F****** History Part 3 Flashcards
What was the main source of conflict between France and Britian in North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
France and Britians biggest conflict was land in North America. While Britian controlled numerous colonies on the Atlantic seaboard,
Which factor gave France the greatest advantage over Britian I the competition for territory in North America?
The good relations France had with American Indians
What change in British policy resulted from the end of the French and Indian War?
The government began enforcing tax laws that had largely had been ignored in the past
Which of these assumptions was fundamental to Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves?
Taxation without representation is illegitimate
Which of the following was the most widespread form of protest against the new laws passed by Parliament after the French and Indian War?
Refusing to buy British-made goods
What did the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party have in common?
They were both started as protest against British rules and taxation and both occurred in Boston. The Boston massacre was in response to the Townsend Acts on March 5, 1770. The British soldiers killed 5 colonists in British.The Boston tea party was in response to tax on tea. Boston protestors dumped tea into the harbor on December 16, 1773.
One source of resentment among colonists in the late 1760s was the British government’s use of tax money to pay….
Public officials who were loyal to the British government
Unlike the First Continental Congress, the Second continental Congress..
took direct action to prepare for the war
Many loyalists resented the patriot’s willingness to…
violate the colonists’ individual rights
How was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
It brought the Patriots foreign support
What was Spain’s motivation for helping the Patriots during the Revolutionary War?
To weaken its main city petit or for territory in North America
The changes brought by the Treaty of Paris did the most to expand the political power of…
proterty owning men
