Key Terms Unit 1

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PLYMOUTH COLONY

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In North America from 1620 to 1691 that was an English colonial venture. It was one of the earliest colonies by The English. It also was important to king Phillip’s War.

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MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620

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It was the first governing document in the colony. The compact was signed on November 11, 1620.

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HEADRIGHT SYSTEM

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In Jamestown, Virginia which started in 1618 that was for trying to solve labor shortages. It attracted immigrants too. A headright was a legally given piece of land to settlers

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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639

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Connecticut Colony council on January 14, 1638 got the orders. They describe the governments set up of structures and powers of the Connecticut River towns.

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MERCANTILISM

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It is the theory of economics that the prosperity of a nation depends on a supply of capital and also global volume and trade internationally is unchangeable.

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TRIANGULAR TRADE

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Trade in three ports. It was in the 17 18 and early 19th century. It carried items through America West Africa or the Caribbean and European colonial powers. They imported slaves sugar and rum.

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THE GREAT AWAKENING

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Religious revivals of Anglo-American periods that were dramatic and fast that started in 730 the fourth ended in 1980. They were in North America.

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IRON ACT 1750

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It was in American Colonial history was a legislative measure introduced by British parliament that wanted to restrict manufacturing activities in the British colonies and instead in Britain.

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INDENTURED SERVANTS

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They are usually under a contract and their owner feeds them and gives them necessities in return for their work. They are usually doing work for years before the owner is paid off. They did the tobacco crop in the 17th and 18th centuries in America.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Was the commander in chief in the revolutionary war and was the first president of America in office from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797. He is the father of our country.

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PROCLAMATION OF 1763

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Was on October 7, 1763 by king George III after Great Britain acquiring French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War. It was or stabilizing North America with the natives through trade settlements and buying land on the west settlement.

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SALUTARY NEGLECT

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It was the British of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws that were for keeping the American colonies obedient to Great Britain. From 1607 to 1763 it lasted and was designed for the colonies to only trade with England.

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STAMP ACT 1765

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It was an act that put taxes on printed documents that were for paying for the troops in the seven years war. It made Americans angered and was in 1765.

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STAMP ACT CONGRESS

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Was a meeting in the building that is now federal hall on October 19th, 1975 that discussed and acted on the stamp act.

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SONS OF LIBERTY

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A secret organization of American patriots that made the thirteen colonies during the American Revolution. They attacked symbols of British authorities.

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COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

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Before the American Revolution they were bodies of government for written communicating outside the colonies. They were an important role in the revolution.

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BOSTON MASSACRE

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March 5, 1770 five people died by the British troops which helped to make the rebellion in some british colonies which ended up making the American Revolution.

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INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774

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A series of laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 in British colonies. They made outrage and resistance in the thirteen colonies and contributed to the American Revolution.

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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775

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May 10, 1775 a convention of delegates met in the thirteen colonies. In Pennsylvania and soon he revolution started.

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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

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An act on the congress of confederation in the United States. July 13, 1787 was when it passed and made the Northwest Territory the first organized territory outside great lakes place.

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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Was adopted by the continental congress on July 4, 1776 that said the thirteen colonies were now independent during when they were at war with Britain.

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COMMON SENSE

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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine published on January 10, 1776. It was quickly successful.

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SHAYS REBELLION

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An armed uprising in west Massachusetts from 1786 - 1787. Named after Daniel shay.

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IMPLIED POWERS (ELASTIC CLAUSE)

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Is powers not given to the government directly through the constitution. They are given not directly to the government though.

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GREAT COMPROMISE

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An agreement of big and small states reached during the Philadelphia convention of 1787 that define a legislative structure and representation that each state would have in the constitution.

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STAMP ACT

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a tax that is paid for transferring some documents and the document got a stamp on it

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DECLARATORY ACT

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in 1766 was an act of the parliament of great Britain. it was for regulating the behavior of the colonies and parliament could make laws for the colonies completely

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QUARTERING ACT

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these acts were for the British troops to have good housing and provisions while they were in the colonies

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TOWNSHEND ACT

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The reason for the Townshend Acts was to to make revenue more in the colonies to pay for governors and judges that were colonial controllers and to make a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, to punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the 1765 Quartering Act, and to establish that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies

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BOSTON MASSACRE

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five civilians died by British troops on march 5, 1770 which helped make the rebellion in some of the British colonies.

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TEA ACT

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Passed on may 10, 1773 was a drawback on tea of any to the British colonies in america

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BOSTON TEA PARTY

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a protest from colonists from Boston against the British government on december 16, 1773 when officials didnt return three ships of taxed tea to britian a group of colonist threw the tea in the boston harbor

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COERCIVE ACTS

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a series of laws passed by British government in 1774 in the colonies they were passed because the boston tea party and were important to the revolution starting

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MUTINY ACTS

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for governing the British army is what the acts were for in 1689 yearly by parliament

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SAMUEL ADAMS

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a founding father of the united states and a politician in colonial Massachusetts and a leader in the revolution