Us Hist Terms

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13. Congregationalists
What colony?
What religion?

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Massachusetts Bay Colony
change within – Puritans

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14. Great Migration

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14. 1629-1642 John Winthrop – covenant w/god – “city on a hill” – no religious freedom

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15. Plymouth Bay Colony

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15. 1620 N. of Virginia – 1st religious colony – N. England

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16. Lord Baltimore

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Maryland
religious tolerance – Catholic

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17. Thomas Hooker

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Connecticut
equality women – left Mass.

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18. Rhode Island

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18. Roger Williams
buy land from Indians, relig. Free

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19. Pequot War

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19. Mass. Bay kills 400 villagers – retaliation for 9

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20. antinomianism

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Anne Hutchinson
challenged Church – antinomianism – faith and God’s grace – not good works

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21. Roger Williams

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21. separate church and state, can't vote if not church member

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22. Maryland Toleration Act

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22. religious freedom

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23. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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23. unified Conn. Towns – first Constitution

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24. Dutch trading post taken by British invasion quick

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New Amsterdam, NY

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25. New Jersey

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25. king gift to friends, sold to investors

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26. Carolina

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26. N. Car – old Virginians, S. Car – like sugar plant of Carib.

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27. King Philip’s War

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27. Metacomet – allied Indians – fought settlers – ended Natives on coast, united colonists – devastated towns

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28. Bacon’ Rebellion

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28. 1st Am. Rebellion - tidewater vs. backcountry – felt not protected – burned Jamestown – attacked gov.

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Quaker ... where and whom

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Pennsylvania
William Penn – Quaker – religious freedom, nice to Indians - pacifists

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30. Dominion of New England

who ruled it?

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30. Britain tries to stop illegal trade – rules group of colonies as one until 1692

Gov. Edmund Andros

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31. Glorious Revolution in England

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31. overthrow James II – Mass. becomes a royal colony > all Protestants can now vote – not only Puritans

Ended Dominion of New England

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32. New Sweden

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32. Delaware

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33. failed experiment for convicts – buffer zonea

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33. Georgia

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34. 1636 – pretty important school – Mass.

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34. Harvard College

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35. Halfway Covenant

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35. Puritan kids baptized automatically – even without “Grace” – but still can’t vote

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36. Salem witchcraft trials

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36. 1692 130 “witches” jailed/executed - hysteria

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37. Scotch Irish

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37. white trash – Appalachian mountains

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38. Great Awakening

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38. religious movement – God’s pissed – united colonies - Jonathan Edwards – Sinners Hands Angry God

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39. College of William and Mary - location?

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39. Virginia college

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40. Peter Zenger Case

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40. legally made fun of governor – freedom of press

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41. Stono Rebellion
what happened? led to ...?

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41. 1739 slave rebellion – stole weapons, killed men, freed slaves – hid Florida – led to slave codes

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42. Regulators Uprising

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42. Carolina – rebelled against high taxes – more rebels

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43. salutary neglect

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43. Britain doesnt have time to enforce Navigation Acts – America starts smuggling

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44. triangular trade

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44. Europe goods, African slaves, American sugar/natural resources

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45. King William’s War

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45. First French and Indian war

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46. Queen Anne’s War
which 2 places did the British recive?

What treaty?

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46. Second French and Indian war – gave Hudson, Nova Scotia to British

Treaty of Utrecht

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47. King George’s War

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47. 3rd - Fight to retake Nova Scotia – nothing changed

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48. Albany Congress

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48. 1754 meeting of seven colonies conserning native americans

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49. Albany Plan of Union
Who?

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49. Benjamin Franklin – failed attempt to unite colonies for defense – taxes & intercolonial govt

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50. French and Indian War
Who was involved?
What happened to Britain's money?
Who was the war hero?

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50. French/Indians vs. Colonists/British/Indians – drained British finances – Washington war hero

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51. George III
Said that the colonists need to do what beacuase of the French and Indian war?

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51. Colonists should pay huge debt

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52. Treaty of Paris
End what war?
What happens to the French?

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52. England gets Canada/east of Mississippi
Ends French and Indian war
Ends French in America

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53. Proclamation of 1763
Causes what uprising?

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53. Pontiac’s Uprising – forces Appalachian Mtns. Western boundary

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54. Sugar and Currency Acts
Ends what?

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54. Deter smugglers – smaller tax, but enforced – ends salutary neglect/Colonies can’t make paper money

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55. Stamp and Quartering Acts

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55. Tax to raise revenue, covered all legal documents – heavily affected lawyers/house British soldiers

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56. Stamp Act Congress

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56. 1765 – 9 colonies meet to complain

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57. Sons of Liberty

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57. protest groups – mobs harassed governors/tax collect

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58. Declaratory Act

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58. Brits “declare” they have the right to tax

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59. Townshend Acts
sparked what panphlet?

