3rd Quarter Exam (Chapter 16) Flashcards

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Who founded the Plymouth Colony?

A

The Pilgrims

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Who did the Mayflower Compact govern?

A

The Pilgrims

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3
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Where did the Puritans settle?

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Near Boston

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What was the function of the Pilgrim/Puritan government?

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to promote piety and restrain evildoers

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What was the goal of the Pilgrim/Puritan government?

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to mold godly character

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What were the similarities between all the American colonies?

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✪European background
✪Protestant heritage
✪respect for English common law
✪love for local self-government

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What was the original purpose for the Civil War?

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they were fighting for the rights they already had, but were not getting

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What did the Tea Act do?

A

put a small tax on imported tea

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What did the Quebec Act do?

A

extended territory of former French colony

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How did the Colonists feel about war?

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they feared war, but desired English rights

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What were some Colonial weaknesses?

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✾small and poorly equipped army
✾suffered many hardships
✾met with several humiliating retreats

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What were some Colonial strengths?

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❂determined leadership

❂personal motivation to defend homes

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What did the Treaty of Paris do?

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☛gave the recognition of independence of American colonies

☛established the U.S. boundaries

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What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?

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◆states loosely tied together

◆states had too much power

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15
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What was America’s “first Constitution”?

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The Articles of Confederation

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16
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What was established for the protection of personal rights?

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the Bill of Rights

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17
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In France, what determined one’s privileges and taxation?

A

social standing

18
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What were the French social classes?

A

First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate

19
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Describe the French Estates.

A

First: Roman Catholic clergy
Second: nobility
Third: commoners and laborers

20
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Why were the French discontent?

A

☹social inequality
☹political inefficiency
☹economic irresponsibility

21
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Give examples of the economic irresponsibility in France.

A

$ unbalanced tax system

$ wasteful spending

22
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What did the commoners and nobility agree on?

A

they both wanted a written constitution

23
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What did the commoners and nobility not agree on?

A

the commoners wanted equal taxation, equal justice, and the destruction of feudalism

the nobility wanted the protection of rights and privileges

24
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Where did the National Assembly move to when they were sent away?

A

the Royal Tennis Court

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What was the preamble to the French Constitution?
Declaration of the Rights of Man
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What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man list?
natural rights of people as citizens
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Was the Declaration of the Rights of Man an "original document"?
No, they used other things like the Bill of Rights and stuff as a model.
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Compare the English, American, and French personal freedoms.
English freedom of speech, debate, and petition American freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition French "do anything that does not injure others"
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What forced the king to move back to Paris?
Bread Riots
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What did the French Constitution do?
``` ☺ limited monarchy ☺guaranteed: equal taxes no special privileges fairer judicial system new governing body= Legislative Assembly ```
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What were the purposes for the Jacobins?
❍ to discuss political issues | ❍ to distribute revolutionary propaganda
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Who were the leaders of the Jacobins?
Jean-Paul Marat Georges-Jacques Danton Maximilian de Robespierre
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What was the outcome of the National Convention?
◊abolished monarchy | ◊established French Republic
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What were some changes made as a result of the French Revolutionary War?
◆Frances was divided into departments ◆they adopted the metric system ◆calendar changed ◆new religion - "cult of reason"
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What were the changes made to the calendar as a result of the French Revolutionary War?
10 day weeks 30 day months 12 month years
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What were some similarities between the American and French fight for independence?
➢influenced by Enlightenment ideas ➢encouraged the cause of liberty ➢struggled against oppressive governments
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What were some differences between the American and French fight for independence?
American: ➣tempted by Protestant-Puritan heritage ➣stressed responsibility of liberty ➣preserved time-honored traditions French: ➣encouraged by rationalist leaders ➣emphasized liberty and total freedom ➣destroy everything from the Old Regime
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What were the American unpopular Measures?
→Tea Act →"Intolerable" Acts →Quebec Act
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What were the French unpopular Measures?
→new taxes →debasement of the currency →more borrowing
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What type of government did America end up with after the war?
a constitutional republic
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What type of government did France end up with after the war?
a dictatorship