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ADV US HISTORY
What is History? Unit 1 Test- 9/13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| history | an account of the past |
| historical truth | multiple perspectives to build a history |
| why is perspective important to studying history | historical truths there are different opinions or accounts |
| can we apply moral standards of 2023 to the past (why/why not) | you can empathize with the past and understand that society was different but you shouldn't forgive someone even if their society thought it was ok |
| 3 categories of perspective | social (people) political (government) economic (money/trade) |
| what is significance of Bunker Hill | (British Won) British recognized guerrilla warfare and realized it would be a long and hard war |
| what is the significance of Saratoga | (Colonists Won) France agreed to support revolution with support from France |
| what is the significance of Yorktown | (Colonists Won) France defeat British navy and take control of the sea Last official battle of the revolutionary war |
| what is the treay of paris 1783 | Revolutionary War representatives wouldn't start negotiations until Britain recognized Independence |
| points of the Treaty of Paris 1783 | independence from crown gave all land between atlantic coast and mississippi to USA (new boarders) no outline for British withdrawl established (soliders out of US) |
| patriots | colonists fighting for freedom from england |
| loyalists | colonists supporting allegiance to england |
| what caused the mass hysteria of salem witch trials | girls accused an outcast (slave) of being a witch when they were 'possessed' posssession of the girls was cased by asthma, encephalitis, lyme disease, epilepsy, child abuse, and more they did this in boredom |
| what are common characteristics of the accused witches | usually/always women outcasts slaves |
| what happened to a convicted individual during the salem witch trials | those who were convicted were hung, pressed to death, or died in jail |
| why did the salem witch trials finally end | governers wife was accused ten he ordered and end to the trials |
| what resulted from the salem witch trials | the community is destroyed and they changed the name to Danvers in order to erase their history |
| political: New England | theocracy |
| social: New England | puritains indentured servents ideal christian community |
| economic: New England | lumber and shipbuilding fur and fish |
| political: Middle | representative assembly |
| social: Middle | little bit of everyone slaves indentured servents |
| economic: Middle | slaves indentured servents fur trade staple crops |
| staple crops | wheat barely oats |
| political: South | House of Burgesses |
| social: South | spread out plantation planter class religion at home |
| economic: South | slaves cash crops |
| cash crops | tobacco, cotton, indigo, rice |
| republic | representative democracy with a CONSTITUTION |
| democracy | ruled by omnipotent MAJORITY |
| purpose of declaration of independence | declare independence with reason |
| argument within the declaration of independence | all men are equal and have certain unalienable rights |
| who was the declaration of independence written for | the world in order to gain allies |
| Royal''s arguement | pro columbus unprecedented circumstances |
| unprecedented circumstances | no one has done this before |
| Zinn's argument | anti columbus moral absolutes |
| moral absolutes | there are actions that are wrong no matter what the circumstances |
| why early exploration | increase wealth and expand trade escape social and economic pressures |
| slaves/indentured servants: New England | more indentured servents than slaves |
| slaves/indentured servants: Middle | about the same amount of slaves and indentured servants |
| slaves/indentured servants: South | more slaves than indentured servants |
| Who was Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense called for republic |
| Common Sense | pro-republic why monarchs are unjust (with evidence) |
| 1st phase of revolutionary war | New England Lexington and Concord Bunker hill |
| 2nd phase of revolutionary war | Middle Saratoga |
| 3rd phase of revolutionary war | South Yorktown |
| French and Indian War | France expanding into the Ohio territory made Colonies mad so they declared war British won territory in Canada and French allied with Spain |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 points | French and Indian War Britain got Canada and Florida France got West Indies Spain got Louisiana |
| Inevitability moment that started Revolutionary War | Tea Act of 1773 It sparked rebellion within the colonies and caused the Boston Tea Party to occur, because of the Tea Party Britain imposed harsher requirements onto the colonies when it came to trade. led to the first Continental Congress |
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