Revolutionary Period Flashcards
(39 cards)
What political practices happened before the Revolution?
Pennsylvania + Southern Colonies:
proprietary colonies
all other colonies:
separation of governmental power into
governor and colonial assembly
Which colonies were self-governing?
Plymouth + Massachusetts in the 17th century
Connecticut + Rhode Island in the 18th century
What was the difference between self-governing colonies and the other colonies?
self-governing: settlers elect governor
normal: british king appointed governor
What were the pros of the seperation of governmental power?
most colonial assemblies have power of the purse
What is the power of the purse?
assembly can decide how money/taxes is spent in colony
What are the cons of the spereration of the governmental power?
voters: only white men, often religious or proprietary qualifications
British king/queen/Governor has right to veto bills
What economic pratices happened led to the Revolution?
British mercantile theory:
colonies are there to enrich mothercountry, not colony
discrimination colonies in econimic ways > high taxes, dependency on Britain Sugar and Molasses Act Iron Act Stamp Act Navigation Act
What means “No taxation without representation”?
colonists want voice and representation in British parliament
What was the settlers’ reaction to this economic discrimination?
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
What was the Boston Tea Party?
rebellion against economic acts
colonists dressed up as Natives to show that they are different than British
destroyed tea packages on ships
What and when was the First Continental Congress?
1774
Delegates from British colonies meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss means of resistance
embargo (Handelsblockade):
no more goods colony > Britain
Where and who said “Give me Liberty or give me death”?
Patrick Henry
1774 First Continental Congress
When was the War of Independence?
1775-1783
What were Minutemen?
American “troops”
no trained military, normal people with weapons
Who trained the American troops?
Baron von Steuben
Prussian military officer
How did the fighting of the War of Indepence start?
British troop attack on Concord (colonists had stocked military supplies)
What is the famous nightride?
Paul Revere forewarned Minutemen for British attack
Where was the real first battle of the War of Independence?
Bunker Hill (Boston, Massachusetts)
Who was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the War of Independenceß
George Washington
What happened on the 2nd Continental Congress in 1775?
decision for independece
Declaration of Independence
British loyalists (Tories) flee to the North and settle in Canada
When was the Declaration of Independence was issued?
July 4 1776
Who drafted the Declaration of Independenceß
Thomas Jefferson
What main issues does the Declaration of Independence say?
all men are created equal: no classes+royalty+arisocracy
pursuit of happiness. free will of choosing job
the government is to serve the people
list what british king done wrong as justification to speak up
Which clause was in the origiginal draft of the Declaration of Independence that was later omitted?
no slavery clause
