Apush Unit 2 (For Qsi Students)

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Whigs

Back 1

A powerful group of men that set policy and controlled patronage in England.

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Parliamentary Sovereignty

Back 2

The Parliament has complete power over all other governmental institutions.

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Virtual Representation

Back 3

Having representatives in the Parliament that were not directly elected by the people. They had not lived in America and did not know what it was like.

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Loyalists

Back 4

Americans that sided with the King and Parliament during the Revolution.

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Stamp Act Congress (1765)

Back 5

A general meeting in New York that discussed common problems and drafted petitions to the king and Parliament.

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Boston Massacre (1770)

Back 6

Young boys threw rocks at soldiers in King Street. The soldiers panicked and shot 5 Americans.

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Committee of Correspondence

Back 7

An idea of Samuel Adam's, to communicate grievances to villagers throughout Massachusetts. It developed a structure of political cooperation.

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First Continental Congress (1774)

Back 8

Various delegates met to come to a decision.

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Paxton Boys (1763)

Back 9

A group of men that killed Christian Indians in Pennsylvania.

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Second Continental Congress (1775)

Back 10

Met to find a strong central leadership for the colonies.

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Sugar Act (1764)

Back 11

More duties places on sugar, coffee, tea, wine, etc. Colonies reacted by protesting taxation for revenue.

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Stamp Act (1756)

Back 12

All printed documents had to be issued on special stamped paper that was provided by England. Riots in cities and the Stamp Act Congress led to the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766.

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Quartering Act (1765)

Back 13

Colonists must provide housing and daily items for the British troops. Resulted in protests in assemblies.

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Declaratory Act (1766)

Back 14

Parliament declared its power over all colonies. This was ignored, because people were too busy celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act.

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Townshend Revenue Acts (1767)

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More duties placed on glass, lead, paper, paints, tea. The customs collections were tightened. Many assemblies protests and newspapers attacked the British policies. It was repealed in 1770.

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Coercive Acts (1774)

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The ports of Boston were closed, the government of Massachusetts was restructured, town meetings were restricted, and British troops quartered in Boston. Resulted in the boycott of British goods and the First Continental Congress.

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Prohibitory Act (1775)

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It declared Britain's intention to coerce Americans into submission, put an embargo on American goods, and seized several American ships. It led the Continental Congress closer to decision for independence.

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Nonimportation (1774)

Back 18

Banning certain goods from Britain.

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Common Sense

Back 19

An essay written by Thomas Paine in 1774 that criticized the King and persuaded common people to fight against the monarch.

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What were the three advantages that America had over the British?

Back 20

1) They would have to transport men and supplies across the Atlantic.
2) America was too big to be conquered easily.
3) The British underestimated the commitment of the soldiers.

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Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778)

Back 21

It established trade between France and the United States.

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Treaty of Alliance (1778)

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It stated that if France and England went to war, the French would not sign a peace treaty with England unless the US was formally recognized by the British.