Lesson 3 US (with the end of lesson 2)

Question 1

How was the 18th Century Colonial society?

Question 2

When was the Boston Tea Party?

Question 3

When was the founding of the US?

Question 4

What were the main causes of the revolt of the Americans against the Crown of England?

Question 5

When was the declaration of independance?

Question 6

Which American scientist was prominent in the 18th century?

Answer 6

Isaac Newton

Question 7

What were the majors changes in colonial American society in the 18th century?

Answer 7

Science and other things (check the power point)

Question 8

What is mercantilism and how did it profit England?

Answer 8

Maximising taxes for imports

Question 9

What was the Indian trade?

Answer 9

The natives would hunt to get pelts and furs and sell it to settlers that would send it to the UK

Question 10

What was the main source of export?

Answer 10

Agriculture

Question 11

What were the 9 principal ressources exploited and what manufacturing were primarily exported to England, in exchange for surplus in England?

Answer 11

Lumber to make ships
Ship building
Fisheries
Corn, wheat
Livestock, cattle
Tobacco,
Rice
Indigo Dye
Iron
Coal

Question 12

What would England send in exchange for American goods?

Answer 12

Surplus, wool for example

Question 13

What issue in the trading between America and England arose?

Answer 13

It was much more profitable to England

Question 14

By 1775 how was

Answer 14

The America had a third of England’s population and produced 30% of it’s national wealth

Answer 15

America had better conditions of living then any country on earth for non-servants

Question 16

What was salutary neglect?

Answer 16

Because of a lack of fast means of communication, the Crown of England let the colonies organise themselves.

Question 17

What was the consequence of the salutary neglect?

Answer 17

It made America gain more and more independance

Question 18

What was the seven years’ war?

Answer 18

It was a conflict between (dates) …

Question 19

What was the French and Indian war?

Answer 19

Opposed France and Great Britain in the colonies? Lasted 9 years between 1754-1763

Question 20

What kind of colonial restrictions were put into place?

Answer 20

Between 1651 and 1765

Question 21

What were the Economics Restrictions made for?

Answer 21

There was a competition between the Dutch and England. It was to combat that

Question 22

Navigation Laws,

Answer 22

1651

Question 23

What was the Wool act?

Answer 23

A restriction made to make sure colonies would not make wool so that England could still export it (to confirm)

Question 24

What was Pig Iron?

Answer 24

Crude iron.
It was statutory that it had to be send to iron untransformed so that England could manufacture the goods, that would then be sold to the colonies
It was because of the Iron act 1750

Question 25

What was the sugar act?

Answer 25

Made to end the smuggling of goods that started after the Molasses Act 1733

Question 26

What were the Townshend acts?

Answer 26

4 Acts by the UK government to impose a direct revenu tax on the colonies
In 1767

Question 27

What was the Tea Act?

Answer 27

1773
Put in place to rescue the British East India company that was in a difficult spot financially.
Put a monopoly in place so that they would be the only one to sell tea.
Was no longer profitable for other sellers as the prices from the company were extremely slow

Question 28

What was the consequence of the Tea Act?

Answer 28

The Boston tea Party. Thrown all the British Tea In the Boston Bay. Form of boycott.

Question 29

What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 29

1765
Tax on …
No Taxation without representation

Question 30

What was the Quartering Act?

Answer 30

British soldiers could stay in peoples home if they wanted to, for free, it was an obligation for the host
1765

Question 31

What role did the Puritans played in the revolution?

Answer 31

“A special experiment in human freedom”
They implemented the idea that this was God’s mission to create America the way it is; free.
It was supposed to be a model for other countries to follow

Question 32

What poem is written on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?

Answer 32

Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington

Question 33

What 3 important figures were essential to the Revolution?

Question 34

Who are the Founding Fathers?

Question 35

What was Aristotle’s Polity?

Question 36

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

Answer 36

Secretary of Treasure under George Washington

Question 37

What was the Federalist Papers?

Answer 37

Hamilton wrote in it

Question 38

What was the Continental congress and it’s history?

Question 38

Who was Jefferson?

Answer 38

Governor of Virginia
Main author of the declaration of Indepence
3rd president
In the Continental congress

Question 39

Hamilton’s vision:

Answer 39

Individualism, competition, commercial
Commercial and manufacturing based economy
This was to strive for progress and this it the way according to him
He was skeptical vision of human nature, he thought that a strong authoritative government was necessary. He was a federalist
He was for taxes on imported goods heavily to fund the Bank of America

Question 40

Jefferson’s vision

Answer 40

Liberal, egalitarian
For an agriarian based economy
For him, freedom was based on the ownership of land
Education and Agriculture was the way to becoming virtuous
He thought the power should be held primarily by individual states
He was less elitist and had faith in the common man and their jugement what’s right or wrong

Question 41

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 41

1706-1790
Rag-to-riches hero from a poor family
Printer, investor, written, politician, inventor, diplomat and philanthropist
Worked on electricity, the lightning rod as his invention
Under the name of Richard Sandlers “Poor RIchard’s Almanac”, that was a best seller

Question 42

When was the declaration of independence?

Answer 42

4th of July 1776

Question 42

1775

Answer 42

The beginning of the battle between Britain and America