Chapter 3 Flashcards
Explain why France & Spain would send the Patriots supplies & later side with them during the Revolutionary War.
-Spain & France had a history of fighting the British
-resentment over losses in French & Indian War
-America proved it could win (Saratoga) & Spain & France wanted to assure it w/money, military support, & political support (recognize America’s independence)
-happy to help defeat British & use alliance w/America to protect their territorial claims
Describe the views of the British govt. and American colonists on the Proclamation of 1763.
British-approved it b/c they created it
-thought it would protect American Indians & keep colonists safe (no more fights over land in the west)
-still thought colonists had plenty of land closer to coast (easier to keep control of them, too)
colonists-opposed b/c they felt entitled to western lands
-didn’t care about protecting American Indian lands
-angry about having to pay for British troops needed to enforce new proclamation
Summarize the events that led to the Boston Tea Party
-British tea sales dropped b/c colonists could get cheaper tea from Dutch & French
-Tea Act of 1773 would actually LOWER the price of tea (cheaper than smuggled), so British hoped colonists would buy British tea now
-colonists thought it was a trick to get them to accept Parliament’s ability to tax them
-colonists boycotted British tea & stopped ships from unloading tea
-final straw was Mass. gov. saying no to colonists’ demand that ships of tea be sent out of British Harbor
How did the treatment of the Algonquians & Hurons by French lead these American Indian groups to side with the French during the French & Indian War?
-when French came to Americas, they treated American Indians w/respect
-didn’t take their land–just trapped
-traded w/them
-married Indian women
-strong, positive relationships over the years led many to side w/French during the war
-British, on the other hand, did not treat w/respect, took land, always fighting
Explain how peaceful colonial protests against the Stamp Act led to revolution. Consider (MENTION) the Stamp Act Congress, boycotts, calls for free enterprise, and Parliament’s actions.
-opposition to Stamp Act united colonists
-Stamp Act Congress-sent petitions to King George & Parliament—no taxation w/o representation
-boycott British goods & services–harmed British merchants–some even asked Parliament to back off
-colonists wanted free enterprise system where govt. stays out of economy (setting prices for goods)
-Parliament repealed Stamp Act but passed Declaratory Act saying they had the right to tax the colonies in “all cases whatsoever”
-led to future problems
results of French & Indian War (who got what)
–Britain gained Canada & all French land east of Miss. River
–France lost all territories except a few islands in Canada & West Indies
why British wanted to expand into Ohio Valley
natural resources found there
new roles for women
taking over businesses & farms when men left & caring for wounded soldiers
why Pontiac rallied American Indians against British colonies
British were building farms & forts on American Indian lands
connect Stamp Act to Boston Massacre
colonists mad & throwing things at soldiers; soldiers fired on the crowd
reason for fighting at Lexington & Concord
British trying to seize colonial military items (guns, ammunition)
names of Europeans who helped Patriots in war
de Galvez, von Steuben, Pulaski, Kosciusko, Lafayette
grievances in Dec. of Independence
dissolved colonial legislatures, taxation w/o representation
reason for French forts
-trading posts w/American Indian trappers/traders
-defend French territory from colonial expansion (British moving west)
what led to “new American identity”
British actions like Proc. of 1763, Stamp Act, writs of assistance (searching homes), Townsend Acts, Intolerable Acts
