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US History
Chapter 1 Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reasons why colonists came to America: | 1) religious freedom 2) political freedom 3) possibility to own land 4) idea of getting rich |
| Types of colonies: | 1) charter 2) proprietary 3) royal |
| charter colony | governed by a trading company; people had most political rights |
| proprietary colony | the king appointed a proprietor to lead the colony |
| royal colony | controlled directly y the king through an appointed governor |
| the most common colony | royal |
| Things that caused the colonists to revolt: | 1) Sugar Act 2) Stamp Act 3) Quartering Act 4) Townshend Act 5) Boston Massacre 6) Tea Act |
| Sugar Act | placed a special tax on certain imported goods to the colonies |
| Stamp Act | a British stamp on any legal document in the colonies |
| Quartering Act | required the colonists to house and feed British soldiers during peacetime |
| Townshend Act | placed direct taxes on various items made in the colonies (glass and paint) |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers fired into a crowd killing 5 colonists |
| Tea Act | it granted the East India Tea Company a monopoly over the sale of tea in the colonies; this led to the Boston Tea Party |
| Reasons colonists wanted independence: | 1) the thought that the king (George III) and parliament had too much power 2) no taxation without representation |
| First Continental Congress (1774) | representative from the colonies met to discuss their grievances against the English |
| RESULT of the 1st Continental Congress: | issued declaration of right which said that the colonies needed more self-government but would remain loyal to the king |
| Second Continental Congress (1775) | Independence Hall; raised an army and appointed George Washington the commander of Continental Army |
| Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) | written by Thomas Jefferson 1) it said that the colonies were now free and independent from England 2) it said that people were entitled to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness |
| Key Battles of American Revolution: | 1) Lexington and Concord 2) Bunker Hill 3) Trenton 4) Saratoga 5) Cowpens |
| Lexington and Concord (1775) | 1st shots of the revolution; group of MINUTEMEN fought against the BRITISH ARMY |
| Bunker Hill (1775) | the 1st major battle; the British took control of Boston after the colonists ran out of GUNPOWDER |
| Trenton (1776) | Christmas night Gen. Washington led his men across the Delaware River and defeated the Hessian soldiers (Germans); then he moved over and fought at and captured Princeton |
| Saratoga (1777) | happened in upstate New York; it was a major turning point because this victory caused the French to enter the war |
| Cowpens (1780) | a major victory over British in southern colonies; fought between the Patriots against the British and loyalists |
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