Review test 2 for US History

Stamp Act (1765)

Colonists had to buy a stamp for everyday items such as newpapers

Tea Act (1773)

Boston grants East India Company special concessions in colonial America and shuts down local tea merchants

Sugar Act (1764)

Aimed to reduce the molasses tax and curb smuggling, Britain sought to generate revanue while regulating colonial trade

Proclaimation of 1763

British bans any settlement beyond the Appalachian mountains to prevent any native and colonial american conflicts

Boston Tea Party(1773)

To protest against the tea acts parliment passed, colonists dressed up as native americans and snuck onto an East India Company boat, dumping thousands of tea bag crates down Boston Harbour.

Intolerable Acts (1774)

A series of laws made by parliment to serve as a punishment for massachussetts for the numerous protests against the Bristish.

First Continental Congress (1774)

Delegates from different colonies meet in Philidelphia and issued the Declaration of Rights, annoucing their desire to seperate from Britain.

Lexington and Concord (1775)

British troops were notified by loyalits of the minute men’s secret weaponary and tried to seize them. British won in Lexington against minute men but lost in concord because of the sudden ambush

The Boston Massacre (1770)

A conflict betweeen the colonist and redcoats that resulted in the 5 colonists’ death. Colonist were protesting about the heavy taxes and taunting the redcoats

3 Reasons why the American Colonists rebelled against England

1. Restricting Colonial trade

2. The Boston Massacre

3. No taxation without representation

Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?

To convince Loyalists and undedcided to fight against Britain and gain their independence

How did Common sense aid the cause for revolution ?

Convinced some colonists who haven’t decided whether to side with the Patriots or the Loyalists

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and what was its purpose?

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence to announce the colonists’s desire to seperate from Britain

What are the Key Arguements in the declaration of independence

Everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

The right to revoult against government if it doesnt benefit its people

The governments power comes from the people

What are the key principles of government included in the declaration of independence?

Governments power is limited and defined by the consent of the governed and governments power comes from the people

What was the major issue with the Articles of Confederation?

Had no army or navy to enforce laws and had no money. Its wealth relied on the colonies handing money to them but the colonies themselves had debts.

What does “No taxation without Representation” mean?

If the conlonists aren’t present or represented within the government, then they have no right to be taxed.

What happended at Shay’s rebellion and what did this show about the American People?

Farmers were taxed heavily and had debt they had to pay for, resulting in taking their farmland or jailtime. It showed that the American Government was weak with the Articles of Confederation

What did the Quartering Act of 1765 do?

Declared that the colonists must allow soldiers into their private homes at their expense

What was the roles of the sons of liberty prior to the American Revolution?

They were a pre-revolutionary force that rallied support for colonial resistance against britain through the use of petitions, protests, propaganda and violence.

Explain why the colonist sent the Olive Branch Petition and the King response to it.

Loyalists and colonists who didn’t want war sent a proposal to the king, asking for more independence but still be part of Britain in exchange for peace. The King rejected it