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59. tax on British imports, vice-admiralty courts (Brit run w/ no jury), cancelled NY legislature, search homes

John Dickens "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"

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60. Boston Massacre

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60. mob rock-snowballs, March 5, 1770 killed five - propaganda

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61. Gaspee Incident

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61. colonists burn Gaspee ship (chasing smugglers) shoot lieutentant – ticks off Britain

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62. Committees of Correspondence

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62. talked with other colonies, propaganda to colonists

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63. Tea Act

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63. new tea taxes, to save East India Tea Company – tea actually cheaper

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64. Boston Tea Party

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64. Sons of Libery dump tea – unfair practices

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65. Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

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65. punish Boston – can’t trade, house soldiers, control gov’t, extended Quebec land

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66. First Continental Congress

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66. boycott British goods – all colonies but Georgia, talked about which taxes they’d accept

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The boycott British goods was called The...

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Suffolk Resolves

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67. Second Continental Congress

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67. met after Lexington/Concord – Washington head of Continental Army

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68. Valley Forge

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68. Washington’s men survive cold to fight again

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69. Franco-American Alliance

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69. Ben Franklin convinces France to help out – eventually Britain tires of fighting

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70. Thomas Paine/Common Sense

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70. pamphlets convinces it makes sense to break away

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71. Declaration of Independence

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71. Thomas Jefferson – list of grievances & says government should listen to people

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72. Articles of Confederation
What are the 3 problems?

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72. 1777 1st Constitution – failure – optional taxes, no strong executive, amendments required 100% agree

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73. Treaty of Paris

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73. ends Revolutionary war, grants territory to Mississippi

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74. Land Ordinance of 1785

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74. surveys and distributes land

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75. Northwest Ordinance 1787

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75. divide territory to Miss., 60,000 minimum pop

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76. Shay’s Rebellion

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76. poor farmers can’t pay taxes, block courthouse, fed. Gov’t takes forever to put down – shows weak

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77. Constitutional Convention

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77. 1787 – 55 delegates – alter then change Constitution – New Jersey vs. Virginia Plan, 3/5 slave, bicameral

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78. Federalist Papers

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78. Madison, Hamilton, Jay – anonymous articles of why nation needs strong Constitution

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79. Judiciary Act of 1789

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79. created federal courts

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80. Hamilton’s report on public credit

What did it say?
What got passed?
What didn't?

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80. assume state debts – Virginia annoyed – wins D.C.

addopted system of public credit and tariffs

plan to increase industrial growth - not adopted

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81. Hamilton’s report on manufactures

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81. America should be a nation of manufacturing/banking – differed from Jefferson

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82. First Bank of the United States

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82. battle between Jefferson/Hamilton – strict vs. implied

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83. Bill of Rights

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83. 1st 10 amendments – needed for states to ratify

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84. Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation

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84. stay out of France’s problems/war – U.S. still weak

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85. Citizen Genet

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85. French dude comes to American and illegally tries to recruit Americans

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86. Jay’s Treaty

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86. discusses trade w/ Britain, doesn’t punish for attacks. British agreed to leave some forts in the Northwest territory

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87. Chisholm vs. Georgia

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87. citizens one state can sue another state

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88. Whiskey Rebellion

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88. Penn farmers protest whiskey task, Washington sends in huge force, squashes them – president is tough

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89. Pinckney’s Treaty

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89. w/ Spain – Miss & Flor border – right to use New Orleans

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90. Washington’s Farewell Address

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90. warned “entangling alliances” & political parties

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91. John Adams

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91. key revolutionary, Boston, kept Wash’s cabinet

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92. XYZ Affair

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92. French diplomats try to bribe US ambassadors

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93. Alien and Sedition Acts

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93. expel foreigners, jail newspapers, hurt Dem. Repub

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94. Virginia and Kentucky Resolves

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94. Jefferson/Madison – states can ignore bad laws

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95. Undeclared naval warfare with France

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95. Napoleon stealing supplies – at war w/ Europe

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96. Adam’s “midnight judges”

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96. filled government positions w/ Federalists

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97. Tripoli War

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97. Stop bribes to Barbary pirates, Jeff. Uses navy

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98. Marbury vs. Madison

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98. Midnight judge Marbury sues – judicial review – Judiciary Act of 1789 illegal

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99. John Marshall

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99. Federalist – judicial review – power to Jefferson and Supreme Court (more importantly)

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100. Lewis and Clark

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100. 1803 explored/surveyed/claimed Louisiana Territory – led to westward expansion