Chapter 4/5 Exam Adaptive

Question 1

When was the Sugar Act passed?

Answer 1

1764

Question 2

What act followed the Sugar Act and what did it do?

Answer 2

The Currency act made colonial paper money void as a legal tender. This mandated gold and silver, which protected the value of transactions.

Question 3

Who passed the Sugar Act?

Answer 3

Prime Minister George Grenville

Question 4

Which acts came shortly after the Stamp Act?

Answer 4

Quartering Act, Declaratory Act when it was repealed.

Question 5

What impact did Patrick Henry have?

Answer 5

In the house of Burgesses, he led firery orations against the Stamp Act

Question 6

The Stamp Act unintentionally…

Answer 6

and inadvertently united the colonies. For example, the stamp act congress which 9/13 colonies attended. This also set the stage for Committees of Correspondence to be established by stressing the importance of intercolonial communication, which would later spread anti-tax sentiment.

Question 7

When and why were “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania” written?

Answer 7

During the fervor around the Townshend Acts, if referred to ideas from the enlightenment to argue that the colonies need to retaliate peacefully while also seeking reconciliation.

Question 8

When did the daughters of liberty get involved?

Answer 8

Townshend

Question 9

The Tea act was tragically ______ smugglers and wealthy merchants

Answer 9

undercutting

Question 10

Who passed the Coercive/Intolerable Acts? What did they do?

Answer 10

Prime Minister Lord North
Ports are closed till tea is paid, expanded quartering, local government is eliminated

Question 11

What was the Quebec Act and when was it passed?

Answer 11

The Quebec Act was one of the “Intolerable Acts.” It expanded Quebec’s boundaries to include the Ohio River Valley, which the colonists had hoped to settle. The act also tolerated Catholics, which fueled conspiracies.

Question 12

When was the Stamp Act?

Answer 12

1765

Question 13

When was the Townshend Acts?

Answer 13

1767

Question 14

When was the Declaratory Act?

Answer 14

After the Stamp Act’s repeal

Question 15

When was the Tea Act?

Answer 15

1773W

Question 16

When was the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 16

December 16th, 1773

Question 17

The court established for smugglers during the sugar was called an

Answer 17

admiralty court

Question 18

Many people of the sons of liberty (who used fearmongering) were

Answer 18

Untethered - not part of a community or family. They were often impoverished, but led by very wealthy people.

Question 19

Parliament’s justification for taxation

Answer 19

The empire was a sanctuary of liberty, where freedom thrived under the protection of the rule of law. Virtuous citizenry was valid, and colonials should show obedience to British laws, including taxes. This was crucial to maintaining order and liberty.

Question 20

How did colonial assemblies maintain leverage during salutary neglect?

Answer 20

Taxation (which royal officials couldn’t do)
Paid for the royal official’s plans
Paid royal official’s salaries

Question 21

The colonials believed that act was…

Answer 21

an attempt at monopoly that would spread to other products.

Question 22

Why were redcoats no longer seen as a sign of freedom but a sign of annoyance?

Answer 22

The proclamation of 1763, the quartering act

Question 23

3 Rebellions that happened in the 1700s and their dates and locations

Answer 23

Paxton boys: 1763 Pennsylvania
Carolina Regulators: 1760
Stono Rebellion: 1739 South Carolina to Florida

Question 24

Abolition was removed from the Declaration of Independence due to lack of

Answer 24

empathy: when you don’t have diverse voices, bad decisions are made.`

Question 25

What the Declaration of Independence does not say about rebellion and why was it removed? What does it say instead?

Answer 25

Originally, there was a passage specifically blaming rebellions like the Paxton Boys and Carolina regulators on the King's inability to prevent his colonies from descending into lawlessness. It was removed because it would be interpreted to support rebellions and may offend people who are still on the fence. Instead, Jefferson just blames the king that slaves and poor are rebelling, no specifics.

Question 26

What the Declaration of Independence said about slavery and why was it removed?

