Chapter 2 Section 2 Flashcards
How did the king respond?
With force
Sent more troops in and had two battles known as the first battles of the revolutionary war
How did the colonist respond to the battles?
They questioned their attachment to Britain
Patriots
Wanted to break away from Britain
Loyalists
Stay under British rule
Declaration of Independence
It argued that the British government didn’t look after the interest of the colonists, it included a long list of abuses by King George the third, gave reasons why America should be a free nation
Ideas or ideals of the Declaration of Independence
Government is based on the consent of the people, people are entitled to change or overthrow government if they disregard their rights or their wills, purpose of government is to protect the rights of people
Unalienable
Given to you by birth
Mercantilism
Theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys
Stamp act
Required the colonists to attach expensive tax stamps to all newspapers and legal documents
Boycott
To refuse to buy
Repeal
To cancel
Delegates
Representatives
Independence
Self-reliance and freedom from outside control
Lexington and Concord
First battles of the Revolutionary war
What did the slogan no taxation without representation mean
Since they had no representatives in Parliament Parliament had no rights to Tax
What happened at the Boston tea party? Why did it happen? How did King George the third react?
A group of colonists dressed as native Americans and dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor during the Boston tea party this happened because the colonists wanted to protest further taxes on tea King George the third reacted forcefully
What was common sense? Who wrote it? What arguments were made in the document?
Commonsense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Arguments about independence from England and the creation of a democratic republic were made in the document
What was the Declaration of Independence? Who wrote it? Why was it written?
The Declaration of Independence was a document that officially announced the independence of the United States. Thomas Jefferson wrote it to explain why the United States should be a free nation
The people are entitled to change or overthrow the government if it disregards their rights, government is supposed to protect their rights
What are three patriots and what are they famous for?
Thomas Paine, common sense
Patrick Henry, “ give me liberty or give me death”
Thomas Jefferson, used his words to further the cause of independence
What are two things that the colonists did or decided to do at the meeting
Made plans to extend boycott on British goods, and demanded the rights of the colonists to be restored
How did Britain successfully have mercantilism using the colonies
They forced the colonists to sell raw materials to Great Britain at low prices. Britain then used the raw materials to create finished products that they sold back to the colonist at high prices
Levied taxes on goods imported from colonies
Townsend act
What did the tea act do?
It gave the British East India Company right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes usually placed on Tea
Cohersive acts
Intolerable acts
Restricted the colonists rights to trial by jury and allowed British soldiers to search and even move into colonists homes
Which act stated that England could tax and pass laws that covered the colonists even though the colonist didn’t have representation in Congress
Declaratory act
