APUSH Period 3 - simplified

The Albany Congress (led by Ben Franklin) called for a group of colonies to come together to defend attacks by Europeans and native foes

a young lawyer from Virginia; accused the British government of seizing the rights guaranteed to colonists as Englishmen

Led by Samuel Adams; intimidated tax collectors by attacking them and their homes

Demanded that the Townshend Acts be repealed; written by Samuel Adams in 1768,

Justified making a colonial military force and urged King George III to reconsider colonial grievances

Englishman new to the colonies; wrote a pamphlet which brought the idea of radical independence to the mainstream in January 1776

Americans agreed to a) repay debts to British merchants and b) promised not to punish Loyalists who chose to remain in the US

Britain openly sold firearms and alcohol to this group of eight American Indian nations who wanted to terrorize settlers.

The war chief of the Miami Confederacy; considered the Ohio River the northwestern boundary of the newfound USA

prompted by the Battle of Fallen Timbers; 12 tribes gave up vast areas of the Old Northwest to the federal government; most of (current) Indiana and Ohio

British philosopher; challenged the absolute rule of kings and queens because his theory of natural rights said that all shall be ruled by natural laws (rights derived from basic reason)

Established basis of Public Land Survey System whereby settlers could purchase land in the undeveloped West.

Important legislation which established guidelines for attaining statehood: territories with at least 60,000 people could apply for statehood.

Angered by the economic system, this veteran and a band of Massachusetts farmers rose up during the summer of 1786, demanding tax and debt relief.

On June 11, he proposed that membership in one branch of the legislature be based on state population, and the other branch (the Senate) have equal representation for all states, with each state having one vote.

Residents angered by the Quartering Act; a crowd of them began to harass the troops guarding the customs house by throwing rocks and frozen oysters; guards fired upon the crowd, killing five and wounding six protesters.

1773; granted the East India Company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies.

The opposition to the Tea Act (and other tariffs) culminated in 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company being thrown from ships into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773 by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.