US History 1 Mid-Term Concepts (pt 2)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Salutary Neglect | policy of noninterference by a governing nation in order to produce a beneficial effect |
| Enumerated Commodities | colonial products that Parliament aid could be shipped only to Britain |
| Duties | taxes on imported goods |
| French and Indian War | The war between the English and French over the Ohio Valley, won by Britain |
| Militia | group of civilians declared by law to be called to military service and be trained as soldiers to fight in emergencies |
| Treaty of Paris (1763) | Great Britain obtained all of Canada, all the land east of the Mississippi River, and Florida |
| George Grenville | selected as Great Britain's minister of finance in 1763 |
| Boycott | refusal to buy goods |
| Townshend Acts | acts which placed import duties on tea, paper, glass, and paint, it was repealed in 1770 |
| Quartering Act | act that directed the colonies to provide barracks and supplies for thousands of British troops ordered to America |
| Stamp Act Congress | a committee of leaders of colonial legislatures that met in New York in 1765 that drew up resolutions and organized a boycott of British goods |
| Virtual Representation | the colonies weren't directly represented by Great Britain and didn't elect members to the House of Commons |
| April Morning | When fighting broke out between the British and American starting the American Revolution at the Battle of Lexington and Concord |
| Quebec Act | act that extended the Canadian province of Quebec south to the Ohio River |
| First Continental Congress | 56 delegates met in Philadelphia in 1774 and petitioned the king for relief and vowed to stop trade with Britain unless the intolerable acts were repealed |
| Second Continental Congress | delegates met on May 10, 1775 and assumed the powers of a central government, made George Washington the commander in chief, and voted to ask the colonies for supplies and troops for the war |
| Effigy | crude image or representation of a hated person |
| Tom Paine | British writer of "Common Sense," who had assaulted monarchy, pointed out advantages to America being free from Britain, and divided Americans into loyalists and patriots |
| John Locke | English philosopher who produced works that were widely read in America |
| Mercenaries | paid soldiers hired for service in the army of a foreign army |
| Loyalists | American colonists who supported the British government |
| Preamble | introductory part of the constitution that states the reasons for and intent of the law |
| Insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| Indictment | a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense |
| Social Contract | agreement among individuals forming an organized society that defines and limits the rights and duties of each |
| Consent of the Governed | People create governments to ensure that their natural rights are protected |
| General Cornwallis | Commander of the British army during the American Revolution |
| Treaty of Paris (1783) | Acknowledged America's independence and granted the new nation land, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River |
| Shay's Rebellion | The first rebellion against the new government led by Daniel Shays that consisted of farmers that felt the government was another variety of tyranny. They were easily defeated by the militia, however, this caused great alarm |
| Constitutional Convention | AKA the Philadelphia Convention, when 55 delegates met on May 14, 1787 to talk about forming a better central government not under the Articles of Confederation |
| Virginia Plan | Proposed by Virginian, James Madison, that became the foundation of the Constitution of the United States |
| New Jersey Plan | Plan proposed by William Paterson to strengthen the Articles of Confederation because many of the smaller states didn't want to lose their equal power |
| Federalism | a system in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments |
| Ratification | to officially approve a proposal |
| Bicameralism | political system based on two legislative chambers |
| Unicameralism | political system consisting of one legislative chamber |
| Articles of Confederation | a plan to unite the states and establish its own legal authority |
| Veto | to reject |
| Emancipation | act or process of freeing from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| Confederation | nonbinding political alliance of independent countries, states, or groups |
| Federation | formed by merging several groups together |
| Right of Deposit | permission to put goods ashore for transfer to ocean-going ships without paying duties |
| Barbary Pirates | Muslim pirates and privateers who |
| Tribute | payment by one nation or ruler to another to acknowledge submission, or as the price of protection |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | adopted by the United States Congress on May 20, 1785 that provided a more orderly method for settling public land north of the Ohio River |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | single most important piece of legislation passed by members of the earlier Continental Congress |
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