Origin

Question 1

Colonial Settler State

Answer 1

EU settled people in US
Extend the power of the colonial empires
Remove threatening or economically burden people

Question 2

Why British Settlers Want Representation?

Answer 2

King George 3 taxed BS to pay for war with France
Scottish MPs got a seat in Westminster, but they didn’t. (The Act of Union 1707)
MC wanted a say in politics and running the colonies

Question 3

Policy of Protectionism

Answer 3

not allowed to trade with other countries except Britain

Question 4

British Settlers

Answer 4

English, Scots, ulster Scots farmers
Left because of religious discrimination in Britain and economic disadvantage
Will become political invested
Most settled in North America
Created a sophisticated urban society with a growing MC and planter class

Question 5

French Settlers

Answer 5

Poorer settlers
People engaged in fur trading or fishing
Did not develop large urban societies in America
Largely a-political

Question 6

Federalism

Answer 6

The division and sharing of power between the national gov and individual localities and regions
British has devolution (1998), basic type of federalism

Question 7

Northern Colonies

Answer 7

Mainly urban/ mercantile with skilled
- MC, make own money, pre-industrial
Rural areas have high land ownership among poor farmers

Question 8

Southern Colonies

Answer 8

Planter Class
- Involved with the slave trade
Land ownership divided into large plantations
Few urban areas serve mostly as ports for north south trade

Question 9

Why Would Settlers Want Federalism?

Answer 9

So they can have more say and power in their areas
Get away from King George’s control
Different regions are different, so they can determine policies that affect them

Question 10

Shays Rebellion

Answer 10

1986
farmers rebelled against taxes
weak federal gov can’t raise taxes to pay an army because of the Articles of Confederation 1777 made it weak as it prioritised the power of the states
a local militia had to stop it

Question 11

Annapolis Convention 1786

Answer 11

A political gathering that recommends a convention to review the weaknesses of the articles

Question 12

The Philadelphia Convention 1787

Answer 12

55 delegates from 12 states draft a replacement for the articles
doc that made the role of the federal gov wider and restricted in a codified and legally entrenched constitutional order