Chapters 5-8 Flashcards
In the 18th century colonial Virginia and cluneal Massachusetts for most alike in that both were
Royal colonies
The wealthiest people in pre-Revolutionary America where primarily?
Northern merchants and Southern planters
Which of the following moved in greatest Numbers into Appalachia as the American Indians of the region were defeated?
Scots Irish German and English immigrants
What is true of the first great awakening? (multiple choice Q)
It resulted in divisions within both the congregational and Presbyterian churches.
It created more denominations but also more unity in the colonies
What group was least likely to respond with Enthusiasm to the religious fervor of the great awakening in the 1730s and 1740s
Established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia
In 1734 and 1735, A celebrated legal case in New York involving John Peter Zenger established a precedent in support of what?
Freedom of expression or freedom of the press
What is true about cities during the colonial era
Poor sanitation left colonial cities vulnerable to epidemics,
religious and ethnic diversity was greater include your cities that in the colonial countryside,
most large cities grew around a port,
cities served as a cultural centers of the American colonies
What is the leading industry in the American colonies
Agriculture
What is true of the Scots Irish
Usually settle in front to your areas such as appellation Mountains, they led the armed March of the Paxton boys on Philadelphia in 1764, about a dozen future presidents were of Scots Irish descent, they tend to be pugnacious Lawless and individualistic
Who created the join, or die snake, and for what reason?
Ben Franklin’s exhortation to the colonies to unite against the French
Ben Franklin published the join or die cartoon to gain support for what?
Albany plan of union
During the mid 18th century conflict between France and Britain over North America centered on what area?
The Ohio Valley
What is true about what happened shortly after the end of the French and Indian war in 1763?
France yielded Canada to Britain, British colonists were not allowed to move west of appellation Mountains, chief Pontiac lead an uprising in the Ohio Valley, Spain was eliminated from Florida
In 1763 an American General distributed to the Indians blankets that were infected with what?
Smallpox
After 1763 changes in the British imperial system threatened the interest of what groups of American colonists
Land speculators with interest west of the Appalachians, newspaper editors and lawyers, farmers wishing to settle in the Ohio River Valley, Boston smugglers
The French and Indian war was the pivotal point in America relationship to Great Britain because it led Great Britain to what?
Impose revenue taxes on the colonies
The proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?
Set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachian beyond which the English colonists were for bidden to settle
The first Continental Congress met in what region
The middle colonies / Philadelphia
In what city and state did the British surrender that led to the end of the war
Yorktown Virginia
What are some facts about George Washington
At 21 years old he was a survey her and was sent to Ohio to forced French ouch, he became incredibly wealthy up on marrying Martha Custis, his brilliance during the Revolutionary war had more to do with his moral courage and leadership rather than his military ability, he wore his uniform to the second Continental Congress
By the time of the Revolution, the American colonists had generally come to the belief that the creation of the Republic would solve the problems of Monarch rule because republic what establish what?
A small limited government responsible to the people
What are some statements about African-Americans during the revolutionary war
Crispus Attucks a former slave was killed during the Boston massacre, blacks fought and died for the American cause at places like Trenton and Saratoga, most blacks who fought for America came from the northern states, blacks also served on the British side
The most significant manufacturing activity in the British North American colonies during the 18th-century was what?
Lumbering
According to the Olive branch petition the colonies were what?
Loyal to King George the third
As the war for Independence began Britain had the advantage of what?
Wealth and naval power
What is true of the slave system in 18th-century British North America
Slave owners gained increased legal power over their slaves
Despite common belief George Washington didn’t do what during the American Revolution
Never chopped down the cherry tree and does not have wooden teeth
The mercantilist system in the 18th century led to what?
The subordination of the colonial economy to that and the mother Country
Colonial cities function primarily as what?
Mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods
What correctly describes Samuel Adams?
