Colonial Era 1600-1775 Flashcards
French and Indian War
1756-1763
Conflict between the British and French that also involved Native Americans and colonial militias. The French lose.
Indentured Servants
Free passage to American colonies for compulsory service.
Navigation Acts
Increased dependence on England for trade, created resentment.
(1660)
Salutary Neglect
British policy relaxing the strict enforcement of traded policies in American colonies.
Stamp Act
All legal documents where taxed for officially stamped paper. Resentment grew, and this was repealed.
(1765)
Townshend Acts
Goods tax that was fiercely resisted and finally repealed.
The Virginia colony main purpose was…
Economics
Massachusetts was settled by…
Separatists of the Church of England.
The government is answerable to the will of the governed…
Mayflower Compact 1620
Who said “a city on a hill” and why?
John Winthrop, leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where the will of God was manifested.
Name 4 Acts
1) Navigation Acts
2) Stamp Act
3) Townshed Acts
4) Intolerable Acts
5) Sugar Act
6) Quartering Act
Name 3 Groups with Grievances Against England
1) Sons of Liberty
2) Committees of Correspondence
3) First Continental Congress
“Taxation without representation is tyranny”
Samuel Adams
The significance of the Battle Saratoga
It lead to the French supporting the cause to fight the British
What was Shay’s Rebellion?
A discounted group of indent farmers which illustrates the many faults of the Articles of Confederation.
