US Regents Review New

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French and Indian War

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Conflict between Britain and France in North America, with Native American tribes supporting both sides. Britain won, gaining control of French territories in North America, but the war left Britain in debt, leading to new taxes on the American colonies.

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Stamp Act

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Required American colonists to pay a tax on printed materials like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards, which had to carry an official stamp showing the tax was paid.

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Boston Massacre

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When British soldiers shot and killed five American colonists during a protest in Boston.

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Boston Tea Party

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American colonists, angry about British taxes on tea, boarded British ships and dumped an entire shipment of tea into Boston Harbor. It was a key event leading up to the American Revolution.

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Intolerable Acts

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Punished the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party. These laws closed Boston Harbor, took away Massachusetts' self-government, and allowed British soldiers to be housed in colonists' homes.

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No taxation without representation

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Slogan used by American colonists to protest British taxes.

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Proclamation Line of 1763

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Stated that no colonists could settle in lands to the west of the Appalachian mountains, making the colonists very upset.

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Declaration of Independence

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Document adopted on July 4, 1776. Established the 13 American colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson wrote most of it. Explained to the world why we wanted independence.

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Alexander Hamilton

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Founding Father of the United States who helped write the Constitution, created the nation's financial system, and served as the first Secretary of the Treasury.

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Articles of Confederation

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1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)