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Thirteen colonies
Thirteen colonies study stack for Davis's class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the governors' position in the colonies? | The governors were the leaders of the colonies. |
| What were the Colonial Assemblies? | Groups of colonists who were the leaders in their colonies. The governor was the leader. |
| What power did the King of England have over the colonists? | The ability to impose acts, laws and duties. |
| What caused the French & Indian War? | The colonists started to move west into French and Indian territory |
| What did the governors NOT have the power to do? | The governors couldn't vote on laws before Parliament |
| Who was a part of the colonial assemblies? | Colonists ELECTED by voters in their colonies. |
| What role did the King play in the revolution? | He imposed several unfair acts, causing the colonists to rebel. |
| What were the sides of the French and Indian war? | French and Indians vs. Colonists and Britan. |
| What could Parliament do? | Make laws over the colonists, and citizens of England. |
| Where did the French and Indian War take place? | The Ohio River valley. |
| Where is the Ohio River Valley? | Inbetwen the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Think of a "Y" shape. |
| Who won the French and Indian War? | The British |
| What act spawned off of the French and Indian War? | The Proclimation of 1763 |
| What did the Proclamation of 1763 state? | The colonists weren't allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountians. |
| What was the Stamp Act? | The colonists had to buy a stamp for every piece of paper used |
| How did the colonists protest against the Proclamation? | The colonists argued in letters that it was tyranny |
| How did the colonists protect against the Stamp Act? | The colonists sent letters about tyranny, and refused to buy stamps. |
| What was the quartering act? | Colonists had to provide for troops |
| How did the colonists protest the Quartering Act? | New York assembly refused to fund soilders |
| What were the Townshend Acts? | Placed taxes on Tea, glass, paint and paper. |
| What tax was left when Lord North repealed the Townshend Acts? | The tea tax. |
| What happened during the Boston Massacre? | Patriots started throwing snowballs at British Soilders. British soilders panicked and fired. Killed 5 |
| What did John Adams do during the Boston Massacre? | He defended the soilders |
| What was the tea act? | Lowered the price of tea to cheaper than smuggled tea, even with taxes. |
| What happened because of the tea act? | The Sons Of Liberty dumped tea into the ocean. |
| What were the intolerable acts? | Closed Boston harbor. Massachusetts is under Britian Control. British soilders tried in England. More soilders sent to Boston. |
| What were the Events of Lexington and Concord? | British soilders leave to seize gunpowder from colonists. ---> Patriot spies knew about this coming. Warned other Patriots. ----> Minutemen and British soilders fight in Lexington on 4/19.----> Parker (Minutemen leader) said not to fire unless fired upon. |
| What were the Events of Lexington and Concord 2? | British started randomly firing. Killed 8, injured 10. --> Colonists fight British Soilders at Concord's north bridge. ---> British started burning town down. ---> British thought Minutemen would run, they didn't. Redcoats on run. |
| What were the events of Lexington and Concord 3? | 4000 armed Minutemen along British route home. 74 British dead, 200 injured. British keep making mistakes about colonists. |
| Who/what was Parliament? | The ruling body under the King of England |
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