Chapter 7

Question 1

Republicanism

Answer 1

Self reliance, against corruption, mindset of revolution

Question 2

Currency problems in America:

Answer 2

We did not have a lot of gold/silver, started printing money (Parliament shut down)

Question 3

Royal Veto

Answer 3

Mother country can veto laws passed by colonial legislature (didn’t happen often)

Question 4

Mercantilism/Navigation: affect on America

Answer 4

We benefitted because rarely enforced, and had pipeline to England

Question 5

Why England in debt?

Answer 5

Because of 7 years war in Europe

Question 6

George Grenville

Answer 6

Said America had to pay 1/3 of war debt (b/c brought troops for French-Indian War)

Question 7

What did Americans say in response to taxes?

Answer 7

“No taxation without representation”

Question 8

Sugar Act: date, what?

Answer 8

1764, indirect tax (sales tax) & didn’t earn enough money

Question 9

Quartering act

Answer 9

1764, colonies had to provide food and shelter for redcoats

Question 10

Stamp act

Answer 10

1765, direct tax, anything wanted legal, had to pay for stamp

Question 11

Direct tax:

Answer 11

give taxes directly to government (paying tolls, licenses)

Question 12

Indirect tax:

Answer 12

Give taxes to middle man, hidden in cost (sales tax)

Question 13

Virtual Representation meaning

Answer 13

Britain takes care of all colonies so everyone represented in parliament

Question 14

Stamp act congress

Answer 14

9/13 colonies show up in NYC to discuss how to get rid of stamp act

Question 15

Non-importation agreements

Answer 15

AKA Boycotts, thought of at stamp act congress to combat stamp act

Question 16

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Answer 16

Radicals, and violent, burn down stamp offices, tar feather officers (didn’t work, boycotting did)

Question 17

Radical meaning

Answer 17

extreme/extreme ideas, not necessarily violent

Question 18

Declatory act

Answer 18

Britain said would tax people again, American’s didn’t believe because boycott worked

Question 19

Barter meaning

Answer 19

Trade in equal value

Question 20

What do the stripes on the flag represent?

Answer 20

The thirteen colonies

Question 21

Townshend

Answer 21

Prime minister after Grenville, made Townshend tax

Question 22

Townshend tax

Answer 22

tax on everyday things (didn’t work this time, repealed bc of boycotts)

Question 23

Boston Massacre description:

Answer 23

Redcoats shot and killed five radicals who were taunting them

Question 24

First dead in revolution/Boston Massacre

Answer 24

Crispus Attucks (ex slave and leader of radicals)

Question 25

Massacre meaning

Answer 25

Killing many people (very brutal)

Question 26

Propaganda

Answer 26

exaggerated news, twisted to appeal to masses

Question 27

Who painted the famous engraving of the massacre?

Answer 27

Paul Revere, to spread news and illicit fear throughout colonies

Question 28

John Adams vs. Sam Adams

Answer 28

John Adams wanted slow change, whereas Sam wanted quick and radical change (cousins)

Question 29

What did John Adams do after the massacre?

Answer 29

Defended the British in court

Question 30

Lord North

Answer 30

Prime minister after Townshend, got ride of Townshend and sent troops home after massacre

Question 31

Quiet time

Answer 31

no troops and no taxes in America 1770-1773 (radicals sad)

Question 32

Samuel Adams: what do/known for?

Answer 32

Set up the Committee of Correspondence; "penman of revolution"

Question 33

Committee of Correspondence

Answer 33

representative in each colony to send letters to one another to keep each other updated

Question 34

Monopoly on tea: Explain

Answer 34

Parliament gave East India Company (tea company) monopoly over tea sales in the colonies b/c everyone drank tea: ran American tea companies to the ground, and people upset

Question 35

Boston Tea Party (explain & when):

Answer 35

1773, conservatives dressed as natives as disguise, threw 342 cases of tea into Boston Harbor as a symbol to the British

Question 36

What did an angry King George 3rd pass?

Answer 36

Coercive acts in 1774

Question 37

Other word for coercive acts (1774)

Answer 37

Intolerable acts

Question 38

4 Intolerable/coercive acts:

Answer 38

1. Boston Harbor closed 2. Town meetings are illegal 3. British general now governor of Massachusetts 4. If British soldier commits crime, trial in London instead of Boston (British get away with anything)

Question 39

Quebec act:

Answer 39

Gave French people in Quebec more rights and land; thought of by Americans as part of intolerable acts because French=Catholic

Question 40

First Continental Congress: Results & When & Where

Answer 40

1774, Philadelphia: Radicals & Conservatives debate about the Intolerable Acts - Conservatives win with plan for association

Question 41

Association meaning

Answer 41

Called for complete boycott

Question 42

When was the start of the American Revolution?

Answer 42

April 19, 1775 - Lexington, Massachusetts

Question 43

Why Brits go to Lexington and Concord

Answer 43

Lexington: Sam Adams and John Hancock Concord: ammo (now hidden) and supplies

Question 44

Who is Thomas Gage?

Answer 44

General in America (Brit) w/ 4,000 troops in Boston

Question 45

Who warns Americans British (regulars) are coming?

Answer 45

Paul Revere watching, gets caught, Samuel Prescod warns Lexington and Concord instead

Question 46

What is the "Shot Heard Around the World"

Answer 46

The first shot fired in Lexington; no one knows who shot first bullet (on Brit side) (rest fled, only 8 died in Lexington)

Question 47

What happens when/after Brits get to Concord?

Answer 47

Find nothing in Concord, and fall prey to guerrilla warfare all the way back to the base

Question 48

Tory meaning

Answer 48

American who supports British

Question 49

Minutemen

Answer 49

Citizen militia

Question 50

Advantages and Disadvantages for Americans:

Answer 50

A1: Know land A2: self-sustaining A3: gave good leaders A4: good marxmen A5: no major cities hurting/supplying all D1: South and NE hate each other D2: Not much unity D3: No money

Question 51

Advantages and disadvantages for British:

Answer 51

A1: 50,000 men army A2: Mercenaries from other countries A3: Navy D1: Far from home D2: Fighting against French too D3: not good leadership D4: Didn't know land

Question 52

What years were the American Revolution?

Answer 52

1775-1781