History - British North America Flashcards
Q: What are patriots?
A: People living in the 13 colonies who wanted their independence from Britain
Q: What are the loyalists?
A: People living in the 13 colonies who were loyal to Britain.
Q: Name at least three of the 13 colonies:
North Carolina, South Carolina, New York
Q: Britain was left with huge amounts of debts after the 7 years’ war.
What was the solution?
A: Taxing the British colonies (13 colonies)
Q: What was the tea act?
The East India Company was given the right to sell tea in NA, upset the colonists who refused to let the companies’ ships come into the New York and Philadelphia harbours.
Q: What was the sugar act?
A: British parliament made a law that taxed sugar and molasses, colonists then boycotted sugar.
Q: What is the Boston tea party?
A: 3 tea-carrying ships were allowed in the Boston harbor. Upset because of this, Americans went on tea ships dressed as natives and dumped the tea into the harbor.
Q: What was the first intolerable act?
A: Boston was closed to all shipping until all of the destroyed tea was paid for
What was the second intolerable act?
Quebec was given control over the Ohio territory
Q: What was the stamp act?
A: British Parliament made a law that taxed all legal documents newspapers but soon the government had to recall the law.
Q: What were the Townshend acts?
A: The British Parliament made a tax for glass, tea, lead, paper, and paint. The colonists avoided purchasing British goods. The British government recalled the law in 1770 but kept tax on tea.
What Happened to the Townshend act?
The British government recalled the law in 1770 but kept the tax on tea.
Q: Who did all these acts benefit?
A: All these acts mostly benefited the British Parliament.
Q: What is the invasion of Quebec?
A: Americans felt it was their duty to free Quebec from British rule so they attacked Quebec and Montreal
Q: Who signed the treaty of Paris?
A: France and Britain
Q: Who benefited from the treaty of Paris?
A: The French
Q: What did the British get in the treaty of paris?
A: Land from the french.
Q: What is the Nova Scotia Rebellion?
A: Parts of Nova Scotia were attacked by private American ships, They tried to attack Fort Cumberland but it didn’t work.
Q: What did the French get in the treaty of Paris?
A: - fishing rights in Newfoundland and in the gulf of st. Lawrence, limited freedom of worship rights and religion rights
Q: Who did the proclamation benefit?
A: the first nations
Q: What was the proclamation?
Determines who owns the land and who owned it first. King George said that First Nations people could own land, if they wanted to sell it, it could only be sold to the King
Q: Who did the Quebec act benefit?
A: The french
Q: What was the Quebec act?
by King George III (British) wanted the French to be loyal to hin so he gave them privileges
Q: What were the privileges given in the Quebec act?
A: freedom of religion, fishing rights, and business ownership
Q: Who created the constitutional act and when?
A: British parliament made it in 1791
Q: What is the constitutional act?
A: divided Quebec into 2 different colonies: Upper and Lower Canada.
Q: What were the major changes for upper Canada?
English speaking, civil and criminal law
British land ownership system
Right for the contestant churches and schools
Lieutenant governor
Q: What were the major changes for lower Canada?
A: - French speaking French civil law English criminal law French system of land use Roman Catholic church maintained right Governor
Q: Who benefited from the constitution act?
A: french and english
