Us history words Unit 2 By Savannah Kennedy
French and Indian War Was a seven year war between the British and American colonies. British tax colonies (Stamp Act) British in a war with French/Indian alliances British have there debts throw the war It end on February 10 th, with the signing of treaty of Paris. The British looked to the colonies for financial aid. That began a long spiral of events that led to a revolution.
1763 Treaty of Paris Treaty that official ended the French and Indian war. Britain became dominant power in the world France lost most if it northern territories Britain gained Canada and all the land east of Mississippi.
Proclamation (line) of 1763 British laws that prohibited colonists from settling lands west of Appalachians Colonists angry and disobeyed law frequently leading to clashes with Indians Closed off the frontier to colonial expansion Established or defined for new colonies
Stamp Act The colonist united and became definite Led to more acts being placed The colonist rebelling and boycotting Stamp Act British Parliament directly taxed American colonists for ever printed paper they use
Intolerable Act This act led to boycotting The united of rebellious groups A series of laws sponsored by British Prime Ministers Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston tea party The act were: Impartial administration of justice Act Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act Boston Port Act Quartering Act Quebec Act
Sons of Liberty Started as a protest against the Stamp Act soon became a protest group Tactics Effigies vandalism tar/feather loyalists Began in Boston and spread to every colony Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty They supported boycotts for British goods. American women involved in the protest movement During the American Revolution Daughters of Liberty
Committees of Correspondence Groups committed to writing letters about British actions and their colony’s response Thomas Jefferson suggested that every colony have one Way of communicating and uniting the colonial response to British actions Committees of Correspondence
Thomas Paine Convinced Americans to declare independence after Lexington and Concord Wrote the most influential pamphlet in history He traveled with the Continental Army, which helped inspire the Army Thomas Paine
Declaration of Independence Officially separated the colonies from England Influenced by the ideas of John Locke, written by Thomas Jefferson America convinced Spain and France to help fight against England
John Locke Was a famous writer/author His ideas influenced Thomas Jefferson’s ideas in the Declaration of Independence “Two Treatises on Government”
Us Constitution
Charles De Montesquieu His ideas influenced James Madison, is father of the Constitution
General George Washington 1754 as the British prepare to wage war on France in North America, Washington was eagerly awaiting a position with the regular British army Washington’s militia attacked a detachment of French soldiers Famous for French and Indian war General George Washington First in War, First in Peace, First in the hearts of his country men
Crossing the Delaware
Valley Forge Assigned to defeat the Continental Army and George Washington Greatest British General Surrender at the battle of Yorktown. Valley Forge
Marquis De Lafayette Assistant and friend to George Washington French volunteer Helped America get supplies and troops from France Was a liaison between France and America Marquis De Lafayette
General Charles Cornwallis For most of 1780, he succeeded
Battle of Yorktown Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown ended American Revolution French Fleet and Continental Army pinned British Army at Yorktown Lafayette helped coordinate French and American militaries
American Revolution
Articles of the Confederation First form of government for America Created a weak central government
Shay’s Rebellion Was an uprising of debt-rebellion Massachusetts farmers protesting increasing state taxes in 1787 Shay’s Rebellion resulted in the death of four rebels and unsettled some of the nation’s leaders Shay’s rebellion spread throughout the states and culminated in the rebels march upon a federal arsenal.
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Bill of Rights By December 1791, the required three-fourths of the stated ratified ten of the Amendments A bill made to spell out the immunities of individual citizens Bills of rights The protection of rights and freedom did not apply to all American at the time the bill of rights was adopted.
Whiskey Rebellion
President John Adams
Limited Government