Ch6 Severing Ties with Great Britain 1754-1783 Flashcards

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When was the french and Indian war

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1754-1763

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Who was the french and Indian war between

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England and France

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How did the war begin?

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As a struggle for control of the upper Ohio river valley

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What was the Albany plan and who promoted it?

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Common defense against French & NA threats to the frontier

Ben franklin

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Franklin’s famous “join/die” cartoon illustrated what

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The need for colonial unity

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Why did the Albany plan fail?

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Colonial assemblies did not want to give up their autonomy

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What ended the Seven Years War and who won?

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Britain won

The peace of Paris 1763 ended french power in North America

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What effect did the war have on Native Americans?

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Now that France had no influence within the colonies, NA could no longer trade with their allies

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Proclamation of 1763

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Prohibited colonists from settling west of the appalachians (this was ignored)

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What caused salutary neglect from Britain to end

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The massive debt caused by the war

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Stamp Act

3 things

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  • Issued to raise revenue in order to pay for British troops stationed in America after the war
  • first internal&direct tax
  • tax on all colonial printed matter
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What did colonial leaders use as their argument against the stamp act?

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Only their assemblies had the power to raise taxes

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Sons and daughters of liberty

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Used the threat of violence to persuade every stamp agent to resign

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What was a key slogan after the stamp act was issued

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No taxation without representation

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How did parliament respond to colonial boycotts

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They repealed the stamp act

Issued the declaratory act which reasserted authority over the colonies

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Townshend act 1767

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  • Imposed taxes on everyday items in order to pay military expenses
  • reignited the dispute over taxation
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What happened after the Boston massacre (led by Samuel Adams)

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Parliament repealed all Townshend acts except the one on tea

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In what ways did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Party

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Issued the Coercive and Intolerable acts

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First continental congress

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Called for complete boycott of British goods and urged the colonies to organize an army

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Second continental congress (1775)

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George Washington becomes president

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In what ways did parliament further restrict freedom of the colonists

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Issuance of..

  • proclamation of 1763
  • quartering act if 1765
  • intolerable acts
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Republicanism

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Political ideology backing the revolution

:state without a prince that is governed by reps of the people

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Common Sense

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Published in 1776 by Thomas Paine

Persuaded colonists to declare independence from Britain

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True or false:

The declaration called for the abolition of slavery

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Who inspired ideologies captures within the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
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6 reasons the odds were against America in terms of the war
1) Britain had the best army in the world 2) most Americans were neutral 3) there was trouble raising an army 4) Americans were scattered over a large territory 5) there was no way to finance the war 6) britains population =4x that of the Us
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Who provided the most support to America during the revolution?
France
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Why did America struggle to finance the war? What did this lead to?
Congress had no authority to levy taxes | This lead to the issuance of paper money which triggered inflation
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The treaty of Paris in 1783 enabled the United States to do what?
Double its size
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What question arises after the revolution?
What type of nation will America be?
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2 ways in which the revolution changed America
- Men with less property were able to join political offices | - Thomas Jefferson removed religious requirements for voting; states disestablished their established churches
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Between 1777 and 1804 what did States north of Maryland do?
Emancipate slaves
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What did Abigail Adams do?
Encouraged her husband to remember the ladies
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Judith Sargent Murray
Advocated education for women in her book "on the equality of the sexes"
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Republican motherhood
Stressed that a women's job in the American republic was to raise children to be responsible citizens