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APUSH for 11th graders
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vocab apush unit4
Articles of Confederation
written document setting up the loose confederation of states that comprised the first
national government of the United States.
Treaty of Paris 1783
signed in september 1783 and ratified by congress in january 1784, which ended the
revolutionary war and granted the united states its indep
Shays’ Rebellion
An armed movement of debt ridden farmers in western Massachusetts in the winter of 1786-1787.
Bill of Rights
A written summary of inalienable rights and liberties. (the first ten amendments of the
federal constitution)
Federalist Papers
Papers written in support of the Constitution by Hamilton, Madison and Jay.
Land Ordinance of 1785
Act passed by congress under the Articles of Confederation that created the grid system of
surveys
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- Legislation that prohibited slavery in the Northwest territories and provided the model
for the incorporation of future territories
Articles of Confederation
written document setting up the loose confederation of states that comprised the first
national government of the United States.
Articles of Confederation
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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Shays’ Rebellion
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Bill of Rights
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Federalist Papers
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Common Sense
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Great Compromise
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Declaration of Independence
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Olive Branch Petition
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Three-fifths Compromise
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Sons of Liberty
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Coercive/Intolerable Acts
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Stamp Act
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Townshend Act
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Proclamation of 1763
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Loyalists
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Paxton Boys
A mob of Pennsylvanians who resisted the Royal Proclamation of1763 and killed twenty Indian
men, women, and children.
Treaty of Alliance of 1778
Between France and the US was o take effect if war to break out between the two countries.
Boston Tea party
Incident that occurred in December 16, 1773 in which Bostonians, disguised as Indians,
destroyed £10,000 worth of tea
Pontiac’s Rebellion
rebellion led by Ottawa chief Pontiac. . The Indians killed more than 2,000 settlers.
Boston Massacre
After months of increasing friction between townspeople and the British troops stationed in
the city, British troops fired on the civilians
Sugar Act
Law passed in 1764 to raise revenue in the American colonies.
Annapolis Convention
Conference of state delegates at Annapolis, Maryland, that issued a call in September 1786
for a convention to meet at Philadelphia.
Virginia Plan
Proposal calling for a national legislature in which the states would be represented
according to population.
New Jersey Plan
Proposal of the New Jersey delegation for a strengthened national government in which all
states would have an equal representation