APUSH chapter 3 terms

Handsome Lake

... Handsome Lake was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. He was a half-brother to Cornplanter, a Seneca war chief.

Permanent alliances

... One of the things that Washington warned Americans to make this with foreign affairs

Whiskey rebellion

... A group of farmers in western Pennsylvania refused to pay the federal excise tax on whiskey and attacked the revenue collectors. George Washington then federalized 15000 militia men and the rebellion peacefully collaspsed. This showed the ability of the government to deal with problems, in contrast to the Articles of Confederation and Shay's rebellion

Articles of Confederation

... After considerable debate and alteration, the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect.

Boston Massacre

... The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.

Connecticut plan (great compromise)

... The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman's Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

Constitutional Convention

... The Constitutional Convention[1]:31 (also known as the Philadelphia Convention,[1]:31 the Federal Convention,[1]:31 or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederationfollowing independence from Great Britain.

Continental Congress

... The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States (USA) during the American Revolution. TheCongress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations.

Declaration of Independence

... The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.

Federalist

... The Federalist Party, informally called Pro-Administration Party until 1792, was the first American political party.

French and indian war

... The French and Indian War (1754-1763) was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. The war was fought between the colonies ofBritish America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies.

Kentucky and Virginia Resolution

... The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (or Resolves) were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.

National bank

... The President, Directors and Company, of the Bank of the United States, commonly known as the First Bank of the United States, was a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791.

Revenue act

... The Revenue Act, one of the laws in theTownshend Acts, set new import duties (taxes) on British goods including paint, paper, lead, glass and tea.

Battle of Yorktown

... The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown or the German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.

Sons of liberty

... The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.

Treaty of greenville

... The Treaty of Greenville (1814) was called A treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of America and the tribes of Native Americans called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoese, Senacas and Miamies.

Commities of correspondance

... The committees of correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.

Northwest ordinance

... The ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the firstorganized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British Canada and the Great Lakes to the north and theOhio River to the south making ohio.

Lord Dunmor's Proclamation

... The proclamation declared martial law and promised freedom for slaves ofAmerican revolutionaries who left their owners and joined the royal forces.

Checks and Balances

... The system of checks and balances is used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch. For example, the Executive Branch can veto bills from the Legislative Branch, but the Legislative Branch can override the veto.

Pickney treaty

... Treaty negotiated by Thomas Pinckney, US minister to Spain, in which Spain agreed to open the lower Mississipi River and New Orleans to American trade. Spain also accepted that Florida's northern boundary should be at the 31st parallel instead of north of that line (1795)

Washington's farewell address

... Written by Washington as a final message to the people: 1. Don't get involved in European affairs 2. Don't make "permanant alliances" in foreign affairs 3. Don't form political parties 4. Avoid sectionalism

Republican motherhood

... a 20th-century term for an attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution

Mt. Vernon Conference

... a meeting of delegates from Virginia and Maryland who discussed commercial issues related to their mutual water border at George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, Virginia from March 25-28, 1785.

Infant Industries (dispute over)

... a new industry, which in its early stages experiences relative difficulty or is absolutely incapable in competing with established competitors abroad.

Intolerable acts

... a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.

Pontiac's war

... a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the Great Lakes region

Stamp act

... an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown.

Seperation of powers

... an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.

Election of 1796

... first major political contest between Republicans and Federalists. John Adams ran as a Federalist, and Thomas Jefferson as a Republican.

Declaratory Act

... he American Colonies Act 1766 , commonly known as theDeclaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.

Report on national bank

... he Report, submitted on December 14, 1790,called for the establishment of a central bank, its primary purpose to expand the flow of legal tender by monetizing the national debt through the issuance of federal bank notes.

Gabriel's rebellion

... known as Gabriel Prosser, was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800.

Sugar act

... olonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.

Bill of Rights

... the Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Indian Trade and Intercourse acts

... the collective name given to six statutes passed by the Congress in 1790, 1793, 1796, 1799, 1802, and 1834. The Act regulates commerce between Americans and Native Americans.

Ordinance 1785

... the effort of a five-person committee led by Thomas Jefferson. The ordinanceestablished a systematic and ubiquitous process for surveying, planning and selling townships in the western frontier.

