Short Answer Test Flashcards
Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union.
What would this Plan do?
Why was it defeated by the colonial legislatures?
part 1: to create a unified government for the 13 Colonies
part 2: colonial legislatures feared the government would give up too much political control
why was the Battle of Quebec the turning point of the French and Indian War?
- Quebec was so mighty that Wolfe was forced to starve his troops for two and a half months
- Wolfe snuck and attacked the other troops
- after capturing Quebec the rest of Canada quickly fell
2 Causes of Pontiac’s Rebellion
cause 1: increasing number of colonists who moved into Native American Land
cause 2: British soldiers did not treat Natives Americans like the French had
2 effects of Pontiac’s Rebellion
effect 1: attacks on both colonist and Native Americans
effect 2: passage of proclaimation
describe land claim of North America based on the Treaty of Paris after the French and Indian War
- all French territory on North America was lost
- British received Ohio Valley
- New Orleans and Louisiana Territory went to Spain
describe the Boston Massacre
- a street fight occurred between a Patriot mob and British soliders
- significant because it helped a certain section of the Colonial Society
describe the Sugar Act
merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importion of foreign molasses
describe the Stamp Act
the tax was imposed on all American Colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used
describe the Townshed Act
set up a new way to collect taxes
how did the colonists protect the acts?
stopped buying British goods
accomplished during the 1st and 2nd continental congress
1st: compact among the colonies to boycott British goods
2nd: managed the colonial war effort
describe the contents of the Declaration of Independence
section 1: statement of beliefs and rights
section 2: what King George did to them
section 3: declaring independence
section 4: signatures
describe Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” and it’s impact
- pamphlet that inspired people to declare and fight for their independence
- (impact) to influence American Colonists to embrace there independence
significance of Bunker Hill
provided them with an important confidence boost
significance of Saratoga
turning point of the Revolutionary Wat
significance of Yorktown
most important battle of Revolutionary War
what year did the Revolutionary War start and end?
April 1775 - September 1783
