american revolution

Question 1

does colombus have anything to do with the english

Answer 1

no, because he was spanish

Question 2

why is colombus linked with the united states

Answer 2

the us starts adopting him just because it was after the revolution because he didn’t have ties to the British we know what he did but no one knows him that much

Question 3

no taxation without representation is a phrase that is used since when

Answer 3

the townshend acts

Question 4

what type of representation did parliament do

Answer 4

indirect representation, people take their seat they take oath for the British empire

Question 5

what representation did the colonists want

Answer 5

direct representation

Question 6

what did virgina think about parliament and their rights

Answer 6

parliament did not have the right to take rights away from virgina

Question 7

what is taxation

Answer 7

taking or property

Question 8

where did some of the ideas from the revolution come from

Answer 8

locke, locke carried about the idea about the state of nature and the government and the right to property

Question 9

where enlightenment ideas worldwide

Answer 9

no, it was more of a European thing and bc of the enlightenment was in mostly Europe

Question 10

what were some of the events that happened with the townshend acts

Answer 10

• colonists sent out a letter to the other colonies to make sure that they should train their militia

Question 11

when did colonies start beginning to train their militias and take it seriously

Answer 11

• no one paid attention before because they never had any threats, even after the Boston massacre, no one took it seriously

Question 12

who was thomas gage

Answer 12

a british army general who was the British commander in chief during the American revolution

Question 13

what does paul reverse not say

Answer 13

paul revere does not say the british are coming because the operation was supposed to be very discreet he said the regulars are coming or the red coats are coming

Question 14

what battle is thomas gage known for helping

Answer 14

the battle of concord

Question 15

what happens to paul revere

Answer 15

he gets picked up by a patrol

Question 16

what was thomas gage’s plan for the battle at concord

Answer 16

he wanted to capture the british militia

Question 17

how far does the sons of liberty expand

Answer 17

every port will have the sons of liberty and it gets towards the south and starts getting bigger near the gulf

Question 18

what do slave plantations mimick

Answer 18

noble aristrocrats

Question 19

social ladder of slave colonies

Answer 19

more father apart in the south than it is in the new england colonies

Question 20

who lead the battle of bunker hill

Answer 20

• three other generals and it wasn’t thomas gage because he was off the clock

Question 21

who was thomas paine and what did he do

Answer 21

• wrote common sense and it changed the attitude of the public

Question 22

how did common sense open people;s eyes up

Answer 22

• no one saw it as indepenedence until common sense and they thought that rights were to be reserved

Question 23

what was the issue with the british empire

Answer 23

they were a monarchy

Question 24

what is absolutism

Answer 24

not compatible with individual rights

Question 25

monarch can’t equal what

Answer 25

individual liberties

Question 26

what is the monarch a combination of

Answer 26

absolutism and authoritarian and it can slide into tyrannyt

Question 27

what was common sense a part of

Answer 27

political propoganda

Question 28

do john adams and benjamin franklin like each other

Answer 28

no

Question 29

who was the audience of the declaration of independence

Answer 29

the world; like the winthrop city on a hill
- mankind is not watching but they think they are

Question 30

what did the declaration of independence include

Answer 30

list of equal self-evident rights and it was an expansive list, shows that John Locke had some influence on the declaration of indpendence

Question 31

what is happening in france at the same time of the American revolution

Answer 31

there is the french revolution and thomas paine’s message is spreading there

Question 32

where does thomas paine want to migrate

Answer 32

whereverer there is revolution

Question 33

why is there a lof of circulation in paris

Answer 33

it is one of the centers of the enlightenment

Question 34

what are some characteristics of France

Answer 34

• becomes more absolute and more atheiest bc of the movement

Question 35

what thinker thought that americans are more close to nature than the people in france

Answer 35

rosseau

Question 36

what did the continental congress send Ben frank to Paris to do

Answer 36

create an alliance with the french because he was more popular

Question 37

what was the french alliance 1778

Answer 37

The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty on February 6, 1778. It formalized France’s financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America.

Question 38

when did the french enter the war between the french and the british

Answer 38

during the french alliance