Revolutionary Era

Question 1

British salutary neglect

Answer 1

Allowed colonists to govern themselves without interference

• George Greenville taxed the colonies
• Would help repay debt the British government had in the French and Indian war

Question 2

British policy

Answer 2

Proclamation of 1763-Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains

Question 3

Sugar tax(1764)

Answer 3

Actions
-tax on molasses, textiles, wine, sugar, coffee, and other imports
Colonial response
-solely to produce revenue
Results
-Greater regulation of American shipping

Question 4

Stamp act(1765)

Answer 4

Actions
-Printed documents(newspapers)
Colonial response
-(Sons of Liberty)- Led by Samuel Adams protested tax
-Tax collectors tarred and feathered 
Results
-British repeal stamp act

Question 5

Fighting erupts(colonists vs British government)

Answer 5

General Thomas Gage(military governor of Massachusets)
-Ordered by British to confiscate weapons that Rebels had been collecting in concord and arrest their leaders(Samuel Adams and John Hancock)

Question 6

Lexington and concord

Answer 6

Forty nine colonial fighters and seventy three British troops were killed

Question 7

Olive branch petition

Answer 7

Delegates from the colonies made one last attempt at peace, in which they pledged loyalty to the king and asked him to recall the troops in Boston

Question 8

Declaration of Independence

Answer 8

• All men are created equal and have rights

- When a government violates a right the people have the right to abolish the government

Question 9

Turning points

Answer 9

Battle of Saratoga
-Defeat of the British by American colonists convinced the French to give military and economic aid to colonists
Battle of Yorktown
-Washington forced general Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
-Britian recognized independence of U.S

Question 10

Articles of confederation

Answer 10

Weaknesses
-no national court system
-no authority in congress to regulate interstate or foreign commerce
Strengths
-ended revolutionary war
-passed northwest ordinances shock regulated sale of western land

Question 11

Problems for new government

Answer 11

Economic distress- national government could not tax so printed large amounts of paper money to pay off war debts(caused inflation)
Shays rebellion- farmers began protest against government
Constitutional convention- strong central government was created

Question 12

Federalist vs anti federalists

Answer 12

Federalists
-supporters of constitution 
-strong central government 
Anti federalists 
-opposed constitution
-weak central government

Question 13

French and Indian war(seven years war)

Answer 13

• Established England as dominant power

- Albany plan was an attempt to form a defensive Union for war with France(did not take effect)