Taxation without representation Flashcards
“Who, amongst us, will not renounce. . . those vain ornaments. . . when she shall consider that the valiant defenders of America will be able to draw some advantage from the money which she may have laid out in these; that they will be better defended from the rigours of the seasons. . . . The time is arrived to display the same sentiments which animated us at the beginning of the Revolution, when we renounced the use of teas. . . rather than receive them from our persecutors. . . .”
Esther DeBerdt Reed, “Sentiments of an American Woman,” 1780
A HISTORIAN WOULD MOST LIKELY USE THIS PASSAGE TO ILLUSTRATE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY DURING THE REVOLUTION?
SUPPORT FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
The excerpt points to offering monetary and material support for the Revolutionary War
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EXPLAINS WHY BRITAIN INSTITUTED NEW TAXES LIKE THE STAMP ACT?
TO PAY OFF BRITISH DEBT AFTER THE SEVEN YEARS´ WAR
After the national debt nearly doubled after the Seven Years´ War. the British instituted new taxed to pay off those debts
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“Whereas, the honorable House of Commons in England have of late drawn into question how far the General Assembly of this colony hath power to enact laws for laying of taxes and imposing duties, payable by the people of this, his majesty’s most ancient colony: . . . the House of Burgesses of this present General Assembly have come to the following resolves:– . . . Resolved, That . . . without interruption enjoyed the inestimable right of being governed by such laws, respecting their internal polity and taxation, as are from their own consent, with the approbation of their sovereign, or his substitute; and that the same hath never been forfeited or yielded up, but hath been constantly recognized by the kings and people of Great Britain.”
-Source: Patrick Henry, Virginia Resolves, 1765
THE AUTHOR OF THIS EXCERPT WAS MOST LIKELY INSPIRED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOVEMENTS?
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
The excerpt states ¨derived from their own consent¨ the colonists should hold as citizens of Britain, an idea echoed in the Enlightenment.
Which of the following identifies a way that women served the revolutionary cause?
SPINNING HOMEMADE CLOTH TO SUPPORT BOYCOTTS
Homespun and weaving parties were popular in the 1760s and 1770s.
