Unit 2 Id cards

Question 1

Headright system

Answer 1

Sir Edwin Sandy, Indentured servants, landowners
What: a practice where settlers granted land to settlers in exchange for more population and a 4-7 year work

Impact: increased pop. increase indentured servants

Question 2

House of Burgess

Answer 2

Payton Randolph, William Byrd, G. Wash., Thomas Jef.
what: 1st legislative body in north america(only white men)

impact: establish a representative gov. expanding rights

Question 3

Indentured Servitude

Answer 3

Immigrants, land owners
what: men and women who agreed to work 4-7 yrs for 50 car of land.

impact: cheap way to get labor but pave way for slavery.

Question 4

Puritans

Answer 4

religous pilgrims
what: religious reform movement where they wanted to change how the church of England is.

impact: created education system, equality for woman, social,, political foundation for new world.

Question 5

Mayflower Compact

Answer 5

all 41 men on mayflower
what: a brief doc that was sued as forming a gov and how people would establish “for the grater good of the colony”.

impact: Brought the english concept of law and liberty to new world. social contract

Question 6

Pequot War

Answer 6

Native american, english settler John Mason
What: two grops wanted control of land for trade. English won

impact: took out all culture of the pequot nation and the 1638 treaty of Hartford was established

Question 7

Kind Phylips war

Answer 7

Native americas v english settlers
what: seen as a final attempt to drive the colonist away from the native land

impact: native American lost their land and the colonist took over the land “took over legally”

Question 8

Bacon rebellion

Answer 8

laborers(nathanal Bacon) v. virgina gov (william Berkley)
what: armed rebellion by Verginia setlers to go against berkley since he wouldnt’ protect them from the Native American attacks.

Impact: decrease in indetured servants and increase in slaves

Question 9

Enlightenment

Answer 9

John Locke, Montesquiu
what: an intellectual and cultural movement that emphasize reason over superstition and science over blind faith

impact: Brought secular idea to Europe and reshaped how people understood issues

Question 10

Great awakening

Answer 10

Johnathan Edward, George Whitefield
what: a revival that swept protestantism in British colonies and ched the fabric of religion in early America. result of enlightenment

impact: altered religion in the American colonies and encourage people to make personal connections Methodist and Baptist grew.

Question 11

French and Indian war

Answer 11

british, french, native american, colonist
what: a conflict between britain and France over who will gain control of north America. Also known as the 7 year war the French allied with natives and they fought against brit

impact: British gained a lot of control over area dn ended with treaty of Paris. the colonial discontent over brit lead to American revolution

Question 12

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 12

king George 3, British Parliament, colonist, indigenous people
what: after French and Indian war king decided no colonist can settle past Appalachian mountains because king could not protect.

impact: closed colonial expansion of land and angered the colonist. the brit can now tax the colonist

Question 13

salary neglect

Answer 13

Robert Walpole, Edmund Burke, colonist
what: brit unofficial policy to turn its eyes from America and have a little bit of free governing without brit interference for 150 years

impact allowed American colonist to establish foreign trading relationships without britain.

Question 14

sugar act

Answer 14

George Grenville(prime minister), American colonist
what: a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods from ONLY the colonist in america to pay for the French and indian war

impact: balance between America and Britain trade is messed up and also it upset colonist to create sons of liberty

Question 15

stamp act

Answer 15

British parelement, brit soldiers, north america
What: passed by brit parliament for pay for troopers in colonies requested to pay tax on stapes, different parter, documents, and playing cards

impact : violent posted in America where the idea no taxation without representation was created.

Question 16

Sons of Liberty

Answer 16

Samuel Adams
what: a group of American colonist who used civil disobedience to protest britain through boycott and public protest against the taxes put on the colonist only

impact; prevented stamp act, started Boston tea party, pave way to American independence

Question 17

Townshed act

Answer 17

Charles Townshed, brit parliament, American colonies
what: to help pay expenses there was a tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea

impact: Raied price of tea and hurt the other colonial shipping companies because only could buy from british controled compnay

Question 18

“Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania”

Answer 18

John Dickinson
what: a series of essays to protest the Townshed act

impact: united the colonist together against the Townshed act and a run up to American revolution.

