- Excise taxes
Proclamation of Neutrality
Formal announcement declaring America neutral in the French Revolution
Abigail Adams
Wife of John Adams
Pennsylvania Gradual Emancipation Law
One of the first attempts by a government in the USA to begin an abolition of slavery
March of the Paxton Boys
Scots-Irish frontiersman who formed a vigilante group in Pennsylvania in 1763 against local American Indians
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Final battle of Northwest Indian War
Shays’ Rebellion
A series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debts
Jay’s Treaty
1795 treaty between Great Britain and the US credited with averting war and facilitating 10 years of peaceful trade between the US and Britain during the French Revolution
Pinckney’s Treaty
Established intentions of friendship between the US and Spain
Benjamin Franklin’s Plan of Union
Plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies
French and Indian War
A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763
Sugar Act
A tax imposed by the British Parliament which was enforced indirectly; used to raise money so that the colonists could help pay off the debt of the French and Indian War
Declaratory Act
Accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act
Townshend Revenue Acts
Series of acts imposed by the British on their North American colonies; get revenue needs to pay colonial royal governors and judges
Boston Massacre
An event that killed 5 Boston colonists by British troops; sparked by colonial rebellion in result of British taxes and the British opened fire
