Midterm Flashcards for History
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- Stamp Act
- set taxes on legal documents, newspapers, playing cards etc. (1765)
- Constitution
- a list of rules and principals to run a courntry of organization
- great compromise
- suggested by Roger Sherman, goverment was organized as representatives for every 40,000 people, and you could vote for the upper house of legislature
- olive branch petition
- note that requested peace and asked for taxes to be repealed
- Economic depression
- rise in prices, people lose jobs, economy slows down, bank closes
- loyalist
- loyal to Britain
- executive branch
- headed by thepresident and duties are the administrative departments of the goverment and carry out laws
- Treaty of Paris 1763
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treaty that ended the French Indian War
1. Can't go west of Applachains
2. If there must come back
3. trappers have to get a license - boston massacre
- March 5,1770.....British soliders outside of Boston's Custom House fired into a crowd of civilaians, killing 5 men, including Crispus Attucks
- french indian war
- 1754-1763, war between british and colonists against French and lots of Native Americans....War for control of NA. British and colonists win!
- roger sherman
- a
- patriots
- p
- house of rep.
- c
- checks and balances
- d
- 3/5 compromise
- q
- John smith
- j
- Mayflower compact
- q
- export
- w
- bacon's rebellion
- h
- yorktown
- y
- intoreable acts
- f
- joh paul jones
- l
- battle of saratoga
- u
- albany plan of union
- l
- christopher columbus
- k
- constitutonal convention
- y
- thomas hooker
- p
- john adams
- s
- treaty of paris 1783
- o
- thomas jefferson
- o
- ferdinand and isabella
- p
- samuel adams
- p
- proclamation of 1763
- u
- d.o.i
- l
- compromise
- t
- nw passage
- s
- militia
- k
- marquis de lafayette
- n
- john winthrop
- m
- benedict arnold
- e
- articles of confederation
- x
- anne hutchison
- b
- lord baltimore
- w
- james olgethrope
- z
- indentured servant
- c
- thomas paine
- k
- george washington
- j
- paul revere
- i
- pontiac's rebellion
- g
- battle of bunker hill
- l
- john hancock
- o
- henry the navigator
- i