Revolutionary Period Flashcards
What political practices happened before the Revolution?
Pennsylvania + Southern Colonies:
proprietary colonies
all other colonies:
separation of governmental power into
governor and colonial assembly
Which colonies were self-governing?
Plymouth + Massachusetts in the 17th century
Connecticut + Rhode Island in the 18th century
What was the difference between self-governing colonies and the other colonies?
self-governing: settlers elect governor
normal: british king appointed governor
What were the pros of the seperation of governmental power?
most colonial assemblies have power of the purse
What is the power of the purse?
assembly can decide how money/taxes is spent in colony
What are the cons of the spereration of the governmental power?
voters: only white men, often religious or proprietary qualifications
British king/queen/Governor has right to veto bills
What economic pratices happened led to the Revolution?
British mercantile theory:
colonies are there to enrich mothercountry, not colony
discrimination colonies in econimic ways > high taxes, dependency on Britain Sugar and Molasses Act Iron Act Stamp Act Navigation Act
What means “No taxation without representation”?
colonists want voice and representation in British parliament
What was the settlers’ reaction to this economic discrimination?
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
What was the Boston Tea Party?
rebellion against economic acts
colonists dressed up as Natives to show that they are different than British
destroyed tea packages on ships
What and when was the First Continental Congress?
1774
Delegates from British colonies meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss means of resistance
embargo (Handelsblockade):
no more goods colony > Britain
Where and who said “Give me Liberty or give me death”?
Patrick Henry
1774 First Continental Congress
When was the War of Independence?
1775-1783
What were Minutemen?
American “troops”
no trained military, normal people with weapons
Who trained the American troops?
Baron von Steuben
Prussian military officer
How did the fighting of the War of Indepence start?
British troop attack on Concord (colonists had stocked military supplies)
What is the famous nightride?
Paul Revere forewarned Minutemen for British attack
Where was the real first battle of the War of Independence?
Bunker Hill (Boston, Massachusetts)
Who was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the War of Independenceß
George Washington
What happened on the 2nd Continental Congress in 1775?
decision for independece
Declaration of Independence
British loyalists (Tories) flee to the North and settle in Canada
When was the Declaration of Independence was issued?
July 4 1776
Who drafted the Declaration of Independenceß
Thomas Jefferson
What main issues does the Declaration of Independence say?
all men are created equal: no classes+royalty+arisocracy
pursuit of happiness. free will of choosing job
the government is to serve the people
list what british king done wrong as justification to speak up
Which clause was in the origiginal draft of the Declaration of Independence that was later omitted?
no slavery clause
Why did the US allies military with France in 1778?
first to recognize colonies as independent country
fight against same enemy Britain
What did the Treaty of Paris made official at the end of the war?
independence for the original 13 colonies
United States of America established
rest of north american continent divided between EU powers
What political system was decided on in 1789?
federal republic with a bicameral system
> 2 chambers
What does the US congress consist of?
house of representatives (members depend on population)
senate (2 per state)
Who were the Founding Fathers of the USA?
George Washington Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin James Madison ...
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What is the Bill of Rights established in 1790?
first 10 amendments of consitution
freedom of worship
freedom of speech
freedom of press
When does the constitution comes into force?
1789
When and where is the Capital of the US?
Washington D.C.
1790
When was the US Dollar introduced?
1792
When was the Copy Right Law ntrocued and why was i important?
1790
American literature could no longer be stolen and published in Britain
developement of American literature
What did Washington Irving write?
short stories modelled on European tradition
“Rip van Winkle”
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
What did Lydia Maria Child write?
“Hobomok”
Puritan settlement in Plymouth
critical about white treatement of Natives
What did Catherine Maria Sedgwick write?
“Hope Leslie”
retelling of the Pequot War from a Native persepective
Which two books were critical about the treatement of Natives by white settlers?
“Hobomok” - Lydia Maria Child
“Hope Leslie” Catherine Maria Sedgwick
