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American History Documents to Know

Terms in this set (45)

Mayflower Compact
first agreement of self-government in America (Plymouth colony)
Act of Religious Toleration
or the Maryland Act of Topleration that allowed religious freedome to all Christians in the state (Lord Baltimore is responsible for it)
Navigation Acts
(of 1650, 1660, 1663, and 1696) said the British colonies could only import goods on British ships and taxed goods to regualte colonial trade
Molasses Act
1733, Britian taxed all sugary goods imported from countries
Currency Act
(1751 and 1764) banned the production of papaer money in the colonies
Petition of Right
1628, document that gave Parliamnet more power over the king and authority over taxation. Also, free citizens couldn't be arrested w/o cause, soldiers couldn't quarter w/o compensation, and martial law can't be declared during peace time.
Habeas Corpus Act
1679, established the right to an arrested person to have a Writ of Habeas Corpus, or the Great Writ, so that they can challenge their accusations
Peace of Utrecht
ended Queen Anne's War and gave Britain some of France's previosly conquered areas
Treaty of Paris of 1763
ended the Seven Years' War (aka the French and Indian War) where France lost land to the Spain and Great Britain
Proclamation of 1763
forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Writs of Assistance
search warrants by the British to find contraband on ships, in homes, anywhere.
Sugar Act
1764, replaced the Molasses Act of 1733 and lowered the tax on sugary
Stamp Act
1765, part of Prime Minister Grenville's revenue measures where all documents had to be written on stamped British paper
Declatory Act
1766, gaveParliament the power to tax the colonies internally and externally
Townshed Acts
1767, taxed quasi-luxury items imported into the colonies sucha as paper, lead, tea, and paint.
Tea Act
gave the East India Trading Company a monopoly on the trade in tea (colonies can only by British tea)
Coercive Acts
(aka the Intolerable Acts and the Repressive Acts) passed in response to the Boston Tea Party it included the Boston Port Act and the Massachusetts Government Act
Quebec Act
recognized the Roman-Catholic Church in Quebec
Treaty of Paris of 1783
ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the indpendance of the American colonies
Land Ordinance of 1785
provided for the orderly surveying and distribution of land belonging to the US
Northwest Ordinance
1787, outlawed slavery in the northwest territory
Virginia Plan
called for two-house Congress with population based representation
New Jersey Plan
called for one-house Congress with equal representation
Connecticut Plan
(the Great Compromise) called for two-house Congress and both types of representation
Bill of Rights
first ten amendments to the Constitution
Judiciary Act
1789, created the federal court system and allowed the Prez. to appoint judges
Tariff of 1789
designed to raise revenue for the fed. gov.
Resdience Act
set the length of time an immigrant must/can live in the US
Alien adn Sedition Acts
consisted of four acts (Naturalization Act, Alien, Alien Enemy, and Sedtion Acts)
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
written by Jefferson and Madison saying that the states could nullify fed. laws considered unconstitutional
12th Amendment
Prez. and VP run on the same party ticket instead of running against each other
Jay's Treaty
1794, dealt with trade b/w Brit. and US on the Mississippi River
Pickney's Treaty
1795, gave US the right to transport goods on the Mississippi River and to store goods on the Spanish port of New Orleans
Treaty of Greenville
1795, made the 12 local Indian tribes give Americans the Ohio Valley territory for a reservation adn money
Non-Intercourse Act
replaced the Embargo of 1807, but only banned trade w/ Fr. and Brit.
Treaty of Ghent
1814, ended the War of 1812 andn restored the staus quo
Tariff of 1816
protective tariff that raised prices of Brit. manufactured goods
Rush-Bagot Treaty
1817, mutual disarment of the Great Lakes by the US and Brit.
Adams-Onis Treaty
(Transcontinental Treaty) Spain gave up Florida to the US and the border between hte US and Mexico was Texas
Tariff of Abominations
1828, raised the tariff on imported manufactured goods which casued tensions between the Norht adn the South becasue it protected one and damaged the other
Compromise Tariff of 1833
Clay devised this which gradually reduced the rates levied under the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832
Tariff of 1842
(Prez Tyler signed) raised the general level of duties close to the ones in the Tariff of 1833
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
required the Mexico cede the American Southwest
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1842, etsablish Maine's border
Wilmot Proviso
barred slavery from the territory aquired from Mexico
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