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57 Cards in this Set

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Conflict between France and England aka War of Spanish succession
Queen Anne's War
Conflict between France and England aka War of Austrian succession
King George's War
1754-1763 Conflict between France and England aka seven years war
French and Indian War
Franklin's Idea of unifying the colonies during French and Indian War
Albany Plan of Union
Prime Minister of Britain 1766-1768
William Pitt
Document ending Seven Years War establishing British dominance in North America
Treaty of Paris 1763
Native American Uprising protesting British rule in Ohio Valley
Pontiac's Rebellion
British attempt to separate colonists from Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
Open-ended search warrant
Writs of Assistance
American Lawyer who opposed taxation without representation
James Otis
PA Frontiersmen who slaughtered Indians after Pontiac's Rebellion
Paxton Boys
British law taxing imports from French Caribbean islands
Sugar Act
Courts dealing with trade laws
Vice-admiralty courts
British attempt to raise revenue in colonies by taxing printed goods
Stamp act
Denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies
Virginia Resolves
Colonial organization opposed formed in response to taxes
Stamp Act Congress
VA leader in opposition to British taxes
Patrick Henry
Group opposing British taxes by any means
Sons of Liberty
Act of Parliament asserting their right to rule and tax colonies
Declaratory Act
Act of Parliament requiring colonies to house British soldiers
Quartering Act
Parliamentary acts establishing taxes in colonial imports
Townshend Acts
Leader of the colonial opposition in Boston
Sam Adams
Five Americans killed by British soldiers during Mob scene
Boston Massacre
African-American killed at Boston Masssacre
Crispus Attucks
Defended British soldiers accused of murder at Boston Massacre
John Adams
Royal governor of Massachusetts
Thomas Hutchinson
System of communication between colonial governments
Committees of Correspondence
Prime Minister during the American Revolution
Lord North
Tax act lowering taxes and establishing monopoly for East India Company
Tea Act
Parliamentary acts to close down Boston following Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts
Parliamentary act granting more local control for French Canadians
Quebec Act
Assembly of colonial representatives before independence
First Continental Congress
First battles of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Breed's Hill, costly victory for the British
Battle of Bunker Hill
Wrote Common Sense encouraging independence
Thomas Paine
Judaical Decision abolishing slavery in MA
Quock Walker case
Wife of John Adams, Early advocate of woman's rights
Abigail Adams
Woman writer/scholar of the American Revolution
Mercy Otis Warren
French Volunteer for American Continental Army
Lafayette
Financier of the American Revolution
Robert Morris
Attempt to remove Washington as commander of Continental Army
Conway Cabal
Final battle of American Revolution, Defeat of Cornwallis
Yorktown
Document officially ending War for Independence
Treaty of Paris 1783
The end of state supported churches in the new states
Disestablishment
First constitution of the United States
Articles of Confederation
Frontier forts in US territory occupied by British after the war
Northwest posts
Plan for adding new states passed Confederation
Northwest Ordinance
Violent uprising challenging the authority of MA and US
Shays' Rebellion
Meeting to draft new Constitution
Philadelphia Convention
"Father of the Constitution", Wrote Virginia Plan
James Madison
CT proposal for equal and proportional representation
Great Compromise
Proposed national government favoring large states
Virgina plan
Proposed national government favoring small states
New Jersey Plan
Historical Interpretation stating economic causes for constitution
Beard Thesis
Leaders opposed to the Constitution
Anti-federalists
Leaders in support of the Constitution
Federalists
Refused to sign Constitution because it did not defend individual rights
George Mason