The American Revolution Study Guide Flashcards
What was the major difference between the colony of Rhode Island and the colony of Massachusetts
Road Island had complete religious freedom but Massachusetts didn’t have it completely
What were the cash crops that supported the southern colonies
Tobacco rice and indigo
What factors caused the decline in population of Jamestown colony between 1609 and the spring of 1610
The starving times and there was also a drought
Great awakening
A religious movement that became widespread in the American colonies in 1730s and 1740s
What affected the great awakening have on the political life of the colonies
Sermans Led some colonist to begin demanding more political equal. It also change the colonial religion. Connor started to question authority because they were taught that everyone is equal
How did the ideas developed during the Enlightenment and the great awakening influence the colonist view of government
Protect their natural rights
Why did the British prohibit calling us from moving west of the appalachian mountains
They wanted to keep them safe from the French and Indian war
What items were taxed under the stamp act
Newspapers pamphlets and marriage license
Why did colonists oppose the stamp act
They felt their freedom had been threatened in the resented being taxed without the Consent
How did the colonist show their opposition to the stamp act
Went into a complete boycott
What items were taxed in the Townsend acts
Glass lead paper paint and tea
Which European nations had colonies in North America in the 1600s?
Franks Neverland England and Spain
What does the phrase taxation without representation mean and why did it become a rallying cry for revolution
To be taxed without knowing
What event or events cause the Boston massacre
The quartering act
What was the Boston tea party and what were colonist protesting
The Boston tea party was at Parliament passed the tea act which gave to British Indies company of complete monopoly of the American T business meaning only can buy from that company that colonist were protesting the tea act, the sons of liberty organized the Boston tea party
Why was the Boston tea party a significant event leading up to independence and revolution
Shows that they can work together to do something they want to accomplish
How was Massachusetts Connie punished for the Boston tea party
Intolerable acts
Where did British troops expect to find a colonial weapons storehouse when they marched from Boston on the night of April 18, 1775
seized store
What British action led the colonist inform the first Continental Congress in 1774
The coercive of acts
What actions did the First Continental Congress take
The conus Poseidon their own individual differences and 12 to 13 Colonial representatives met informed a First Continental Congress
What issue you did the second Continental Congress discuss
Act as a national government establishing the Continental Army, giving a commission to general Washington
What is the unalienable acts?
Refers to that which cannot be given or taken away
Which philosopher had the greatest influence on Thomas Jefferson and his drafting of the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
What ideas does the Declaration of Independence present as self evident
All men are created equally