Answer 26

The Declaration of Independence said that slavery was a cruel deed of Britain and must be abolished. Removed because states refused to sign if slavery was abolished.

Question 27

Ny had an unsually ___ assembly

Answer 27

small

Question 28

What were Cato's letters?

Answer 28

written by Trenchard Gordon, criticized seditious libel arguing that everyone deserves the right to critique. His essays were republished by newspapers.

Question 29

The writings of the _________ emphasized the importance of ensuring those with exec. power can't shun out legislative bodies, helped assembly leaders negotiate with royal govenors

Answer 29

English county party

Question 30

The Great Lakes Region/Ohio River Valley served as an area of _______ for British and French and 1st Nations people.

Answer 30

middle ground

Question 31

Tribes like the Iroquois were masters of balance of power diplomacy...

Answer 31

They played the brits and french against one another in order to control the trade/economy of the region.

Question 32

1 major skirmish of the 7 years war (washington)

Answer 32

George Washington tried to remove French forts in Pennsylvania, unsuccessfully. He returned to Fort Necessity, lost 1/3 of his men and surrendered.

Question 33

Second skirmish of the 7 years war

Answer 33

General Braddock failed what Washington tried because he and his men were ambushed by the French and indians

Question 34

In ____ Virginia gave 500,000 acres of land to the ____ _____, this was due to tight political connections.

Answer 34

1749, Ohio Company

Question 35

to fund the wars England was engaged in (including the 7 years war) Brits imposed _____ ______

Answer 35

public expenditures

Question 36

how did william Pitt end the seven years war?

Answer 36

He created a strategy to tear down France's weak points while paying Prussia to hold off French troops in Europe.

Question 37

What did the peace of paris 1763 entail

Answer 37

- France ceded Canada to Britain, Louisiana to Spain - The British gave France profitable Sugar islands, Spain cuba & Philippines - Spain gave florida to Brits *Most Crucial, British got the majoirty of North America

Question 38

What was a big consequence of the war regarding Pan-Indian-ness?

Answer 38

Many were shifting from kinship to nationality and pan-Indian ness, though still some rejected this ideology

Question 39

How did the seven years war affect the Indians?

Answer 39

The French's exit gave them more autonomy, but the prospect of British expanding was seen as a dire threat

Question 40

What were the teachings of neolin and what did they inspire?

Answer 40

Neolin was a "prophet" who preached that all natives are a single people and need to reject British culture and influence. It inspired Pontiac's Rebellion

Question 41

What was pontiac's rebellion?

Answer 41

Based off of the teachings of neolin, Pontiac's rebellion was a response to British people encroaching on their land (the land they just "won"). Hundreds of Brits were killed, but the rebellion was defeated and forced to make peace.

Question 42

What was a direct outcome of Pontiac's Rebellion?

Answer 42

The proclamation of 1763, which prohibited British settlement west of the Appalachians

Question 43

How did the Pennsylvania experiment collapse?

Answer 43

Scot-Irish people (Paxton Boys) from the town Paxton massacred Indians living under Pennsylvania's protection. The governor went along and ordered the expulsion of the majority of Indians (Quakers had resigned from government before this)

Question 44

What/When was the Albany Plan of Union and why was it unsuccessful.

Answer 44

1754 - Benjamin Franklin called for the colonies to come together and sign the plan of union to make a grand council. It was rejected by those wealthy assembly people because it would limit their power. Also only 3 colonies sent delegates.

Question 45

Carolina Regulators!

Answer 45

People from North Carolina backcountry expressed lack of representation, taxes, corrupt officials. Eventually led to a battle in 1771 and were defeated by colonial militia.

Question 46

Who sent the Olive Branch Petition and when?

Answer 46

The Second Continental Congress, after the battle at Lexington and Concord, final attempt at making peace.

Question 47

Who wrote Common sense and why?

Answer 47

Thomas Paine, advocate for the "cause of America" and encouraged separation. I twas aimed at the general public

Question 48

When did congress approve the declaration of Independence, written by thomas jefferson?

Answer 48

July 2nd, 1776