The Rise of discontent & the Declaration of Independence

Question 1

What is mercantilism?

Answer 1

colonies produced enough raw materials to satisfy the mother country while also making a profit for themselves.

Question 2

internal tax

Answer 2

taxes you pay and the results benefit you.

Question 3

external tax

Answer 3

taxes you pay but the results do not benefit you

Question 4

John Locke

Answer 4

influenced Americans with his work “The Social Contract”

Question 5

Ben Franklin

Answer 5

used information from John Locke’s thesis in the Bill of Rights

Question 6

Sir Isaac Newton

Answer 6

universal law of gravitation

Question 7

Deism

Answer 7

God created the world and was done. Opposite of the Puritan beliefs

Question 8

John Locke’s Thesis

Answer 8

all people were created equal. We have a contract that everybody has the right to life, freedoms, etc.

Question 9

Magna Carta of 1215

Answer 9

charter

Question 10

English Bill of Rights

Answer 10

a. No taxation without representation
b. No cruel or unjust punishments
c. Free speech in parliament
d. Right to petition
e. Right to bear arms
f. Right to trial by jury

Question 11

Parliament

Answer 11

King selects the members of the House of Lords and the House of Lords selects the House of Commons

Question 12

Colonial Government

Answer 12

property owners can vote, assemblies pass laws & tax the people, all privileges of the English Bill of Rights, Right to the Judicial Process.

Question 13

Triangular Trade

Answer 13

a system of trade between multiple areas (3) or countries; basic commodities (goods) were traded in this type of world wide trade.

Question 14

Chief Pontiac

Answer 14

united Native Americans go on the warpath (1763-1766) as a result of the peace obtained between France & England.

Question 15

warpath

Answer 15

kill all the colonists on the frontier

Question 16

Proclamation Line of 1763

Answer 16

issued by King George III to protect the colonies.

Question 17

George Grenville

Answer 17

Appointed Prime Minister by King George III. Task to raise money to pay for England’s increased debt from the wars between England & France

Question 18

Virtual Representation

Answer 18

the people having no say in who represents them

Question 19

Sugar Act

Answer 19

passed in 1764 to make revenue or profit to pay off debt (know the difference between an external & internal tax)

Question 20

Currency Act

Answer 20

passed in 1764 is passed to stop colonists from printing their own money

Question 21

Stamp Act crisis

Answer 21

1765 Grenville placed a tax on all printed or paper materials

Question 22

Sons of Liberty

Answer 22

A terrorist group of political extremists run by Samuel Adams and John Hancock

Question 23

Lord Rockingham

Answer 23

took over as prime minister and imposed the Declaratory Act in 1766

Question 24

Declaratory Act

Answer 24

parliament had the right to make laws for all the colonies “in any case what so ever.”

Question 25

Charles Townshend

Answer 25

the Chancellor of the Exchequer (like a Secretary of the Treasury), is provided a great deal of influence over the command & taxation of the colonists

Question 26

William Pitt

Answer 26

replaces Lord Rockingham aka (Willliam Pitt the Elder)

Question 27

Lord North

Answer 27

takes over as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer replaces The Third Duke of Grafton in 170-1782

Question 28

In January of 1768 who becomes the Secretariat of the State?

Answer 28

Lord Hillsborough will be in charge of ALL the English colonies.

Question 29

what is the Tory Party?

Answer 29

a political party in parliament they were loyalists (kings party)

Question 30

what was the Whig party?

Answer 30

patriots they were the oppositional party (loyal to the colonies)

Question 31

Third Duke of Grafton

Answer 31

Pitt's replacement in 1768 as Prime Minister

Question 32

Boston Massacre

Answer 32

occurs in the colonies on March 2,1770

Question 33

Gaspee Incident

Answer 33

occurs June 9,1772 The Gaspee an English Schooner (Navy Vessel) had run aground off the coast of Rhode Island in pursuit of smugglers; that evening colonists burned it and injured the captain.

Question 34

November 2,1772 Boston creates a __________(revival of the Sons of Liberty) which in turn spreads to the other colonies.

Answer 34

Committee of Correspondence

Question 35

December 16, 1773 Lord North imposed the______ _______. Tax place on ALL ___ EXCEPT for the ____ from the East India ____ Company.

Answer 35

Tea Act; Tea; Tea; Tea

Question 36

Coercive (Intolerable) Acts 1774

Answer 36

A. March 1774 Boston Port Bill becomes law B. May 1774 Massachusetts Government Bill becomes law. C. June 174 Quartering Act becomes law

Question 37

Quartering Act

Answer 37

law that says all colonists must let all British soldiers stay with them at all times

Question 38

June 22, 1774 The Quebec Act

Answer 38

becomes law which restricts colonial travel

Question 39

First continental Congress formed in______________________

Answer 39

September of 1774 (Georgia)

Question 40

Paul Revere

Answer 40

part of the Sons of Liberty

Question 41

Battle at Lexington

Answer 41

(April 19, 1775) 8 colonists are killed in the exchange of gun fire

Question 42

Battle of Concord

Answer 42

(April 20, 1775) heavy British casualties due to the colonists hide & shoot tactics; force the British to retreat back to Boston.