HISTORY ROAD TO REVOLUTION STUDY GUIDE Flashcards
What were the TWO lanes of the Road to the American Revolution?
Economic lane is trade regulation and taxation. Political lane is ideas about democracy.
What were the Navigation Acts?
acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire by restricting colonial trade to England and decreasing dependence on foreign imported goods.
When the resentment of England was “simmering” versus when it came to a boil.
With the navigation acts they were simmering and when they placed so many rules it started to boil
Give an example of a Navigation Act that upset the colonists.
Molasses Act in 1733 and the Sugar Act in 1764
Liberalism:
openness to new ideas.
Representative government:
our government is elected by citizens
The Constitution:
a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
Separation of powers:
an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
Constitutional Government:
refers to the fact that government in the United States is based on a Constitution which is the supreme law of the United States
Checks and Balances among the US Government Branches:
The ability of each branch to respond to the actions of the other branches
Explain the 17-year-old boy analogy in relation to the British policy of Salutary Neglect.
The 17 year old is like the colonists. They got too much freedom from their mother (England)and they were suddenly put in so many rules they barely had freedom.
Explain how the British policy of Salutary Neglect backfired (worked against) the British.
They started a Revolution
What was the math problem?
Salutary Neglect + Trade Laws+The New Political Values + Taxation Without Representation Equals THE COLONISTS DECLARE FREEDOM
Explain how British policies after the French & Indian War “united the snake”
They let the colonists have to much freedom so the started adding more rules which led to the colonists fighting against it
willingness to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one’s own; openness to new ideas.
Liberalism:
