American Revolution OR test Flashcards
what did the albany plan of union do and why was it defeated by legislature?
- 1st formal proposal to unite the colonies
- plan caled for each colony to send representatives to a grand council
- council would be able to collect taxes, raise armies, and start new settlements
- leaders supported but later turned down bc they didnt want to give up controls of their own affairs
why was battle of quebec the turning point of the war
- quebec was capitol of new france
- brits defeated them in battle
- brits gained control of most of canada
- after battle the rest quickly fell
describe land claim of north america based on the treaty of paris after french/indian war
- britain claimed all of north america east of mississippi river
- france gave spain new orleans and louisiana as reward for helping them
- britain gave spain back cuba and philippines in exchange for florida
- ended french power in north america
two causes and two effects of pontiacs rebellion
1c - increasing # of colonists moved onto native american land
1e - attacks on both colonists and native americans
2c - british soldiers didnt treat native americans the same way the french did
2e - passing of proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from settling west of appalachians
describe boston massacre
- boston erupted in bloody clashes during tax protest
- mob taunted brit soldiers and 5 colonists were killed, including black man crispus attucks
- made them even more aggravated w/each other
- leading contribution to the revolutionary war
describe three acts forced on the colonists
sugar act - placed taxes on certain imports that had not been taxed/taxes were raised w/o contacting the colonists
stamp act - put tax on documents such as wills,newspapers, and playing cards/stamp would be put on item, costs money/colonists didnt want to pay for something previously free
quartering act-outlined location and conditions which brit soldiers are to find room and board in the colonies/brits decided to keep 10000 soldiers in colonies
how did colonists protest these acts
stamp - boycotted british goods/formed secret societies/SOL burned stamped paper/attacked cuatoms officials by covering them in hot tar and feathers
sugar - boycotted british goods
quartering - refused to house soldiers
decribe events of 1st and 2nd continental congress
1st - delegates voted to ban all trade w/britain until intolerable acts were repealed/called each colony to begin training troops
2nd-agreed to form continental army/authorized printed of paper money to pay troops/beginning to act as a government
describe three sections of constitution
1: explain what all mens rights are/not rights given by government have bc people/government should protect these rights
2: explains all rights brit government and king george III have violated/complaints against king from colonists 27
3: conclusion/declaring their independence/tell brit they are going to be an independent country
describe contents of thomas paine’s “common sense”
- pamphlet made strong case for American independence
- argued that monarchies were corrupt
- believed America should follow its own destiny
- influenced colonists/made them feel like a part of a greater whole/to get independence from brit
significance of battle of bunker hill
- deadliest battle of war
- redcoats won but lost more men than colonists
- inexperienced colonial militia had held its own against the worlds most powerful army
significance of battle of saratoga
- colonial troops surprised the brits
- 1st major win for colonies
- turning point of war
- other countries changed views and french helped colonists
significance of battle of yorktown
- ended war
- cornwallis surrendered to george Washington as french and colonists trapped brit at yorktown
- colonists victory shocked the world
beginning and end of revolutionary war
begin - 1775 at battle of lexington
end - 1781 when cornwallis surrendered at battle of yorktown
