Terms
Chapters 5-8
American History 201
Davidson

Chapter 5

birthrate
backcountry
Paxton Boys
Regulators
Green Mountain Boys
seaports
merchant class
artisans
free workers
slaves
Chesapeake
Lower South
task system
slave culture
Natchez Revolt
Maroons
Stono Rebellion
Enlightenment
Harvard and Yale
Great Awakening
rational Christianity
traditional Christianity
George Whitefield
itinerants
Presbyterians
Baptists
Anglicans
England’s standard of living
America’s standard of living

Thirteen colonies
	Connecticut
	Delaware
	Georgia
	Maryland
	Massachusetts
	New Hampshire
	New Jersey
	New York
	North Carolina
	Pennsylvania
	Rhode Island
	South Carolina
	Virginia

balanced constitution
royal government
colonial government
benign neglect
autonomy
Iroquois Confederacy
Albany Congress
Albany Plan of Union
Ft. Necessity

Chapter 6

French and Indian Wars
St. Augustine
Seven Years War
Queen Anne’s War
French forts
Battle of Fort Necessity
Fort Duquesne
Braddock’s Defeat
Treaty of Paris (1763)
British troops in America
William Pitt
Quebec
Pontiac
Proclamation of 1763
King George III
George Grenville
Molasses Act of 1733
Sugar Act (Revenue Act, 1764)
Currency Act of 1764
Quartering Act
Stamp Act (1765)
John Hancock
Liberty
complaints of colonies
republicanism
Patrick Henry
Sons of Liberty
Thomas Hutchinson
Townshend Acts
Charles Townshend
Samuel Adams
John Dickinson
“A Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania”
Boston Massacre
Gaspee
Tea Act of 1773
Dartmouth
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
First Continental Congress (9/5/1774)
Suffolk Resolves
Continental Association
General Thomas Gage
Paul Revere
William Dawes
Battle of Lexington
April 19, 1775
Minutemen
Battle of Concord
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Loyalists
Patriots
Mt. Vernon

authors of American documents

Thomas Jefferson – Declaration of Independence
John Dickinson – Articles of Confederation
James Madison – U.S. Constitution
                             Bill of Rights

Terms

Chapter 7

Battle of Bunker Hill
Breed’s Hill
Second Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
United States of America
“Olive Branch Petition”
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
Green Mountain Boys
George Washington
Continental Army
militia
General William Howe
Admiral Richard Howe
Lord George Germain
King George III
Clouds Creek Massacre
Deborah Sampson
New York City, August 1776
Battle of Trenton
Hessian soldiers
Battle of Saratoga, September 1777
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
France involvement
Benjamin Franklin
South Carolina involvement
General Horatio Gates
Battle of Camden
General Charles Cornwallis
Major Patrick Ferguson
“over-the-mountain” frontiersmen
Battle of Kings Mountain
“Swamp Fox”   Francis Marion
guerilla warfare
General Nathanael Greene
Battle of Cowpens
General Daniel Morgan
Battle of Yorktown
John Paul Jones
Bonhomme Richard
Serapis
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Charleston, SC
Southern campaign

Chapter 8

core ideals of republicanism
public virtue
natural aristocrats
authors of American documents
Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation
3 events that symbolized weaknesses:
     Newburgh Conspiracy
     Jay-Gardoqui Negotiations
     Shays’ Rebellion
Continental dollars
General Horatio Gates
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
U.S. Constitution
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
defining the presidency
checks and balances
bicameral legislature
Senate 
House of Representatives
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights
The Federalist Papers
landed states
landless states
Northwest Territory
Northwest Ordinance 1787
manumission laws
abolition societies
Pennsylvania
republican motherhood
implied powers
peculiar institution
Bastille, July 14, 1789

Chapters 5-8
American History 201

Reasons the British left troops in the American colonies after the French and Indian War:
1.	to ensure that the French would make no more moves on America to regain territory
2.	for protection against the Indians
3.	to monitor and control the colonies

Reasons the British issued the Proclamation of 1763:
1.	Colonists would perhaps feel safer from Indians if they were in a place protected by the British.
2.	Colonists, if confined to one area (Eastern Seaboard), would be easier to monitor by the British; also easier to control.

Series of acts to raise funds to support the British Empire and British troops in America:
1.	Molasses Act of 1733
2.	Sugar Act of 1764 (Revenue Act)
3.	Currency Act of 1764
4.	Quartering Act of 1765
5.	Stamp Act, March 1765
6.	Townshend Acts, 1766
7.	Tea Act of 1773
8.	Coercive Acts  (Intolerable Acts)

Intolerable Acts 
1.	Boston Port Act
2.	Massachusetts Government Act
3.	Quartering Act
4.	Impartial Administration of Justice Act
5.	Quebec Act

Common Sense by Thomas Paine, called for:
1.	the colonies to become independent and establish a republic of their own.
2.	the colonies to comply to British control since they were still British territories.
3.	the British army to use “common sense” in the way it sought to control the colonists along the Boston Harbor.

EVENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Four Decisions made at the Second Continental Congress (May 1775)
1.	Troops were to be raised in the Boston area.
2.	George Washington was chosen to be the commander in chief of the American troops.
3.	Congress adopted the declaration that would become the Declaration of Independence.
4.	Congress offered the “Olive Branch Petition” to King George III.

Terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783
1.	The United States was recognized as an independent nation by the major European powers, especially Britain.
2.	The western boundary was set at the Mississippi River.
3.	The southern boundary was set at 31º north latitude (northern boundary of Florida).
4.	Britain retained Canada, but had to surrender Florida to Spain.

Articles of Confederation empowered the federal government to:
1.	make war.
2.	make treaties.
3.	determine proportion of troops and money each state should contribute to war.
4.	settle disputes between states.
5.	admit new states to the Union.
6.	borrow money.
7.	create a unicameral legislature.
8.	establish a postal department.

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
1.	Federal government could not levy taxes.
2.	Federal government could not regulate trade.
3.	Congress was powerless.  (It could legislate, but could not enforce.)
4.	Congress could not force states to adhere to terms of Treaty of Paris.
5.	Federal government could not pay for army.

Events symbolizing weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
1.	Newburgh Conspiracy
2.	Jay-Gardoqui Negotiations
3.	Shay’s Rebellion

Authors of:
  Declaration of Independence  -- Thomas Jefferson
  Articles of Confederation --  John Dickinson
  Constitution --  James Madison

Compromises of the Constitution
1.	Great Compromise – plan of national government
2.	Three-fifths Compromise – issue of slavery
3.	George Washington – expectations of the presidency

Expectations of the presidency
1.	strong control of foreign policy
2.	power of veto
3.	power of Congress to impeach if president committed a crime
4.	four year term
5.	re-electable without limit
6.	elected by electoral college
7.	Candidate with second-highest electoral college vote would be v.p.
8.	If no electoral majority, president would be chosen by House of Representatives.