| Question | Answer |
| regeneration | religious revivals that swept across the colonies |
| federalist papers | they support the change in our constitution |
| washingtons cabinet | the council advising him |
| antifederalists | seperate countries rather than states |
| bill of rights | the ten ammendments |
| elastic clause | allows ammendments |
| checks and balances | by montesquieu and how there should be three branches of gov. executive, federal, and legislative |
| electoral college | these electors are who actually vote for the executive branch |
| 3/5 compromimse | the slaves count as 3/5 a person |
| great compromise | 2 house legislature: the house of reps will have people based on state size and the senate will have two ppl from each state |
| VA and NJ plans | there is too much democracy and need to have a constitution to avoid a dictator |
| national government powers | they have certain powers seperate from state |
| republican government | we had a democractic society- polic |
| federal gov | this is the countrys central government |
| philadalphia covention | the second convention with 55 delegates of powerful political wealhty figures to create the new constitution |
| annapolis convention | the first constitutional convention but only 5 states went |
| articles of confederation | the first constitution written by drunks with the opposites of what they are mad about |
| yorktown | british surrender to cornwallis |
| french alliance | they align with the US to get back at the english and maybe get canada back |
| bunker hill | it was close but the british win |
| NW land ordinance | the old northwest 1. 3-5 states, 2. republican gov. 3. no slaves and 5000 people to make it a territory(rep in congress no vote) and 60000 to become a state |
| second continental congress | to discuss the new constituion |
| land ordinance of 1785 | sell land for money to create townships(36 miles) with a school and a dollar an acre |
| tories | a member of the british conservative party |
| declaration of independence | legal defense of revolution |
| common sense | by Thomas Paine, urging america to declare independence |
| olive branch petition | submitted to George stating the rights of the colonists with britain |
| shays rebellion | a group burned down the tax records of who did and didnt pay their taxes |
| british trade polocies | pretty much america could only trade with england |
| trenton/ saratoga | winning battles for america |
| lexington, concord | the british heard word of a storageplace in concord so on their march to it they shot in lexington |
| first continental congress | urge colonists to fight for their rights and dont recognize that laws in the past 12 years |
| coervice act | close boston habor, quarter soldier, strenghten british governor |
| boston tea party | the east india co. is allowed by britain to not have taxes on their tea so they can get rid of it but the colonists are angered and dump their tea in the harbor |
| tea act | a tax on tea |
| gaspee incident | when a boat is stuck and then row boats of soldiers come up and attack then smugglers on the boat |
| boston massacre | killed 5 colonists |
| mass. circular letter | written by sam adams in response to townshed acts and that america could make all of them except tea |
| townshed acts | tax on paint, lead, glass, paper, and tea |
| declaratory act | an act that said that they could tax for stamps if they wanted... |
| liberty boys | a group of boys that would mob the stamp man to prevent him from his job |
| stamp act congress | it was repealed |
| stamp act | a tax on all paper goods and it was an internal tax |
| virtual representation | the members of parliament repped the country even though they were a small minority |
| taxation/ representation | they had none |
| sugar act | taxes sugar, coffee, wine, molasses but this caused smuggling |
| george grenville | english naval commander |
| proclamation of 1763 | a line that was drawn to stop western expansion in the colonies |
| treaty of paris | you can have canada as long as we have two islands in the carribean |
| french and indian war | the 7 years war started because the british wanted the land the french had settled on |
| salutary neglect | how america was suffering on behalf of the british making money off of them |
| wool, iron, hat acts | can only be manufactured in england |
| enumerated articles | only british ships could be used to trade |
| navigation acts | designed to limit american trade and expand british trade- only english ships |
| privy council | appointed to help the governor |
| colonial legislatures | consisted of a upper and lower house |
| royal governor | appointed by the queen or king of england |
| zenger trial | established freedom in the press at his trial |
| paxton boys | murdered 20 native americans |
| enlightenment | life is about reason |
| g. whitefield | theologist |
| j. edwards | deep theological mind |
| halfway covenant | modified the “covenant” and only required people to be baptized not confirmed to become members of the church. |
| triangular trade | 1. America-tobacco, rice, grain, sugar, beer, ships 2. england- tools, cloth, wine, glass, paper 3. africa- slaves 4. Carribean- sugar, molasses, slaves |
| manufacturing, commerce | britain controlled most of the trading that america did and britain also manufactured all of the natural products america produced |
| northern agriculture | sugar, cod, but the land was not very good |
| southern society and government | centered on slaves and farming |
| cash crops | like tobacco and grain which were easy to grow and made lots of money |
| slavery | 90% of the population, mostly in the south |
| indentured servants | temporary slaves |
| headright system | if a person spent a certain mumber of years in servitude they would be granted 50 acres of land. |
| southern agriculture | lots of slaves and grew tobacco and grain and rice |
| tobacco industry | easy to grow and earn a lot of money |
| william penn | founded pennsylvania and is quaker |
| george calvert | founder of maryland |
| rhode island | created by roger williams and has religious freedom |
| roger williams | believes that state and church should be seperate and is forced to move to rhode island for his ideas and he creates a religious haven |
| puritans | strongly religious people from the Church of England that believed heavily in god |
| mayflower compact | a constitution created by the pilgrims on the mayflower |
| pilgrims | puritans that sailed to america on the mayflower |
| jamestown colony | the first colony founded |
| joint stock companies | companies like the Virginia Company that financed colonies in the new world |
| hakluyt | convinced Queen Elizabeth to begin colonizing the new world |
| walter raleigh | tried to found Roanoke island but failed |
| Frobisher, Drake, Gilbert | were all explorers that came to the new world on behalf of Elizabeth I |
| Mercantilism | to export more than you import to boost your economy |
| Bacons Rebellion | wanted the gov to send out troops to protect the western settlers; starts importation of slaves |
| georgia | was a prison colony( mostly people that were in debt)and the goal of it was to creat a wine, olive and silk industry |
| Carolinas | named after King Charles II, they were feudal and rice was the main crop along with indigo and cotton. The north had small family farms and the south had slave owners and in 1729 they split |
| quitrent | in penssylvania if you bought the land you still pay form of rent to William Penn |
| Pennsylvania | founded by the quaker(a person who is talked to by god through their brain), William Penn, and it was a true american colony with free religion and did not support war and everyone was equal |
| France | they claim canada, the great lakes, ohio and the mississippi but are later taken over by the british during the 7 years war |
| Commonwealth Era | 1640-1660; the puritans ran the new england government and several colonies were founded |
| Maryland | named after mother of jesus. it was founded by queen mary from england who was a catholic so its a catholic haven |
| new sweden | around the delaware river in PA, NJ, and DE |
| New York | originally named New Amsterdam; it was a dutch colony that was open minded, freedom of religion, and had a feudal system(with surfs) but is taken over by the british |
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