Unit 2 Test Flashcards
How were American colonists taxed compared to their British counterparts in the mid-eighteenth century?
Much less, very low
As Europeans gained more control in North America, how did the different native tribes respond?
They became more unified
What did the Proclamation of 1763 forbid?
British colonists settling west of the Appalachians
The American Revenue Act was commonly known as what?
The Sugar Act
Which act was designed to address imperial financial concerns?
Currency Act
Colonists generally believed that only who could tax them?
Colonial Legislatures
Which act was the first to impose an internal tax on the colonies?
The stamp act
When did colonists begin to protest the Stamp Act?
Months before it went into effect
In 1767, Parliament passed an act suspending which colonial legislature?
New York
The non importation movement significantly reduced imports in which colony?
Massachusetts
How did the British react to the Boston Tea Party?
They passed the coercive acts
What did colonists call the Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts collectively?
Intolerable acts
What was the impact of the Boston Tea Party during the colonial era?
It was an unknown event with little significance
What did the conciliatory proposition pledge?
Not to tax colonists
During the rev war, loyalists made up about how much of the colonial pop.?
20%
Why did the Republican theory mistrust professional armies?
They were the instruments of tyrants
Why did the patriots make an effort to spread the news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
So they could garner support
Why is the continental army’s winter at valley forge famous?
Soldiers died from cold, disease, and starvation (it sucked)
How did the French view American victory at Saratoga?
America had a viable future (They could hold their own)
Besides Washington’s leadership, what was the most crucial reason for the American victory in the rev. war?
The aid of the French
Why did Chesapeake planters refuse to pay their debts to Britain?
Britain had freed many slaves w/out compensation to slave owners
Constitutional Convention
Location- Philadelphia
Leaders- James Madison & Alexander Hamilton
What concession was made to southern delegates to gain their support for the federal gov. power to regulate trade policies
Northern delegates agreed to drop demands for abolition of the slave trade
Describe the American economy after the war.
They were short of money and had diminished incomes. Am. consumers pulled back on spending, prompting waves of bankruptcy.
The constitution established what kind of government?
Federal
Ways revolution impacted women?
greater access to education
What was the goal of economic nationalists?
secure a charter for the Bank of North America
Coming out of the constitutional convention, which unresolved issue would have the greatest impact on later American History
slavery
How did the British respond to the states failure to repay loyalists
They kept their forts in the West.
What bold plan did Hamilton create in an effort to address the rev. war debt
Having the federal gov. fund the national debt at its full value
In his fair well address, Washington devoted most of his time to what topic?
Denouncing partisan politics
Who was alarmed by the growing violence of the French Revolution
Federalists
The xyz affairs almost caused what to take place?
Declaration of war against France
Why were the federalists targeting immigrants in the Alien acts
Many immigrants voted for the republican parties
What was used to justify increased taxation in the British colonies?
The colonies had benefited from the wars that put Britain into debt
How did the first continental constitution feel about war with Britain?
They were timid but were ready to declare war.
Why was George Washington nominated as commander in chief of the army?
He has military experience and was from the South.
How did the revolution impact the number of free black Americans? How did it impact slavery in the North?
A large number of slaves were freed and many others escaped.
When the states began to write their own constitutions, they tended to do what regarding qualifications for voting?
Voting was legal for those who had ownership of land
Why did more North American leaders become nationalists in the mid-1780’s
They realized that major crisis’s required more national attention
Bill of Rights (2 and 3)
2nd ammendment- right to bear arms in a militia
3rd- quartering of soldiers
What caused whiskey rebellion?
Colonial anger over a tax on whiskey
How did Washington’s Farewell Address set the tone for American foreign policy?
It made them to be in a state of neutrality for a hundred years
Why were framers intentionally vague about federal judiciary?
They wanted a difference in state and national laws.
Why did southerners and northerners disagree on the tariff act of 1789?
Northern manufacturers wanted high duties to protect industry, southern planters wanted no tariff so they could foster cheap consumer imports.
