Chapter 5/6 Flashcards
Which colony failed to send a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia?
Georgia
How did the Declaratory Act show Britain’s refusal to compromise on Parliament’s power to tax?
It asserted Parliament’s right to legislate for the colonies.
Why did many Americans who supported the patriot cause accept the legitimacy of the committees of public safety, the regrouped colonial assemblies, and the Continental Congress?
The new governing bodies were composed of many of the same men who has held elective office before.
What did the protests of the Sons of Liberty prove to colonists?
Demonstrations could have a decisive impact on politics.
What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
To prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why did General Gage plan a surprise attack in an ammunition storage site in Concord?
British leaders ordered him to arrest the American troublemakers.
The “powder alarm” of September 1774 convinced Thomas Gage that…
ordinary colonists would unite for armed conflict.
George Grenville claimed that Americans had “virtual representation” because…
the House of Commons represented all British subjects, wherever they were.
How did the Stamp Act different from the Sugar Act?
The Stamp Act was an internal tax that affected a great number of colonists.
The Coercive Acts, passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the destruction of the tea, included…
a law closing Boston harbor until the tea was paid for.
In an effort to generate income for England, in 1764 George Grenville initiated the…
Sugar Act.
What caused the Seven Years’ War?
Conflicts over territory in the Ohio Valley.
What role did the Indians play in the Treaty of Paris?
The major European powers did not consult the Indians at all.
After the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, slaves who had gained their freedom by joining the British army settled in Nova Scotia or…
Sierra Leone.
Which of the following statements characterizes the effects of the nonimportation agreements of 1768-69?
Merchants from New England to Charleston were supporting nonimportation.
How did the British government respond to the colonial reaction to the Stamp Act?
It repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766.
The Quebec Act offended many Americans because…
it gave Roman Catholic Quebec control of the Ohio Valley.
How did General Gage react to the increased violence and collapsing royal authority in Massachusetts early in 1775?
He requested twenty thousand additional troops from England.
Who fired the first shot at Lexington?
An unknown person.
In 1767, Charles Townshend enacted the Revenue Act, which…
placed new duties on imported items.
Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation…
promising freedom to defecting, able-bodied slaves who would fight for the British.
Why did King George III seek to extract more money from the colonists?
He thought the colonists should help pay England’s war debts.
Although the three regions of British North America became more distinct in the latter part of the eighteenth century, they still shared what unifying experience?
A lessening reliance on religion.
In addition to their competition for land, colonial settlers and Indians engaged in conflicts over…
the fur trade.
How was British North America unified?
Economy: mainly agriculture, good selection of food, distinct products
Declining importance of religion: focused less on religion and more on the world around them
White people in British North America called themself British colonies: even with different governments they still all responded to the British monarchy
What was the Great Awakening?
A revival movement to convert nonbelievers and revive the piety of believers.
What were the effects of the Revolutionary war on Britain?
- It increased her colonial empire in the Americas
- It greatly enlarged England’s debt
- Britain’s contempt for the colonials created bitter feelings
What were the effects of the Revolutionary War on the American Colonists?
- United them against a common enemy
- Created a socializing experience for all the colonials who participated
- Created bitter feelings towards the British that would only intensify
- Mad that they don’t get to settle in Ohio
What were the 3 phases of the Revolutionary War?
- The Northern Campaign (America tried to take over Canada but it failed)
- New York and Pennsylvania (Washington’s battles, Battle of Saratoga=Turning point of the war
- The Southern Strategy (Battle of York Town, Cornwallis surrenders)
Explain the beginning of the Seven Years’ War (1754-1763)
- French traders were allied with Indians
- British colonists from the Ohio Company
- French military forts trespass on Virginia land
- French and Indian War begins
- George Washington builds Fort Necessity
Proclamation of 1763
British document that aroused colonial anger but failed to stop frontier expansion
Albany Congress
Unification effort that Benjamin Franklin nearly led to success by his eloquent leadership and cartoon artistry
The First Continental Congress created the Continental Association, whose purpose was to…
enforce a staggered and limited boycott of trade.
What were the Sugar, Currency, Quartering, and Stamp Acts?
Sugar: cut duty on foreign molasses (to reduce smuggling) and prohibited importation of all foreign rum
Currency: colonists could no longer use bills of credits in official trades
Quartering: required colonists to house, feed, transport, etc. soldiers when asked to
Stamp: direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers
