Chap 4 Flashcards
Who said I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided and that is The lamp of experience I know I have no way of judging the future but by the past
Patrick Henry
Who declared the following gentleman May cry peace peace but there’s no peace the war has actually begun the next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms our brethren are already in the field why stand we here idol is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of slavery forbid it almighty god I know not what course others may take but as for me give me liberty or give me death
Patrick Henry
Who were sent To buy General Thomas Gage on April 19, at 1775 to Lexington to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock and to Concord to confiscate weapons that the colonists had been stockpiling
British troops
What event transpired April 18 to the 19th 1775 on the eve of war with Britain in which colonists were warned about the approaching British soldiers
Paul reveres ride
Who are the members of the colonial militia and were volunteer soldiers who provided their own weapons and provisions and we’re ready in a moments notice
Minute men
What Battle Took place April 19th 1775 In Massachusetts that started an eight year conflict between American patriots and the British empire
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What was the first shot of the war called
Shot heard around the world
What conflict take place from 1775 to 1783 and resulted in the American secession from the British empire
War for independence
What was the name of the extralegal government that was formed by the colonies in 1775 to oppose measures that were issued by Parliament and later became the colonial government during the war for independence
Second continental congress
What city was made capital of this colonial government
Philadelphia
Which Boston merchant in businessman was the president of the second continental congress
John Hancock
Who was given commander of the Continental Army by the second continental congress in June 1775
George Washington
What battle took place on June 17, 1775 and resulted in a tactical victory for the British but I also demonstrated that inexperienced Militia were able to stand up to regular troops in the battle
Battle of bunker hill
What was issued by the second continental Congress on July 5, 1775 as a final attempt to avoid a full on war between Great Britain and the 13 colonies and was rejected by King George the third
Olive branch petition
What was issued by the second continental Congress on July 6, 1775 to explain why the 13 colonies had taken up arms to defend themselves from British tyranny
Declaration of causes and necessity of taking up arms
Which English political revolutionary came to America in 1774 and wrote common sense in 1776 and advocated independence from Great Britain in the establishment of a republican form of government for the 13 colonies
Thomas Paine
What book was published by Thomas Paine in 1776 that was very impactful on the historical narrative and sold 250,000 copies of which were passed around to several readers and was read by as many as Half the adult population in the colonies
Common sense
Everything that is right a reasonable place for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ___ ____ __ _____
Tis time to part
A government of our own is our ______ ______ and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs he will become convinced that it is infinitely wiser and safer to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliver it better well we have it in our power than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance
Natural right
What is Thomas Paine calling for with the following were a manifesto to be published and dispatched to foreign courts setting forth the miseries we have endured and the peaceable methods which we have ineffectually used for redress declaring at the same time that we had been driven to the necessity of breaking off all connections such a memorial would produce more good effort to this continent and then if a shit perforated with petitions to Britain
Declaration of independence
Which founding father wrote the Virginia declaration of rights in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men including the right to reform or abolish inadequate government
George mason
That all men are by nature are equally free and independent and I’m certain inherit rights of which when they enter into a state of society they cannot buy any compact deprive or the best their posterity they need the enjoyment of life and liberties with the means of acquiring and ______ ______ and pursuing and obtain meaning happiness and safety
Possessing property
Which Virginian delegate to the second continental congress presented the resolution for independence on June 7, 1776
Richard Henry Lee
These united colonies are and of right out to be ___________
Free and independent states
Which founding father presented the greatest speech of his life on July 4, 1776 and convinced many delegates of the need for independence
John Adams
What was he known as
Colossus of independence
What document formally separated the 13 colonies from Great Britain in 1776
Declaration of independence
Which member of the second continental Congress was assigned to write up a document that would separate the American colonies from great Britain in June 1776
Thomas Jefferson
Which 17th century political philosopher most influenced the declaration of independence
John Locke
What was the day month and year of the adoption of the declaration of independence
July 4, 1776
What is the formal withdrawing from a political union and was used by the founding fathers when they broke away from the British empire in 1776
Secession
What name was given to the association of states that separated from Britain in 1776
United States of America
