Chapters 5 and 6

Unit III Flashcards

A 1754 meeting, held in Albany, NY, between the British and leaders of

the Iroquois Confederacy.

Albany Conference

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A combination of calendar, astrological guide, and sourcebook of medical advice and farming tips.

Almanac

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After months of increasing friction between townspeople and the

British troops stations in the city, on March 5, 1770, British troops fired on American civilians in Boston.

Boston Massacre

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Incident that occurred on December 16, 1773, in which Bostonians, disguised as Indians, destroyed 18,000 worth of tea ₤

belonging to the British East India Company in order to prevent payment of

the duty on it.

Boston Tea Party

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Belief that God has predestined certain individuals to be saved and

others to be damned.

Calvinist theology of election

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Legislation passed by Parliament in 1774; included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act,

the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774.

Coercive Acts

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Law passed in 1776 to accompany repeal of the Stamp Act that stated that Parliament had the authority to

legislate for the colonies “on all cases whatsoever.”

Declaratory Act

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In the Spanish colonies, the grant to a Spanish settler of a certain

number of Indian subjects, who would pay him tribute in goods and

labor.

Encomienda

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Catholic immigrants to New France.

Engages

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Intellectual movement stressing the importance of reason and the

existence of discoverable natural laws.

Enlightenment

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Meetings of delegates from most of the colonies held in 1774 in response to the Coercive Acts. The Congress endorsed

the Suffolk Resolves, adopted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances,

and agreed to establish the Continental Association.

First Continental Congress

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The last of the Anglo-French colonial wars (1754-1763) and the first in

which fighting began in North America. The war ended with

France’s defeat.

French and Indian War

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North American religious revival in the middle of the 18th century.

Great Awakening#14

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American term for the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act.

Intolerable Acts

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People who experienced conversion during the revivals of the Great

Awakening.

New Lights

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A tactical means of putting economic pressure on Britain by refusing to buy its exports to the

colonies.

Nonimportation movement

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Religious faction that condemned emotional enthusiasm as part of the

heresy of believing in a personal and direct relations with God

outside the order of the church.

Old Lights

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Plan put forward in 1754 calling for an intercolonial union to manage

defense and Indian affairs. The plan was rejected by participants at the

Albany Congress.

Plan of Union

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Acts of Parliament requiring colonial legislatures to provide the

supplies and quarters for the troops stationed in America.

Quartering Act

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Law passed by Parliament in 1774 that provided an appointed

government for Canada, enlarged the boundaries of Quebec, and confirmed the privileges of the

Catholic Church.

Quebec Act

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A complex, changing body of ideas, values, and assumptions, closely related to country ideology, that

influenced American political behavior during the 18th and 19th

centuries.

Republicanism

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Royal proclamation setting the boundary known as the

Proclamation Line.

Royal Proclamation of 1763

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Secret organizations in the colonies formed to oppose the Stamp Act.

Sons of Liberty

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Law passed by Parliament in 1765 to raise revenue in America by

requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and

playing cards.

Stamp Act

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Law passed in 1764 to raise revenue in the American colonies. It lowered

the duty from six pence to three pence per gallon on foreign molasses

imported into the colonies and increased the restrictions on colonial

commerce.

Sugar Act

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Act of Parliament that permitted the East India Company to sell through agents in America without paying the duty customarily collected in Britain, thus reducing the retail

price.

Tea Act

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Act passed in 1661 by King Charles II ordering a stop to religious

persecution in Massachusetts.

The Act of Toleration

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Act of Parliament, passed in 1767, imposing duties on colonial tea, lead, paint, paper, and glass.

Townshend Revenue Acts

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The formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain in

February 1763.

Treaty of Paris

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The notion that parliamentary members represented the interests of the nation as a whole, not those

of the particular district that elected them.

Virtual representation

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The name used by advocates of colonial resistance to British

measures during the 1760s and 1770s.

Whigs

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Reference

Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Out ofmany: A history of the American people, Vol. I (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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