CH6 flash cards

DBQ

Evidence Beyond: Sugar Act and Navigation Act, they were cases where the parliament like britian was using taxes. stamp act was direct money, directly from colonists to britain . Colonists had no representation, “no taxation without representation.” naviigation act was to keep colonists like restricted, since it required colonists to go through british ports rather then sneaking around, this was to gain money. 

Context: before Britain was gettting money from trade, african triangle trend. now they tax the colonists because they are broke. and talk about the war. 

KEY BATTLES: 1781 Yorktown, Lexington and concord, saratoga , and bunkerhill. ‘

Valley Forge was Washington's encampment which beats smallpox. Winter of 1777 and 1779, where the soldiers were basically vaccinated to fight off any disease but mainly small pox as it wws a leading cause of death. This gives them an advantage since they didn’t have to worry about disease while in combat. 

Saratoga, the French are like you guys got the skills, so they give training ammunition, blah blah, more battle.  

Thomas Paine writes Common Sense,e which gets people on colonists' side. Basically saying how 

Then woman, some were soldiers and camp followers like medicl aid, blah blah. Sets up the future red cross. 

The First Continental Congress, was only 12 colonies, was in response to the intolerable acts, then they back off and then reconvened as the Second Contential Congress, which were all 13. They were delegates of each colony. They helped Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence, then the signed off on it.  They drafted the Article of Confederation as well.   which was in response to the Boston Tea Party which was the causes of the American Revolution. 

The Battle of Yorktown was when the British waved their flag, and America won. Led to the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which officially ended the American Revolution. Negotiated by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. Big Ben negotiated with the French to help after the Battle of Saratoga. Gives the colonists east of the Mississippi River, under their control now. The French got Quebec and the Louisiana Territory. While America gets freedom. 

The Second Continental Congress had appointed George Washington as general. 

Boston Massacre.

Boston Tea Party throws tea over board in response to no taxation without representation, then they hit them with the intolerable acts. Then they are under Marshal Law, they don’t have their own self-government. Quarter act. Administration congress, no jury and had to besent out to britian for trial. Which leads to the first contetnial congress, only with 12 delegates first. British come to concrd to seize colonial arms, first battle of American Revolution. Second Continental Congress was formed. The purpose was to fix things. 

POST WAR

Economic

North is moving towards free labor, which is working wages, like having jobs. But South is still focused on slavery. The sole of the rpublic like to build a good country they valued equality and how everyone can be a farmer/whatever. Inflation

Colonists were in debt from war, shopkeepers raised prices,s which is inflatation. So general public did not like high prices but government did not want to involve themsleves. Merchants were like leave me alone, can i just sell at my own price. 

Everyone wants to be a small business owner. 

White males, artisans, and farmers gained access to land and trade. 

Women and sllaves did not benefit from this. 

Slavery

Still slavery, especially in the south, however, 5k slaves did get granted freedom after the war.r Slaves used revolution narratives to fight for liberty and rights. They were hypocritical founding fathers. Northern colonies had free soil but still, they were racist. 

South

Rise in plantation owning, abolitionists grew. 

Religious

Thomas Jefferson’s Bill-1786

Eliminates voting requirements

Office holdings and government funds towards churches

Churches are also forced to hold conversions 

emphasizing the separation of state and church. Diests believes in God; however, they believe in science like gravity. For example, catholics and Protestants were only based off religion. Since we are free, they wanted to be more loose with hatred, nd not tax individuals. They also started to also be more open with other religions, such as catholic. You could be fined. Became friends with France, Quebec or Canada, the majority were catholics, so the war showed that they weren’t evil. Widespread religious toleration. 

Virginia wanted to continue to tax the church. While James Madison opposed this, they wanted America to be a free nation and to come for refuge. Wanted to separate religion and politics. 

Daughters of Liberty 

Women get more rights.

Public perception of them and social status had improved. They weremore respeted in politics even if they ouldn’t directly participate. Womens role in famiy hierachy were better. Women were able to take jobs of the men since thye had gone off the war.

Democracy of Freedom 

Equality and freedom main driving force of the nation. Every state made a new constitution after gaining independence, they all had separate ones. The two houses had authority. Power shifted from nnot only being for the wealthy. Democratic states shifted towards forming an entitlement rather than a privilege for example like if you were a citizen then you can vote rather than being a landowner. 

Limits of Liberty

What happened to people who sided with the british.

Not everyone got liberty

2o-25 percent stayed loyal to britain, mainly the south, pennsyslavia and new york.

Mainly, wealthy people they were dependent on britain, they weren’t farmers so they were nothing wiht the connection with britain.

The enslaved were loyalists because they wanted freedom

After the war, 60k were banished. People who stayed faced hostility, their land was cofnsicated. 

Treaty of Paris 1783 ended loyalist persecution, this was poorly enforced. No one actually followed it. 

The decision between South and north, north was educated and not dependent on slavery. We will see as the civil war, loyalists were mainly from the southern states, this gives the bluepiny. Native americans lost liberty. 

None of the men were enlisted; they had never touched a gun. France had given training and weapons, etc… Lafayette French. Saratoga was their first major battle win!!! But before Saratoga, it was the Declaration of Independence 

COMPLEXITY POINT

you could tie to civil war or constitution, civil war is most likely easier