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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| republicanism | participation of citizens for the common good of the community |
| salutary neglect | england ignored the colonies (in a good way), this allowed them to be more independent and develop on their own; colonists became accustomed to this way of living |
| mercantilism | the belief that the best way for governments to accumulate wealth and political power is to promote a positive balance of trade |
| cons of mercantilism | colonists had to obtain goods to send to britain to make into manufactured goods; sent back to colonists and they had to pay for the goods they helped to make |
| pros of mercantilism | navigation acts were loosely inforced; gained protection from the worlds largest empire; london paid bounties to producers of ship parts |
| colonial paper currency | parliament prohibited this currency |
| british policies after french and indian war | enforcement of the navigation laws, sugar act, currency act, and quartering (mutiny) act |
| sugar act | 1764 |
| currency act | 1764 |
| quartering (mutiny) act | 1765 |
| colonial response to changes in british rules | some colonial assemblies refused to comply with the quartering act |
| stamp act | (1765) - designed to raise revenue for the new military force in colonial america |
| colonial response to stamp act | held stamp act congress, virginia resolves, non-importation agreements, |
| stamp act congress (1765) | "no taxation without representation," |
| british response to protests of stamp act | repealed the stamp act, passed down the declatory act |
| quebec | samuel de champlain- "father of new france," new france fell under the direct control of the king, no representative assemblies |
| king william's war | (1689-1697) |
| queen anne's war | (1701-1713) |
| king george's war | (1744-1748) |
| albany congress | (july 1754) - benjamin franklin proposed the albany plan of union |
| william pitt | took charge of the french and indian war for great britain - enacted new policies that created resentment between the colonist and the british |
| impact of french and indian war (english) | expanded england's territorial claims/responsibilities (new world), cost of war increased england's debt, colonies made few financial contributions-selling goods to enemy, english leaders were frustrated with the colonial military ineptitude |
| impact of french and indian war (colonial) | fought alongside british troops, committed troops and finances to help strengthen england's emipre, not looked upon as equals byt he british soldiers, colonial officers offered no respect from the british army |
| proclamation line of 1763 | boundary between mississippi river and 49th parellel uncertain due to misconception that source of mississippi river lay further north |
| townshend duties | import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea; indirect customs duty payable at american ports- used to pay royal governors and judges in america |
| colonial response to townshend duties | "its the principle not the practice," non-importation agreements were revived, smuggled in more tea |
| boston massacre | an angry mob taunted and threw snowballs at british soldiers, which led to the british shooting guns into the crowd (5 dead); the soldiers were put on trial |
| boston tea party | british east india company was facing bankruptcy (awarded monopoly of american tea businesses), colonists protested tea and threw it into boston harbor |
| coercive (intolerable) acts | 1774- boston port bill, administration of justice act, massachusetts government act, quartering act |
| quebec act | more rights to citizens of quebec but not the americans |
| suffolk resolves | 1774- passed in response of tolerable acts, boycotted british imports, curtail exports, refuse to use british products |
| first continental congress | 12 of 13 colonies send delegates, met in philadelphia to address colonial grievances |
| five major decisions | rejected a plan for colonial union under british authority (galloway plan), moderate statement of grievances, military preparations in defense of possible attack by british army, series of boycotts, agreed to meet again the next year |
| debate in parliament | winter 1774/1775- parliament debates the petition sent by the first continental congress, conciliatory propositions |
| lexington and concord | itish commander sent troops to nearby lexington and concord, shots fired at lexington (april 19, 1775 |
| state constitutions and government | most state constitutions include a bill of rights, government drew their authority from people, defined the powers of government, most required the annual election of legislators |
| economic changes now that america is an independent nation | states seized control of former crown lands, loyalist property was confiscated and cut up into small farms, america has to become self reliant (manufacturing), britain doesnt protect america anymore, british manufacturers flood the american market |
| articles of confederation | second continental congress appointed a committee to draft a written constitution (1777); not ratified until 1781, states were fighting even before articles were ratified- dispute over claim to western lands- delayed ratification of articles |
| structure and provisions of articles of confederation | "firm league of friendship," central government was made up of a congress, each state had a single vote, 9/13 to pass a bill, unanimous ratification of any amendment to the articles, congress had no power to regulate commerce tax or raise an army |
| land ordinances during critical period | land ordinance of 1785, northwest ordinance of 1787 |
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