Chapter 2 Section 4 Flashcards
What did Great Britain need from America concerning the theory of mercantilism?
Resources- raw materials (lumber and iron)
Explain salutary neglect:
When you recognize something exists but you neglect to pay it attention
Explain the Albany Plan:
Ben Franklins Plan, 1754, for uniting the 13 colonies, idea was planted but didn’t succeed.
Why did Great Britain begin to tax American colonists?
To pay for the debt to the French Indian war
Stamp Act?
Tax on paper-type products
When parliament passed stamp act, colonists boycotted British goods
Quartering Act?
When parliament allowed British troops to occupy colonists homes
Sons of liberty?
Rebel leaders (Paul revere, John Adams)
Declatory Act?
Parliament declared that they could pass all laws necessary for colonists
Townshend Act?
Tax put on necessity items
Boston Massacre?
British troop fired upon colonists because of provocations (5 killed)
“No taxation without representation”?
Colonists didn’t think they should be taxed if they didn’t have representation in parliament
The Tea Act?
Stiff tax on tea
Boston Tea Party?
When colonists dressed up as Native American soldiers and they poured tea into the Boston Harbor
Coercive (British name)
OR
Intolerable Act? (Colonist name)
Stripped colonist of their basic rights (ex. trial by jury)
State the purpose of the 1st Continental Congress:
To discuss their actions about the Intolerable Act (boycott)
Held in Independence Hall, Philadelphia
How did King George III respond?
•sent troops to the colonies
•looking for rebels, guns, and ammunition
•”shots heard around the world”
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
(Paul revere yelled and alerted them to hide everything)
What was Thomas Paine’s main message in “Common Sense”?
To was common sense to declare our independence
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
List four main messages found in the Declaration of Independence:
- All men are created equal
- Natural rights
- Social contract
- Consent of the governed - through voting
How did John Locke influence Thomas Jefferson?
a. Social contract
b. Consent of the governed
c. Natural rights
Were Americans truly free from Great Britain on July 4, 1776?
No.
Why?
Because they’d have to fight a costly battle