What is the term for a territory organized under one government and it’s synonymous with the term country
State
Who said there I guess King George will be able to read that
John Hancock
According to the British what were the founding fathers committing by signing the declaration of independence
An act of treason
Who said we must all hang together or assuredly we should all hang separately
Benjamin Franklin
What building in Philadelphia was used by the founding fathers to create our nations founding documents such as the articles of confederation declaration of independence and constitution
Independence Hall
What became an iconic symbol of American independence and was wrong on July 8, 1776 to announce the rating of the declaration of independence
Liberty Bell
Which to founding fathers died on the same day 50 years to the day of the adoption of the declaration of independence on July 4, 1826
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
What Document was adopted on the Fourth of July 1776 that declared the independence of the 13 colonies and there secession from the British empire along with expanding on natural rights and establishing the philosophical basis for creating a new government
Declaration of independence
What are the four parts of the declaration of independence
Preamble, natural rights, British wrongs, independence
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the _______ and of natures God entitle them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation
Laws of nature
We hold these _______ to be self evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain on alienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Truths
According to the declaration of independence and what terms are all men created equal
Political equality
List three natural rights that are listed in the declaration of independence
Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
According to the declaration of independence what is a cell function of government
To secure natural rights
According to the declaration of independence what can people do with government if it infringes on natural rights
Alter or abolish it
When a long train of abuses and usurpations pursuing in variable the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism it is their _____ it is their _____ to throw off such government
Duty, right
What name is given to the third section of the declaration of independence that discusses the following and more for imposing taxes on us without our consent for taking away our charters abolishing our most valuable laws and altering fundamentally the forms of our government he has kept it among us in times of his standing armies without the consent of our legislators for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us etc.
British wrongs
Who is referred to in the following passage he has plundered our seas ravaged coast burnt our towns and destroyed the lives of our people
King George the third
What is described by the following passage that these united colonies our end of right out to be free and independent states that they are absorbed from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them in the state of Great Britain is an out to be totally dissolved
American secession
Which country did the colonist sever ties with in the declaration of independence
Great Britain
What three things did the signers pledge in support of the declaration of independence
Lives fortunes and sacred honor
What political entity was created by the states is granted power and authority by the states and owes it’s very existence to the states
Federal government
What founding documents written from 1776 to 1777 that became the blueprints for the legal and political organizations of each state
State constitutions
Rich to founding fathers wrote the Virginia constitution in 1776
George Mason and Thomas Jefferson
That all men are by nature equally______ and have certain apparent rights of which when they enter into a state of society they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity namely the enjoyment of life and liberty with the means of acquiring and possessing property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety
Free and independent
Which to founding fathers wrote the Massachusetts constitution in 1779
John Adams and Sam Adams
The body politic is formed by a _______ Association of individuals it is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each with the whole people that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good
Voluntary
What did states do in order to be the best state
Compete with one another
Who wrote the articles of confederation on November 15, 1777 as an instrument for uniting the 13 colonies
John Dickinson
What founding document to the states come together under after declaring their independence and was formally adopted March for 1781
Articles of confederation
What is a union of sovereign states united for the purpose of common defense
Confederation
Each state retains _______ its freedom and independence and every power jurisdiction and right which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled
Sovereignty
What is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries
Congress
List for congressional powers under the articles of confederation
Make a war, peace, treaties; Raise armies, navies; borrow and coin money; settle disputes among states
How many votes did each state have in Congress
One
What are officially ended the war for independence on September 3, 1783
Treaty of Paris
Which founding father was assigned by Congress to work out a treaty with Spain in 17/79 and helps finalize the treaty that ended the war with Britain in 1783
John Jay
Which founding father had the opportunity to make himself king and refused and gave up commander of the Continental Army on December 23, 1783
George Washington
