Semester 1 Final Study Guide Second Page Flash Cards:
What effect did Common Sense have on colonies?
Influenced the formation of the United States as a democratic republic and Advocated for American Independence.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
It was the last effort to have peace with Britain.
- It expressed loyalty to the British Crown and requested the king to address their grievances.
- However, King George III refused to read the petition and declared the colonies in rebellion, leading to increased support for independence among the colonists.
What were the intolerable Acts?
- The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party.
- Assert Britain’s authority over the colonies.
- Meant to punish the colonists for the defiance and make an example out of massachusetts.
What was the Boston Massacre?
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution.
- Preston and his soldiers were arrested and jailed and the propaganda machine was in full force on both sides of the conflict.
- It was one-sided.
What was Great Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party?
Great Britain passed the Intolerable Acts:
- The Intolerable Acts closed the port of boston until the price of the lost tea was completely repaid.
- Parliament, or the King, limited town meetings in the state to a yearly event.
What does “Propaganda” mean?
Propaganda is the dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumours, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion.
- Propaganda refers to information, especially biased or misleading information
What was the First Continental Congress? What was its goal?
On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies—except Georgia, which was fighting a Native American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies—met at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to the Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts) recently passed by the British Parliament.
- The purpose of the Congress was to show support for Boston and to work out a unified approach to the British
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry, James Otis, Benedict Arnold and Joseph Warren.
What was Shays Rebellion? Where was it? What did it prove?
Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester.
Where was it? Western Massachusetts.
What did it prove? Shays’ Rebellion underscored weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion? Where was it? What did it prove?
The Whiskey Rebellion was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government.
- A violent tax protest in the U.S.
Where was it? Western Pennsylvania.
What did it prove? Demonstrated that the new federal government had the will and ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The Proclamation of 1763, issued by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War, set territorial limits on where European colonists could settle in America.
- Designed to Appease Native Americans.
- It prohibited American colonies from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
