Ch6 Severing Ties with Great Britain 1754-1783 Flashcards
When was the french and Indian war
1754-1763
Who was the french and Indian war between
England and France
How did the war begin?
As a struggle for control of the upper Ohio river valley
What was the Albany plan and who promoted it?
Common defense against French & NA threats to the frontier
Ben franklin
Franklin’s famous “join/die” cartoon illustrated what
The need for colonial unity
Why did the Albany plan fail?
Colonial assemblies did not want to give up their autonomy
What ended the Seven Years War and who won?
Britain won
The peace of Paris 1763 ended french power in North America
What effect did the war have on Native Americans?
Now that France had no influence within the colonies, NA could no longer trade with their allies
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the appalachians (this was ignored)
What caused salutary neglect from Britain to end
The massive debt caused by the war
Stamp Act
3 things
- Issued to raise revenue in order to pay for British troops stationed in America after the war
- first internal&direct tax
- tax on all colonial printed matter
What did colonial leaders use as their argument against the stamp act?
Only their assemblies had the power to raise taxes
Sons and daughters of liberty
Used the threat of violence to persuade every stamp agent to resign
What was a key slogan after the stamp act was issued
No taxation without representation
How did parliament respond to colonial boycotts
They repealed the stamp act
Issued the declaratory act which reasserted authority over the colonies
Townshend act 1767
- Imposed taxes on everyday items in order to pay military expenses
- reignited the dispute over taxation
What happened after the Boston massacre (led by Samuel Adams)
Parliament repealed all Townshend acts except the one on tea
In what ways did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Party
Issued the Coercive and Intolerable acts
First continental congress
Called for complete boycott of British goods and urged the colonies to organize an army
Second continental congress (1775)
George Washington becomes president
In what ways did parliament further restrict freedom of the colonists
Issuance of..
- proclamation of 1763
- quartering act if 1765
- intolerable acts
Republicanism
Political ideology backing the revolution
:state without a prince that is governed by reps of the people
Common Sense
Published in 1776 by Thomas Paine
Persuaded colonists to declare independence from Britain
True or false:
The declaration called for the abolition of slavery
False
Who inspired ideologies captures within the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
6 reasons the odds were against America in terms of the war
1) Britain had the best army in the world
2) most Americans were neutral
3) there was trouble raising an army
4) Americans were scattered over a large territory
5) there was no way to finance the war
6) britains population =4x that of the Us
Who provided the most support to America during the revolution?
France
Why did America struggle to finance the war? What did this lead to?
Congress had no authority to levy taxes
This lead to the issuance of paper money which triggered inflation
The treaty of Paris in 1783 enabled the United States to do what?
Double its size
What question arises after the revolution?
What type of nation will America be?
2 ways in which the revolution changed America
- Men with less property were able to join political offices
- Thomas Jefferson removed religious requirements for voting; states disestablished their established churches
Between 1777 and 1804 what did States north of Maryland do?
Emancipate slaves
What did Abigail Adams do?
Encouraged her husband to remember the ladies
Judith Sargent Murray
Advocated education for women in her book “on the equality of the sexes”
Republican motherhood
Stressed that a women’s job in the American republic was to raise children to be responsible citizens
