The Boston Tea Party Flashcards
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Roman Catholic missions
Religious centers that were headed and worked by missionaries with the goal to spread the Catholic religion.
Homestead Act (1862)
Offered free land on the Great Plains to settlers in order to start new farms. They had to pay a registration fee, then they were given land, and the only circumstance was that they had to farm the land for at least five years.
Homesteaders
Pioneers who claimed land during the Homestead Act.
Sodbusters
Great Plains farmers who had to break up sod in order to plant their crops.
Prospectors
People who go out and search for valuable minerals.
Boomtowns
Towns that were built and established very quickly. These towns were dangerous because there was no law enforcement.
Cowhands
People who work with cows and move livestock from one place to another.
Latitude
How far North or South you go. Between 0 and 90 degrees.
Parallels
Another word for lines of latitude.
Longitude
How far East or West you go. Between 0 and 180 degrees. Longitude looks like the grooves of a pumpkin.
Prime Meridian
The imaginary line that runs from North to South.
Meridians
Another word for lines of longitude.
John Locke
John Locke’s ideas are often called the “foundation of western culture.” Locke centered his thoughts on the Social Contract theory. Under this theory, one had the right to life, liberty, and property in their society. They had natural rights.
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes’ ideas stemmed from a book he wrote called “Leviathan.” In this book, Hobbes underlines the rights of the individual. Hobbes believed that all political power should be in the form of a representative government - with equality among the people.
Jean-Jacque Rousseau
Jean-Jacque Rousseau believed in an idea called the Social Contract. Rousseau argued that monarchs are not given power through divinity (God). Rather, everyone is free with equal rights among all. Under Rousseau’s Social Contract, if a government exceeded its boundaries it was up to the people to abolish siad government and replace it with a sovereign nation.
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were used from 1781-1887 as the first real form of government for the United States. These were replaced with the Constitution, as they were proved to be a weak form of governing.
The New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral (one house) Congress based solely on equal representation for each state. The executive (president) would be a group of three people instead of one person. The judicial (courts) branch would have no power over the state governments - who would be free to govern themselves.
The Virginia Plan
Under the Virginia Plan, a bicameral (two house) Congress would form based on the population of each state. The larger the state, the more votes the state would receive in government.The executive would be elected by Congress and be only one person. The judicial branch would serve a life tenure. The legislative (Congress) branch would have the power to override the state governments.
The Great Compromise
Congress would consist of two houses (bicameral). The House of Representatives would be chosen based on the total population of each state (serving larger states) whereas the Senate would consist of two equal votes for each state (serving the smaller states).The president would be one person selected by Congress while the judicial branch would serve a lifetime role of “judicial review” over the Constitution itself.
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a daring act that occurred on December 16 of 1773 in what was once known as Griffin’s Wharf, the heart of Boston. The Boston Tea Party was a culmination of frustration and determination by the American colonists that started the American Revolution.
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was a law designed to benefit the British East India Company’s profits by taxing tea.
The Coercive Acts (1774)
The British responded to the costly destruction by passing the Coercive Acts in 1774 to punish the people of Boston.
The names of the three ships that were delivering tea in Boston Harbor.
The Eleanor, the Dartmouth, and the Beaver.
How many crates of tea were destroyed during the Boston Tea Party?
342
