AP US History Period 3

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  1. 2. A person of mixed African and European ancestry, often subject to discrimination and social stigma in colonial America.
  2. 5. A series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of ratifying the United States Constitution
  3. 9. The uncharted or sparsely settled regions beyond the established boundaries of civilization
  4. 10. A tax imposed by the British Parliament in 1765 on all paper documents in the American colonies
  5. 13. Colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, often facing persecution and exile by patriots.
  6. 15. A political ideology that emphasizes the importance of civic virtue, popular sovereignty, and the common good
  7. 16. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 that argued for American independence from British rule
  8. 17. A violent uprising by western Pennsylvania farmers in 1794 in protest of a federal excise tax on whiskey
  9. 18. also known as the Haudenosaunee, was a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the northeastern United States
  10. 19. Supporters of the ratification of the United States Constitution and advocates for a strong central government
  11. 20. A clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution granting Congress the authority to pass laws necessary and proper for carrying out its enumerated powers
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  1. 1. A proclamation issued by President George Washington in 1793 declaring the United States neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain
  2. 3. The region west of the Appalachian Mountains, including the Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes region
  3. 4. A proposal presented by Virginia delegates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 calling for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature and representation based on population.
  4. 6. A violent confrontation between British soldiers and a mob of colonists in Boston on March 5, 1770
  5. 7. A series of punitive measures imposed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party
  6. 8. Colonists who supported the American Revolution and independence from British rule
  7. 11. Conduct or speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state or monarch, often used to suppress dissent or criticism of the government.
  8. 12. A law passed by Congress in 1787 that established a system for governing the Northwest Territory
  9. 14. The acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France by the United States in 1803