Final #2 Flashcards
Who helped boil over the tensions fo the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
Was the tax on tea repealed?
No
What were the Intolerable Acts designed to do?
Punish Massachusetts
What did the Intolerable Acts actually do?
It reunited the colonists and the conflict seemed to head toward an full scale colonial revolt.
What was part of the Intolerable Acts?
- The Boston Part Act
- The Massachusetts Government Act
- The Administration of Justice Act
- The Quartering Act
What was the Boston Part Act?
The Port of Boston was closed until the colonists paid back the crown and the British East India Company for the tea they destroyed.
What was the Massachusetts Government Act?
The Massachusetts state charter was revoked and it was placed under the control of the British Government.
What was the Administration of Justice Act?
Any royal official accused of a crime could be tried in England vs. the colonies and any witnesses against them would thus have to appear in England (since no one could realistically do that, colonists argued that it allowed royals to get away with everything.
What is the Quartering Act?
Applied to all 13 colonies – British troops could be housed on the Governors order in any building in the colony. It did not say they would be put up in private homes, but this may have been promoted as propaganda.
What was the original idea of the colonial revolt?
They wanted representation and an end to British overreach.
What was one of the biggest factors of the colonial revolt being turned into a revolution?
The increased organization that was happening in the colonies, especially in response to British taxes.
When was Lexington and Concord?
April 19th, 1775
What was one factor in the conflict turning to Revolution?
The publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
When did Paine’s book go into wide publication?
1776
When was the 2nd Continental Congress in the process of vrafting the Declaration of Independence?
July 1776
What was the social contract about?
Liberty, Freedom, and Equality
The War went from a revolt against the British to a…
War of Independence
Who planted the seeds for a future independent American Government?
The Continental Congress and self-governing groups that were developing in every colony
Who was sent as an ambassador to France to help secure support for the independent United States of America.?
Benjamin Franklin
Did the French want to join the war?
No
Where did the British land more troops?
From Canada into New York
Who successfully captured Philadelphia?
Britian
What was Washington’s and the American’s new approach?
The Guerilla Warfare
Who did the French agree to help?
Americans
How did the British over-extend themselves?
Fighting both the Dutch and Spanish
In 1781…
With the help of their new French allies, the Americans cornered northern British commander Cornwallis at Yorktown and forced his surrender.
What year were the peace negotiations in Paris result in?
1783
Did African slaves and a few free blacks fIght on both sides of the conflict?
Yes
What were some key social questions of the the Enlightenment period?
- should they apply to?
Who should rule and why?
How can we organize society to meet peoples needs?
Who should the law apply to and how?
What role, if any, should religion play in society?
Who, how, how much, and under what circumstances should citizens be taxed?
Who decides when and how society goes to war?
Was the American Revolution a global event?
Yes
What changed in the wake of the war and independence?
Americans were now on their own – they were free to negotiate trade and open new markets for their resources and materials – creating a new era of commerce and starting America on the path to becoming a global power.
Where would the American Revolution inspire other revolutions?
In France and Haiti
What happened after the French helped the American in their war?
They went bankrupt, which hastened the outbreak of the French revolution, and led to a revolution in Haiti
Whose revolution was in lines with similar Enlightenment ideas?
The French Monarchy
What was one slogan of France and Haiti that embodied Enlightenment ideas? And when was it first used?
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité; 1790
What was issued at the start the French revolution?
The Declaration of Man and Citizen
Who composed the Declaration of Man and Citizen?
General Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson
What did the Declaration of Man and Citizen mirror?
Some of the American documents and had most of the same problems of equality and liberty for women, but their issues with slavery would go in a very different direction (see Haitian Revolution).
