Unit III Flashcards

1. Unit III Flashcards Chapters 5 and 6

2. #1 Albany Conference Review A 1754 meeting, held in Albany, NY, between the British and leaders of the Iroquois Confederacy. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

3. #2 Almanac Review A combination of calendar, astrological guide, and sourcebook of medical advice and farming tips. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

4. #3 Boston Massacre Review After months of increasing friction between townspeople and the British troops stations in the city, on March 5, 1770, British troops fired on American civilians in Boston. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

5. #4 Boston Tea Party Review Incident that occurred on December 16, 1773, in which Bostonians, disguised as Indians, destroyed ₤18,000 worth of tea belonging to the British East India Company in order to prevent payment of the duty on it. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

6. #5 Calvinist theology of election Review Belief that God has predestined certain individuals to be saved and others to be damned. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

7. #6 Coercive Acts Review Legislation passed by Parliament in 1774; included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

8. #7 Declaratory Act Review Law passed in 1776 to accompany repeal of the Stamp Act that stated that Parliament had the authority to legislate for the colonies “on all cases whatsoever.” MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

9. #8 Encomienda Review In the Spanish colonies, the grant to a Spanish settler of a certain number of Indian subjects, who would pay him tribute in goods and labor. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

10. #9 Engages Review Catholic immigrants to New France. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

11. #10 Enlightenment Review Intellectual movement stressing the importance of reason and the existence of discoverable natural laws. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

12. #11 First Continental Congress Review Meetings of delegates from most of the colonies held in 1774 in response to the Coercive Acts. The Congress endorsed the Suffolk Resolves, adopted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, and agreed to establish the Continental Association. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

13. #12 French and Indian War Review The last of the Anglo-French colonial wars (1754-1763) and the first in which fighting began in North America. The war ended with France’s defeat. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

14. #13 Great Awakening Review North American religious revival in the middle of the 18th century. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

15. #14 Intolerable Acts Review American term for the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

16. #15 New Lights Review People who experienced conversion during the revivals of the Great Awakening. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

17. #16 Nonimportation movement Review A tactical means of putting economic pressure on Britain by refusing to buy its exports to the colonies. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

18. #17 Old Lights Review Religious faction that condemned emotional enthusiasm as part of the heresy of believing in a personal and direct relations with God outside the order of the church. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

19. #18 Plan of Union Review Plan put forward in 1754 calling for an intercolonial union to manage defense and Indian affairs. The plan was rejected by participants at the Albany Congress. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

20. #19 Quartering Act Review Acts of Parliament requiring colonial legislatures to provide the supplies and quarters for the troops stationed in America. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

21. #20 Quebec Act Review Law passed by Parliament in 1774 that provided an appointed government for Canada, enlarged the boundaries of Quebec, and confirmed the privileges of the Catholic Church. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

22. #21 Republicanism Review A complex, changing body of ideas, values, and assumptions, closely related to country ideology, that influenced American political behavior during the 18th and 19th centuries. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

23. #22 Royal Proclamation of 1763 Review Royal proclamation setting the boundary known as the Proclamation Line. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

24. #23 Sons of Liberty Review Secret organizations in the colonies formed to oppose the Stamp Act. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

25. #24 Stamp Act Review Law passed by Parliament in 1765 to raise revenue in America by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

26. #25 Sugar Act Review Law passed in 1764 to raise revenue in the American colonies. It lowered the duty from six pence to three pence per gallon on foreign molasses imported into the colonies and increased the restrictions on colonial commerce. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

27. #26 Tea Act Review Act of Parliament that permitted the East India Company to sell through agents in America without paying the duty customarily collected in Britain, thus reducing the retail price. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

28. #27 The Act of Toleration Review Act passed in 1661 by King Charles II ordering a stop to religious persecution in Massachusetts. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

29. #28 Townshend Revenue Acts Review Act of Parliament, passed in 1767, imposing duties on colonial tea, lead, paint, paper, and glass. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

30. #29 Treaty of Paris Review The formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain in February 1763. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

31. #30 Virtual representation Review The notion that parliamentary members represented the interests of the nation as a whole, not those of the particular district that elected them. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

32. #31 Whigs Review The name used by advocates of colonial resistance to British measures during the 1760s and 1770s. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

33. Reference Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Out of many: A history of the American people, Vol. I (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. END REVIEW