Chapter 7

Question 1

republicanism

Answer 1

just society w/ citizens who willingly subordinated to the common good
opposed to hierarchal and authoritarian institutions such as aristocracy + monopoly

Question 2

radical whigs

Answer 2

were british political commentators
feared threat to liberty from monarch + parliament
attack against patronage and bribes by King’s muinisters
warned people against corruption

Question 3

mercantilism

Answer 3

which a country attempts to amass wealth through trade with other countries

Question 4

mercantilism grievances

Answer 4

handcuffed american trade
navigation acts
restricted in what they could manufacture
had no currency (paper money crashed)
south was preferred over the north
thought brits were the only ones beneffiting

Question 5

privy cancel

Answer 5

colonial laws could be voided (only 46/8563)

Question 6

merits of mercantilism

Answer 6

till 1763: nav acts were not enforced
tobacco planters and monopoly in eng market
self - gov
didn’t have to pay for an army/navy

Question 7

stamp act uproar

Answer 7

mandated the use of stamped paper of the affixing of stamps certifying payment of tax
had court but was guilty till proven innocent
cols thought there were unfairly taxed for an unnecessary army and lashed out
direct tax

Question 8

prime minister george grenville

Answer 8

ordered the nav acts
secured the sugar act
increased sugar duty on island

Question 9

quartering act of 1765

Answer 9

required colonists to provide food and homes for british troops
1767: NY’s legislature suspended for failure to comply

Question 10

virtual representation

Answer 10

parliament represented all of the englishment, including colonies, even of they did not have people in parliament

Question 11

forced to repeal the stamp act

Answer 11

1765
9/13 cols met to discuss the stamp tax
boycotts
sons and daughters of liberty tarred and feathered

Question 12

declatory act

Answer 12

parliament had right to “bind” colonies “in any case”

Question 13

townshend act

Answer 13

1767
light taxes on lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea
indirect tax
writs of assistance
pay royal governors salaries to keep them in their pocket

Question 14

boston massacre

Answer 14

march 5, 1770
60 townspeople harrassed 60 redcoats
troops opened fire
5 died, 2 RCs prosecuted
propaganda (paul revere)

Question 15

crispus attucks

Answer 15

free slave who was killed during the boston massacre
helped start the boston massacre riot

Question 16

seditious committees of correspondance

Answer 16

lord north: syncopath george III
townshend acts repealed except tea
cols set up propaganda committees
samuel adams set up 1st one
kept the revolution spirit going
letter writing groups to communicate with negihboring towns
organized boycotts and riots

Question 17

boston tea party

Answer 17

1773: british e india company overburdedn w/ tea and facing backrupcy
brits tried to sell in to america
dec 16, 1773: the party of tea in boston (342 chests)
eng lost almost $2 mil

Question 18

intolerable acts

Answer 18

1774
used to punish the colonies, especially mass
boston tea party: closed boston
self gov was very limited
increased royal governor power
private housing of trips
protected eng officials accused of crimes in cols from being tried w/ cols

Question 19

quebec act

Answer 19

french could be catholic
gave canadians land
cols saw their territory threatened and mad French got land while they couldn’t

Question 20

1st continental congress

Answer 20

1774 in philly
came up w/ list of grievances
12/13 met
came up w/ declaration of rights
agreed to meet in 1775 if nothing happened
DECISIONS: the association (nonimportation, nonexportation, nonconsumption)
agreed to have a militia in every colony

Question 21

lexington and concord

Answer 21

shot heard around the world
seized suppplies but were ambushed on their way back and fled to boston

Question 22

baron von strueben

Answer 22

trained solders in valley forge

Question 23

thin line of heroes

Answer 23

africans fought on both sides
5,000 enlisted
some were freed for their service

Question 24

sugar act

Answer 24

big debt from fi war
1764
1st tax used to pay off war debt
indirect tax
EVERYONE used sugar

Question 25

stamp act congress

Answer 25

1765
9/13 cols
petitioned the king
intercolonial unity approved
2nd congress

Question 26

admiralty courts

Answer 26

punished colonists who didn’t obey taxes
guilty till proven innocnent
burden of proof on defendant

Question 27

sons of liberty

Answer 27

committees that opposed british policies
organized or riots on the briritsh
tarring and feathering
many officials quit and returned to eng
BOYCOTTS: nonimportation agreements

Question 28

daughters of liberty

Answer 28

weaved own cloth
some dressed as men and fought

Question 29

reaction to the townshend acts

Answer 29

another nonimportation agreement to protest
drank smuggled tea from holland
more colonists became politically active

Question 30

townshend acts repealed

Answer 30

1770: all repealed except tea tax
lowered cost of tea to try to trick cols

Question 31

boston tea party in other colonies

Answer 31

maryland: burned cargo and ship
south carolina: tea seized