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APUSH Unit 2
unit 2 vocab
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History
11th Grade
01/16/2011

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Queen Anne's War
Definition
Conflict between France and England, aka the war of the Sanish Succession
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King George's War
Definition
Conflict between France and England, aka war of the Austrian succession
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French and Indian War
Definition
1754-1763 Conflict between England and France aka The Seven Years War
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Albany Plan of Union
Definition
Franklin’s idea of unifying the colonies during French and Indian War
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William Pitt
Definition
Prime Minister of Britain 1766-1768
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Treaty of Paris
Definition
1763 document ending 7 Years War establishing British
dominance in North America
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Pontiac's Rebellion
Definition
Native American uprising protesting British rule in Ohio
Valley
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Proclamation of 1763
Definition
British attempt to separate colonists from Native
Americans
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writs of assistance
Definition
open-ended search warrant
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James Otis
Definition
American lawyer who opposed taxation without representation
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Paxton Boys
Definition
PA frontiersmen who slaughtered Indians after Pontiac’s Rebellion
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Sugar Act
Definition
British law taxing imports from French Caribbean islands
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vice-admiralty courts
Definition
courts dealing with trade laws
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Stamp Act
Definition
British attempt to raise revenue in colonies by taxing printed goods
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Virginia Resolves
Definition
denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies
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Stamp Act Congress
Definition
colonial organization formed in opposition to taxes
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Patrick Henry
Definition
VA leader in opposition to British taxes
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
group opposing British taxes by any means
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Declaratory Act
Definition
Act of Parliament asserting their right to rule and tax colonies
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Quartering Act
Definition
Act Parliament requiring colonies to house British soldiers
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Townshend Acts
Definition
Parliamentary acts establishing taxes in colonial imports
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Sam Adams
Definition
Leader of colonial opposition in Boston
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Boston Massacre
Definition
Five Americans killed by British soldiers during mob scene
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Crispus Attucks
Definition
African-American killed at Boston Massacre
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John Adams
Definition
defended British soldiers accused of murder at Boston Massacre
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Thomas Hutchinson
Definition
Royal governor of Massachusetts
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Committees of Correspondence
Definition
System of communication between colonial governments
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Lord North
Definition
Prime Minister during the American Revolution
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Tea Act
Definition
Tax act lowering taxes and establishing monopoly for East India Company
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Coercive Acts
Definition
Parliamentary acts to close down Boston following the Boston Tea Party
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Quebec Acts
Definition
Parliamentary act granting more local control for French Canadians
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First Continental Congress
Definition
Assembly of colonial representatives before independence
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Lexington and Concord
Definition
First battles of the American Revolution
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Definition
Battle of Breed's Hill, costly victory for British
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Thomas Paine
Definition
Wrote Common Sense encouraging independence
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Quock Walker Case
Definition
Judicial decision abolishing slavery in MA
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Abigail Adams
Definition
Wife of John Adams, early advocate of women's rights
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Mercy Otis Warren
Definition
Woman writer/scholar of the American Revolution
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Lafayette
Definition
French volunteer for American Continental Army
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Robert Morris
Definition
Financier of the American Revolution
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Conway cabal
Definition
Attempt to remove Washington as commander of Continental Army
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Yorktown
Definition
Final battle of American Revolution, defeat of Cornwallis
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Definition
Document officially ending War for Independence
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Disestablishment
Definition
The end of state supported churches in the new states
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Articles of Confederation
Definition
First constitution of the United States
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Northwest posts
Definition
Frontier forts in US territory occupied by British after the war
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Northwest Ordinance
Definition
Plan for adding new states passed by Confederation
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Shays' Rebellion
Definition
Violent uprising challenging the authority of MA and US
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Philadelphia Convention
Definition
Meeting to draft new Constitution
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James Madison
Definition
"Father of the Constitution", wrote the Virginia Plan
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Great Compromise
Definition
CT Proposal for equal and proportional representation
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Virginia Plan
Definition
Proposed national government favoring large states
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New Jersey Plan
Definition
Proposed national government favoring small states
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Beard Thesis
Definition
Historical interpretation stating economic causes for Constitution
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Antifederalists
Definition
Leaders opposed to the Constitution
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Federalists
Definition
Leaders in support of the Constitution
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George Mason
Definition
Refused to sign the Constitution because it didn't defend individual rights
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