APUSH 3.1-3.6

Act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. The Proclamation Line sparked protests from rich and poor colonists alike.

1756 act of Parliament imposing an import tax on sugar, coffee, wines, and other luxury items. It sparked colonial protests that would escalate over time as the new revenue measures were enacted.

Type of committee first established in Massachusetts to circulate concerns and reports of protests and other events to leaders in other colonies in the aftermath of the sugar act.

1763 peace treaty ending the Seven Years War. Under its terms, Britain gained control of North America east of the Mississippi River and of present day Canada.

1764 act of Parliament preventing colonial assemblies from printing money or bills of credit, curtailing the ability of local colonial economies to expand.

1765 act of Parliament that imposed a duty on all transactions involving paper items. The stamp act promoted widespread, coordinated protests that were eventually repealed.

Rally against British tax policies organized by sons of liberty on December 16, 1773, consisting of about fifty men disguised as American Indians who boarded British ships and dumped about forty five tons of tea in the Boston Harbor.

Colonial supporters of the British during the American Revolution.

Army created by the Second Continental Congress after the battles of Lexington and Concord began the Revolutionary War in 1775.

Document declaring independence of the colonies from Great Britain. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and then debated and revised by the Continental Congress, The declaration was made public on July 4th 1776.

1774 acts of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. The acts closed the port of Boston until residents paid for the damaged property and moved Massachusetts court cases against royal officials back to England in a bid to weaken colonial authority.

1754-1763, global conflict between European nations, primarily Britain and France, that began in North America in 1754 and erupted in Europe in 1756, France ultimately ceded all of its North American territories to England and Spain, but the big cost of the war damaged the British economy.

British colonial policy from around 1700 to 1760 that relaxed supervision of internal colonial affairs as long as the North American colonies produced sufficient raw materials and revenue. Also known as benign neglect.

1744 act of parliament extending the boundary of Quebec to the Ohio river valley that American colonists wanted to settle. This act also set up a colonial government without a local representative assembly in Quebec.

Key revolutionary war battle fought at Saratoga, New York. The patriot victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could triumph and increased the chances that the French would formally join on the patriot side.

1754 plan put together by Benjamin Franklin to create a more centralized colonial gov that would establish policies regarding defense, trade, and territorial expansion, as well as aim to facilitate better relations between colonists and American Indians. The plan was never implemented.

Plan put forth at the beginning of 1787 Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population.

Assembly of colonial representatives that served as a national government during the American Revolution. Despite limited formal powers, the Continental Congress coordinated the war effort and conducted negotiations with outside powers.

1783 treaty that formally ended the american revolution.

1775 Proclamation issued by the British commander Lord Dunmore that offered freedom to all enslaved African Americans who joined the British Army. The proclamation heightened concerns among some patriots about the consequences of independence.

British claim that direct representation of colonists was unnecessary because Parliament virtually represented the interests of the colonies.

1786 Virginia Assembly statue that ensured the separation of church and state and largely guaranteed freedom of religion. Many other states followed in Virginia’s lead.

Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress of 1777 and ratified in March 1781. The articles of confederation gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized authority, and were replaced by the constitution in 1789.

1785 act of confederation congress, that provided the survey, sale, and eventual division into states of the Northwest Territory. A 1787 act then clarified the process by which territories could become states.

Meeting to draft the US constitution in Philadelphia from May to September of 1787. This document established the framework for a strong, federal government with executive, legislative and judicial branches.

1766 Act announcing Parliament's authority to pass any law to bind the colonies and peoples of North America closer to Britain

1786 rebellion by western Massachustes farmers caused primarily by economic hardships in the aftermath of the American Revolution.

Congress convened in Philadelphia in 1774, in response to the Coercive Acts. The delegated hoped to reestablish the freedoms colonists had previously enjoyed.

Compromise between Northern and Southern delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as 3/5ths of a free person in deciding the proportion of representation in the House of Representatives and taxation by the federal government.

A proposal to the 1787 Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation in it.

1765 act ensuring British troops would remain stationed in the colonies after the end of the Seven Years war

A group comprised of electors who vote in the formal election of the president and vice president after the general election votes are tallied. The electoral college was a compromise between the president via a direct popular vote or via congressional vote.

American colonists who favored the movement for independence during the 1770s

Militia groups trained to prepare for local defense in case of a British attack.

Opponents of ratification of the constitution. They were generally more rural and less wealthy backgrounds than federalists

Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virgina, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution.

Supporters of ratification of the Constitution, many of whom came from urban and commercial backgrounds.