Judiciary Act of 1789

... the first acts of the new Congress was to establish a Federal court system through the Judiciary Act signed by President Washington on September 24, 1789.

Election (Revolution) of 1800

... the first peaceful transition of power from one party to another.

Electoral College system

... the institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years.

Slave trade

... the procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, in particular the former trade in African blacks as slaves by European countries and North America.

French revolution

... was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.

The federalist

...group supporting hamilton's ideo of a national bank

House of representatives

...one of the two houses of the united states congress

Three-fifth clause

...people of color are only worth three-fifth of a vote

Treaty of san lorenzo

...same as pickney's treaty

Virginia plan

...states would be represented by population

Tariffs

...tax on imports

Tea act

...tax on tea

Olive branch petition

...the petition served to prevent a full fledged war between the thirteen colonies and affirm loyalty to great britain.

Constitution of the United States

...the supreme law of the united states of america

New jersey plan

...this plan suggested that each state should only have one vote

Jay's treaty

...treaty to facilitate trade between US and Britain

Abigail Adams

...wife of john adams and Adams's life is one of the most documented of the first ladies: she is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. John frequently sought the advice of Abigail on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. The letters serve as eyewitness accounts of the American Revolutionary War home front.

Alexander Hamilton

... Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 - July 12, 1804) was a founding father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the federalist party, the world's first voter-based political party, and the Father of the unted states coast gaurd. As the first Secretary of tresaury, Hamilton was the primary author of the economic policies of the George washington administation.

Alexander McGillvray

... Alexander McGillivray, also known as Hoboi-Hili-Miko, was a principal chief of the Upper Creek towns from 1782. Before that he had created an alliance between the Creek and the British during the American Revolution.

Commercial Compromise

... Allowed congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce yet prohibited any tariffs on exported goods. This agreement incorporated the needs of both the Anti-Federalists and the Federalists to some degree

Loyalists

... American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.

Democratic-Rrpublican Party

... American political party of the early 19th century favoring a strict interpretation of the Constitution to restrict the powers of the federal government and emphasizing states' rights.

XYZ rebellion

... Americans were angered when French diplomats demanded bribes from US ministers to allow negotiations to begin

Common Sense

... Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776.

Public land act of 1796

... Established orderly procedures for dividing and selling federal lands at reasonable prices (1796)

George III

... George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.

George Washington

... George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Gouverneur Morris

... Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation.

Proclamation of 1763

... Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.

Citizen Genet

... He was a French statesman who came to America in search of monetary aid. He asked for private donations to France and recruited American privateers (pirates plundering for another country).

Proclamation of neutrality 1793

... Issued by George Washington, this document stated that the United States would remain neutral in the French Revolution (1793); Thomas Jefferson resigned from the cabinet because of this order

Fugitive slave law

... It required that all escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law.

James Madison

... James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman, political theorist, and the fourth President of the United States.

John Adams

... John Adams, Jr. was the second President of the United States, having earlier served as the first Vice President.

John Dickinson

... John Dickinson (November 13 or 15, 1732[note 1] - February 14, 1808), aFounding Father of the United States, was a solicitor and politician fromPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768.

Reports on the public credit

... One of three majorreports on fiscal and economic policy submitted by American Founding Father and first United States Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton on the request of Congress.

Prince hall

... Prince Hall was an African American noted as a tireless abolitionist, for his leadership in the free black community in Boston, and as the founder of Prince Hall Freemasonry.

Joseph Brant

... Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution.

Alien and Sedition Acts

... The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills that were passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, the result of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War.

Annapolis Convention

... The Annapolis Convention, formally titled as a Meeting of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government was a national political convention held September 11-14, 1786 at Mann's Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland, in which twelve delegates from five states-New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,Delaware, and Virginia-gathered to discuss and develop a consensus about reversing the protectionist trade barriers that each state had erected.

Anti-federalist

... The Antifederalists were a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. Although less well organized than the Federalists, they also had an impressive group of leaders who were especially prominent in state politics.

Battle of Saratoga

... The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War

Two-term tradition

Although not mentioned in the Constitution, Washington stepped down after two terms of office, and every other president after him did the same until FDR in 1940

Stamp act congress

The Stamp Act Congress or First Congress of the American Colonies was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America; it was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation.

Treaty of paris

Treaty that ends the american revolution