Question 19

committees of correspondence

Answer 19

colonist
what: a committee in response to the gaspee affair, a way for American colonistt to communicate and to share ideas plus disgusts independence

impact: Rallied colonial opposition against the brish policies and established a political union among the 13 colonies

Question 20

Boston massacre

Answer 20

Crispus Attucks, brit soldiers, colonist
What: redcote sent to calm colonist after Townshed act and they fired into the crowed because one thought he heard fire

impact: added to he tension between the two and is the first time an American is killed by a British soldier. considered one of the first battles

Question 21

Tea act

Answer 21

British Parliamentary, American colonies
what: a law giving all control of tread and delivery of tea to the east Indian tea company because british need money and they would tax the tea

impact: cut off colonial merchants and made it illigal to buy non British tea. angering the sons of liberty and lead to Boston tea party

Question 22

Boston Tea party

Answer 22

sons of liberty, British, East Indian tea company, British parlement
what; group of colonist destroyed a large British tea shipment into the Boston harbor dressed as native Americans.

impact: coercive act and closing the ports, angering the king, losing millions of dollars

Question 23

Coercive/ Intolerable act

Answer 23

British parlement, American colonist(Massachusetts bay)
what: punish the colonist for dumping the tea and this limited colonial power, had royal government reinstated, forced colonial back in place and closed the ports

impact:took self governing away and made the colonist angery

Question 24

First Continental congress

Answer 24

Patrick Henry, G. Wash., John and Samuel Adams
what: a meeting of delegates from 12/13 colonies that talked about what they wanted to do with the rules

impact: compact among the colonies to boycott british goods

Question 25

Olive Branch Petition

Answer 25

John Dickinson, King George lll
what: a document sent to king George 3 as an attempt to avoid war between the two but king didn’t give two shits.

Impact: king issued proclamation of rebellion that declared open rebellion towards the colonies

Question 26

Second continental congress

Answer 26

Ben frank, Thomas jeff
What: wanted to establish independence and create a Continental army. drafted the olive Branch petition and after the boston mass. they were getting ready to begin war.

impact: creation of declaration of indepence

Question 27

Common Sense

Answer 27

Thomas Paine
what: made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles that would need to happen to declare independence (pusuaid)

impact: untied citizens transfored a colonial quarrel to American revolution.

Question 28

Lee’s Resolution

Answer 28

Richard Henry lee
what: an act of the second continental Congress declaring the 13 colonies independent

impact: the United States of america

Question 29

Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 29

Americans(general Thomas gage), British
what; people from Connecticut mass, new hampshire, rhode island fought Britain

impact: any form of reconciliation with brit is lost and proved that the colonist had fight in them

Question 30

Valley forge

Answer 30

12000 continental’s , aftican, native Americans, Led by G. Washington
what: Continental army struggle to manage a disastrous supply crisis while they try to fight against Britain.

impact: reshaped into a more unified core and also fought many small battles with britian

Question 31

The wealth of nations

Answer 31

Adam Smith
what: free market and invisible hand and open market can promote money

impact: provided a foundation for economist, political to build on

Question 32

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 32

France, American colonist, Britain, Lord corwallis
what: French fleet and American alliance trap British army at yorktown virginia

impact: the loss broke the resolve of the British government and will soon surrender

Question 33

Stono Rebellion

Answer 33

South Carolina slaves(20), Spanish florida
what: uprising of 20 slaves who were trying to go to Spanish controlled Florida for freedom. killed two colonist

impact:led to fear in slave domination and strict laws against slavery interactions

Question 34

Triangular Trade

Answer 34

north and south America, West indies, Europe, africa
what:
e-Afri= arms textile, wine
Africa- America= slaves
america- eur= sugar, coffee

impact:Big slavery in southern colonies cuaisng cultural divide between the northern and southern colonies

Question 35

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 35

Ben Frank, colonies, britian
what:a proposal to establish more centralized government for colonies. the plan was motivated by british concerns that colonies were not having a united front against French

impact: failing on both sides increased the tension between colonist and Britain. colonist hoped to increase individual power

Question 36

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 36

American colonist, British, French, Native Americans
what: a turning point in the revolutionary war. the Americans defet British army lifted patriotic moral. further they hoped for independence.

impact : American victory convinced France and Spain to join the fight against britian and results in American victory

Question 37

Treat of Paris (American revolution)

Answer 37

American colonist, Britian
what: officially end the American revolution as they say US is now a independent nation, established the boarder between us and Canada, formally ending britian rule

impact:American gain independence and brit cede so much land to america it ignored american Indian territory rights from French and Indian wars. new “republicanism” sets.