P3 Unit Review APUSH

• The Seven Years' War


  Conflict that resulted in major British territorial expansion in the Americas
• Proclomation Line of 1763


  British attempt to prevent colonists from moving westward
• Pontiac's Rebellion


  Rebellion against British encroachment into Native territories following the French and Indian War
• Paxton Boys


  Group that represents increasingly hostile attitudes against the Native Americans after the French and Indian War
• Acts in order

  Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Intolerable Act, Prohibitory Act
• Declaratory Act


  Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.
• John Locke


  Enlightenment thinker is reflected in the Declaration of Independence
• Slavery following the Revolution


  Following the Revolution was abolished in the Northwest Territory
• Republican Motherhood


  Expectation that women would instill Republican values in children and be active in families; helped increase education for women
• Articles of Confederation


  A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War
• The Virginia Plan


  "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation
• State Legislature


  They were the people who voted senators into office
• The Great Compromise


  Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions


  Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional.
• Join or Die Cartoon


  A cartoon that Benjamin Franklin made to convince the colonists to unite for defense
• Iroquois Confederacy


  The Iroquois Confederacy was a powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States made up of five nations: Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida. They also made many European allies such as the French
• Pinckney's Treaty


  Gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi and trade at New Orleans
• Pontiac's War


  A conflict that began in 1763, led by the Ottawa chief Pontiac, in which Native American tribes in the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes regions launched attacks on British forts and outposts, seeking to resist colonial expansion and British authority
• Who was unanimously elected as the first president of the United States?

  George Washington
• What did George Washington establish to bring order to his administration?

  Executive departments
• What were the executive departments established by Washington?

  • Treasury Department
  • War Department
  • State Department
  • Justice Department
• Who served as Washington’s secretary of the treasury?

  Alexander Hamilton
• What was one of Hamilton's significant policies?

  Establishment of a National Bank
• How did Hamilton propose to improve U.S. credit?

  By absorbing each state’s debts into a national debt
• What clause did Hamilton invoke to justify the National Bank?

  The "necessary and proper" clause
• What does the "necessary and proper" clause allow Congress to do?

  Make laws necessary for executing its powers
• What was the outcome of Hamilton's National Bank policy?

  It stabilized the national economy
• What major international issue arose during Washington's presidency?

  The French Revolution
• What was Washington's stance on the U.S. involvement in the French Revolution?

  He believed the U.S. should remain neutral
• What did Washington issue in 1793 regarding foreign involvement?

  The Proclamation of Neutrality
• Who was Edmond Genet?

  France’s minister to the United States
• What was Washington's response to Edmond Genet's actions?

  He appealed to France to recall him
• What issue arose with the British during Washington's presidency?

  They were seizing American ships and impressing sailors
• Who did Washington send to negotiate with the British regarding ship seizures?

  Chief Justice John Jay
• What was the result of John Jay's negotiations with the British?

  Jay's Treaty
• What did Jay's Treaty fail to address?

  The seizure of American ships
• What did the British agree to in Jay's Treaty?

  To give up their posts on the western frontier
• What treaty did Thomas Pinckney negotiate in 1795?

  The Pinckney Treaty
• What were the two main provisions of the Pinckney Treaty?

  Access to New Orleans and the southern border at the 31st parallel
• What conflict arose due to American expansion into the Ohio River Valley?

  Conflicts with American Indians