7) Events, Interests, Issues Behind the American Revolution Flashcards
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French and Indian War (1754-1763)
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- Began in the Ohio River Valley
- ## British colonists outnumbered French colonists
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Treaty of Paris (1763)
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- Ended French and Indian War (British victory)
- GB got most of India and all of North America except New Orleans
- Britain received control of FL from Spain and gave them Cuba and Philippines
- GB became most powerful nation
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Reasons for great degree of independence and self-government in America
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- Religious teachings put forth the worth of the individual and equality in God’s sight
- Protestants believed and taught the idea that government originates from those governed
- Personal property should not be taken away (based on Magna Carta)
- Population increases from Germany, Scotland, Africa had no ties to BG
- Colonies began to practice representative government
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Quartering Act (1765)
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- Parliament decided to have a standing army in North America to reinforce British control (1763)
- Act required colonists to provide supplies and living quarters to British troops
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Sugar Act (1764)
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- Required efficient collection of taxes on any molasses that were brought into the colonies
- Gave British oOfficials free license to conduct searches on the premises of anyone suspected of violating the law
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Proclamation of 1763
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- Forbade British colonists to cross imaginary boundary of App. Mountains
- Br. wanted to avoid conflict with the Indians
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Stamp Act (1765)
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- Primary purpose was the raise revenue to support British troops stationed in America
- “No taxation without representation”
- Rioted with a mob, violence
- Act was repealed because of colonial boycott of British exports
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Boston Massacre (1770)
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- Mob violence provoked retaliation by troops
- Killed 5, wounded 8
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Boston Tea Party
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- Boston merchants refused to sell tea because it gave unfair advantage to British East India Company
- Dumped it into the Boston Harbor
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Coercive Acts (1774)
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Parliament’s angry response to Boston Tea Party
- Designed to punish MA in general and Boston in particular
- MA lost many of its rights
- Port of Boston was close until damages were paid
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First Continental Congress (1774)
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- Delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia
- Wanted peaceful settlement with Britain
- Still maintained American loyalty to Britain
- Insisted on repeal of Intolerable Acts
12
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Common Sense (1776)
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- Political pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
- Strongly worded call for independence from GB
- Opposed monarchy
- Strongly favored republican government
13
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Enlightenment’s contribution to Revolution
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- Stressed that reason can be used to improve human condition
- Thomas Jefferson was Enlightenment thinking
- Stressed idea of natural rights
- Benjamin Franklin as well
14
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Deism
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- Belief that God created a universe that is governed by natural law
- These natural laws can be discovered by the use of human reason
15
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Second Continental Congress
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- 1775
- Met after American Revolution had already begun
