The Start Flashcards
In what way were colonists not Britains?
They felt inferior to the mother country.
By 1760 most of the colonies had in place all the conditions necessary to be self-governing states.
Ethnic and religious diversity.
Several generations of colonists had lived and died in the colonies having never been to England.
The colonies had many landowners.
What was the length of time between the first settlement at Jamestown and the Declaration of Independence?
Roughly the same time between the Declaration of Independence and World War II.
Who came to the colonies?
Risk takers.
Religiously oppressed.
What was the great awakening?
The great awakening preached spiritual equality and included women African-Americans and the poor and the power of making choices was also anti-authoritarian.
What were the Virginia resolutions?
The Virginia resolutions said that the colonists had come to Virginia with equal rights to all British subjects and that they still retained them that Virginians alone had the right to directly tax Virginians and that only those who would be affected by taxes at the right to pass them.
What were two unintended outcomes of the Stamp Act?
1) The stamp act attacked all the colonies equally so it actually helped to join them together in a shared cause.
2) Because he stamp act attacked paper it attacked people who were the most prestigious and vocal in the colonies including lawyers newspaper writers printers and merchants.
When were the Virginia resolutions passed?
May 1765
Why was the Stamp Act passed?
To pay for having British soldiers in the colonies to protect them.
To help pay for the cost of the French Indian war.
England was suffering from an enormous national debt.
What did the colonists do when they felt the arbitrary power of Parliament?
Appealed to the King.
Boycotted English goods.
Set up a Continental congress.
Demonstrated.
What happened to the colonists response to the Stamp Act?
Troops began to arrive in Boston.
A military commander Sir Thomas Gage was sent in as Gov. of Massachusetts.
What were the intolerable acts?
1) The Boston Port act.
2) The quartering act.
3) The administration of justice act.
4) The Massachusetts government act.
What was the Quartering Act?
Legalized the quartering of British troops not only an empty buildings or taverns but also in private homes.
What was the administration of justice act.
It’s said that a fair trial could not be had for a British soldier or official in Massachusetts so the trial would be transferred to another colony or to England
What was the Massachusetts government act?
A new charter for the colony of Massachusetts that allowed a governor to be appointed by the king who could then appoint his own counsel rather than having the council be elected by the colonists.
What was the Boston Port Act?
Closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea they had destroyed.