Leading political agitator, failure in the family brewing business, organizer of underground propaganda committees, signing of the Declaration of Independence
Parliament enacted the stamp act primarily to watch?
Raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies
North American colonies took advantage of Great Britain’s policy of salutary neglect to what?
Workout trade arrangements to acquire needed products from other countries
Which of the following was true of a married woman in the colonial era?
She generally lost control of her property when she married
The stamp act crisis was important in the coming of the revolution for all the following reasons which are?
Colonist demonstrated their will to use violence rather than legal means to frustrate British policy, crisis coincided with British garrisons in American cities, the British maintain the colonies had no right to independence, patriot leaders claimed that the act denied them their British birth rights
When colonists shouted no taxation without representation they were rejecting parliaments power to
Levy revenue raising taxes on the colonies
The main purpose of the Continental Congress of 1774 Was to do what?
Response to the intolerable acts
The American slogan no taxation without representation was a rejection of what?
Virtual representation
According to the theory of virtual representation…?
Colonists were represented in parliament by virtue of their British citizenship
The sugar act of 1764 represented a major shift in British policy for the colonies in that for the first time the British did what?
Levied taxes aimed at raising revenue rather than regulating trade
What is true of John Adams?
He is a lawyer, defense British soldiers after the Boston massacre, husband to Abigail, Massachusetts delegate to the continental Congress
Who said “ the revolution was affected before the work commenced. The revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people “
John Adams
Who said we must indeed all hang together, or most surely we will all hang separately?
Benjamin Franklin
Who said these United colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states?
Richard Henry Lee
Who said these are the times that try men’s souls
Thomas Paine
Who said it ought to be solemnize with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations
John Adams
What did not occur in New York City in the 18th century?
George Washington and his troops successfully rowdy British troops out of the city early in the war – this did not happen
Did George Washington win more battles or lose
Lose
By the time of the American Revolution most patriots had come to believe that in republican government’s sovereignty was located in what?
The people
What does sovereignty mean?
Sovereignty means ultimate legal authority. In the United States the people have ultimate legal authority. A republican form of government means government of the people by the people for the people
Tom Paynes pamphlet commonsense called for what?
American independence and the creation of the Republic
Declaration of independence did what?
Appeal to the philosophy of natural rights, appeal to the sympathies of the English people, criticize the provisions of the Quebec act of 1774, accused George the third of Tyranny
What is there no mention of in the declaration of independence
Slavery
Thomas Paine believe that…?
The colonies would gain economically by separating from Britain
Thomas Paine’s common sense blamed you for the colonies problems
It blamed George the third and urged Americans to declare their independence
In the Declaration of Independence what is considered to be self evident?
All men are created equal, people are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights, governments derive their power from the consent of the people, it is the right of all people to abolish governments
What reasons did John Adams give Thomas Jefferson as to why Jefferson should write the declaration of independence
He’s a Virginian, well-liked, 10 times a better writer
The Declaration of Independence contains what? (Quotes)
When in the course of human events
We hold these truths to be self evident
All man are created equal
They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights
Who said In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would remember the lady’s
Abigail Adams
What contributed most to the American Victory
French military and financial assistance
The Revolutionary war began with fighting in _______ then went to ________ and finally ended in the ______
New England, middle colonies, South
Why was the battle of Saratoga significant?
Led to the Franco American alliance of 1778
In the Revolutionary war what battle transformed the war into an international conflicts
Saratoga
Francis support for the United States during the American Revolution was motivated primarily by what?
I desire to weaken its rival Great Britain
In the Revolutionary war in what ways did ladies help the American cause
Managed farms, spies, fought militarily against the British, aided soldiers in military camps. THEY DID NOT SERVE IN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
What best describes the role of loyalist during the Revolutionary war?
They made up approximately 20 to 30% of the population
What is true of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary war
Recognize United States as sovereign nation controlling Mississippi on the east side of the river and between the Great Lakes and Florida also no freedom for slaves no voting rights for women
