Part 2 Flashcards
Albany Plan of Union –
a. Who wrote it?
b. What was the purpose of the plan?
c. Why was it rejected by the colonies?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. An attempt to create one general government for the British colonies. Called for a Grand Council made up of representatives from each colony. The council would make laws, raise taxes, and set up the defense of the colonies.
c. None of the colonies wanted to give up its power to a central council
The Mason Dixon Line is between ______ and ______
Pennsylvania and Maryland
Treaty of Paris 1763
a. Ended what conflict?
b. The treaty gave ______(country) all lands east of the _______ River except the port city of _______ in Louisiana. They also received _________ from Spain. All of the land west of the river was given to ________(country).
c. What 2 nations controlled North America afterward?
a. The French and Indian War
b. Britain, Mississippi, New Orleans, Florida, Spain
c. Britain and Spain
Why did more Natives fight for the French during the war?
French appreciated them more accepting their way of life and marrying them.
Proclamation Line –
a. Kept colonists from?
b. Purpose?
a. Traveling and settling west of the Appalachian mountains.
b. Keep the Indian territory safe and the colonists safe from Native raids
Stamp Act and Sugar Act –
a. Which came first?
b. What was the argument that the colonists used to not pay taxes?
a. Sugar Act
b. “No taxation without representation!”
Boston Massacre –
a. When?
b. What happened?
c. How was it used as propaganda?
a. March 5, 1770
b. Colonists aggravated the soldiers, soldiers panicked and fired
c. Paul revere made an artwork that was extremely exaggerated saying how the soldiers attacked them
Boston Tea Party –
a. When?
b. What group was responsible?
c. What happened?
d. Britain’s response?
a. Late November 1173
b. Sons of Liberty
c. They disguised themselves as natives and dumbed 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor.
d. Intolerable acts
Thomas Paine –
a. What did he write to inspire independence?
b. What did it say?
a. Common Sense
b. That Americans will never have a positive outcome from staying with Britain. Anything right or reasonable begs for a separation between them.
Patrick Henry –
a. What did he say in his famous speech regarding independence?
b. Where was Patrick Henry from?
a. Give me liberty or give me death
b. Virginia
Declaration of Independence –
a. When was it approved (date)?
b. Who wrote it?
c. How did the Enlightenment affect it?
d. What are 3 rights humans possess and from whom did Jefferson get this idea?
e. What is the purpose of government according to the Declaration?
f. From whom does the government get its power?
g. What can a person do if government doesn’t protect their rights?
a. July 4, 1776
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. It brought America closer together
d. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
e. To protect natural rights and liberties
f. People (colonies)
g. Throw off the government
Define Unalienable rights
Choice of how to live.
Abigail Adams –
a. Spouse?
b. Her role in the fight for women’s rights?
a. John Adams
b. Called for better rights for women
American Revolution –
a. Who was the commissioned Commander of the Continental Army?
b. When (year) did the war begin?
c. When (month and year) was the surrender?
d. Significance of the war?
a. George Washington
b. 1765
c. October, 1781
d. America won its independence
Thomas Paine –
a. What was the pamphlet that he wrote to help the soldiers called?
b. What did it say?
a. The American Crisis
b. That everything will be worth it and you must fight for freedom no matter what the cost.
