1.28 lecture

Question 1

Why did the British need to make taxes high ?

Answer 1

They were in debt because of the 7 years war

Question 2

What were constitutions and permanent parliaments based upon?

Answer 2

popular sovereignty

Question 3

what were all of the revolutions based upon?

Answer 3

the social contract/ popular sovereignty

Question 4

when was the american revolution?

Answer 4

1775-1787

Question 5

when was the 7 years war?

Answer 5

1756-1763

Question 6

what happened to the french after the 7 years war?

Answer 6

they lost which resulted in them losing the colonies in north america

Question 7

who was allied with the french in the 7 years war?

Answer 7

the native americans

Question 8

what started the 7 years war?

Answer 8

the ohio company demanded that the french accept their claim

Question 9

who was expected to pay for the 7 years war in britians eyes

Answer 9

the colonists

Question 10

why did the colonists have an issue with the british after the 7 years war?

Answer 10

they were expected to pay taxes but they did not have any representation in Parliament

Question 11

after the 7 years war how did the english treat the colonists?

Answer 11

they treated them as foreigners when before the war the colonist viewed themselves as englishmen

Question 12

how did the british view parliament representation and how did the colonists view it?

Answer 12

british thought parliament represented the entire empire while the colonists thought they were not presented in parliament

Question 13

what was the proclamation of 1763?

Answer 13

british parliament forbade settlement west of the appalachian mountains

Question 14

what was the stamp act of 1765

Answer 14

requited the colonists to pay taxes on every print of printed paper

Question 15

what was one of the reasons the stamp act of 1765 was imposed on the colonists

Answer 15

they needed to pay for the soliders stationed in america

Question 16

what were the sons of liberty?`

Answer 16

a violent group of citizens fighting against the taxes imposed on the colonists

Question 17

in regard to the stamp act what were the sons of liberty doing to fight against it ?

Answer 17

they were destroying stamps and forcing administrators to leave their offices and stop doing their jobs

Question 18

when was the stamp act repealed?

Answer 18

1766

Question 19

what was the declaratory act?

Answer 19

an act that gave parliament the power to pass new laws in the future for the colonists, it also came along with the repeal of the stamp act

Question 20

what are better terms for how the british versus colonists saw parliament

Answer 20

the british thought the system was an association of equals while the colonists though the system was unequal parts

Question 21

how did the patriots treat loyalists?

Answer 21

the patriots terrorized them by doing acts such as tar and feathering them

Question 22

why did the colonists feel that new taxes imposed upon them by parliament were unfair?

Answer 22

they were taxed without their consent

Question 23

what is the theory of virtual representation?

Answer 23

members of the parliament represented not only their district on britain but also the entire british empire

Question 24

what was the boston massacres?

Answer 24

the boston massacre was not an actual massacre, it was started by the accidental fire of one of the soliders