American revolution

Question 1

Salutary neglect

Answer 1

Policy in Britain in the mid 1800’s. The trade regulation would be lax as long as the colonies were loyal

Question 2

Financial impact of French and Indian war

Answer 2

Costly to British and they must start taxing colonies in ways they never have before

Question 3

Proclamation of 1763 and American responses

Answer 3

When the war ended people thought they could move west and they never fighting with the Indians and the British banned Americans to cross the appalachians and stationed troops along the border

Question 4

Appalachians

Answer 4

Mountain range that marked the western border for the 13 colonies

Question 5

Mercantilism and the 13 colonies

Answer 5

The Americans provided the raw materials to britian and then they sold the manufactured goods back to America

Question 6

Stamp act

Answer 6

Taxes all paper goods in the colonies

Question 7

Stamp act congress

Answer 7

Elites of 9 colonies came to protest British action

Question 8

Sons of liberty

Answer 8

Secret group formed by colonists founded by Samuel Adams that fought against taxation by the British and they were not afraid of destroying property

Question 9

Non importation agreement

Answer 9

A series of commercial restrictions adopted by American colonists to protect British taxes (they stopped importing goods that Britain was taxing)

Question 10

No taxation without representation

Answer 10

The colonists complained that there were too many taxes without their consent

Question 11

Tea act

Answer 11

Reduced the amount of tea held by the British east India company so that the company could survive

Question 12

Intolerable acts

Answer 12

Laws put in place on the colonists In Massachusetts as punishment for protesting the tea act
It closes the port of Boston

Question 13

Continental congress

Answer 13

12 of 13 colonies get together to discuss a plan to do something anbout the intolerable acts

Question 14

Minute men

Answer 14

A type of militia man. They had volunteered to be ready to fight in a minutes notice

Question 15

Common sense

Answer 15

A political pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and it was overly in favor of American independence from Britain

Question 16

Hessians

Answer 16

Group of German fighters that were hired by Britain to fight the colonies

Question 17

Declaration of Independence

Answer 17

Statement written by the second continental congress declaring americas freedom from Britain

Question 18

American economic problems during the revolution

Answer 18

The British regularly destroyed American ships, which crippled the trade market severely damaging the economy

Question 19

Blacks and the revolution

Answer 19

Slave owners promised their slaves freedom for fighting in the war but they had just returned to slavery after

Question 20

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 20

Marked the turning point in the war almost 6,000 British soldiers and hessians surrendered

Question 21

European involvement in the American revolution

Answer 21

The French being enemies with England gave America supplies to pull through with the win

Question 22

Yorktown

Answer 22

George Washington led a siege against the British lead by lord Charles Cornwallis. It is known as the last major war in the revolutionary war

Question 23

Treaty of Paris

Answer 23

English and American representatives signed a treaty ending the revolutionary war

Question 24

Articles of confederation

Answer 24

Original constitution before being ratified in 1781

Question 25

Northwest ordinance

Answer 25

Law made by second continental congress that said that all new states would be admitted to the union and equal to the 13 colonies and slavery is banned in the Northwest Territories (which divided the country)

Question 26

Closure of the Mississippi river

Answer 26

Jay wanted to have the US stop using the Mississippi River if Spain would give the US access to trade with Spain. The north was down south wasn’t and the treaty was unsuccessful

Question 27

Shays rebellion

Answer 27

Armed uprising in Massachusetts in protest to economic and civil rights injustices. The rebellion was strong and the articles of confederation govt was too weak to shut it down (showed they needed a real steady government and a constitution)

Question 28

Constitutional conventions

Answer 28

Gathering in Philadelphia with the purpose of editing or revising the constitution. Madison was the main author of the constitution. They created some compromises in the constitution

Question 29

Constitutional compromises

Answer 29

•3/5 compromise-a compromise between slaveholding and non Slavs holding states in the constitution. They agreed to count slaves as 3/5ths of a citizen when they did population counts so that the southern states would get more representation

Question 30

Federalist papers

Answer 30

Laying out the case convincing people towards a strong central government

Question 31

Federalists

Answer 31

Believed in a strong central government
Most prominent Americans
Most newspapers
Came from urban areas

Question 32

Anti- federalists

Answer 32

Beleived I’m stronger state government
Broad popular appeal
Self sufficient farmers