POSSIBLE OUTSIDE EVIDENCE (American Revolution)
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763
Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Boston Tea Party was a ?
(to to protest the Tea Act)
BRITISH SURRENDER French navy kept British from evacuating
Siege of Yorktown (1781)
popular government by representatives w/ NO MONARCH
republicanism
What powers DID Congress have under the Articles?
FOREIGN POLICY Raise an Army, Declare War, Make Treaties, Send and Receive Ambassadors
What 3 big taxes were part of the Parliament Taxes (1760s):
Sugar Act, Stamp Act (Internal Tax), Townshend Acts
Boston tea party was led by?
Sons of Liberty
What battle was a TURNING POINT resulting in French assistance
Battle of Saratoga (1777)
What _____ passed gradual emancipation laws
Northern states
What powers did Congress NOT have under the Articles?
ECONOMIC POLICY No power to collect taxes No power to control trade
What maybe two reasons as to why British Troops are in the Colonies?
Quartering Acts, Boston Massacre
Who created Homespun Cloth / “Spinning Bees” (to support boycotts of British goods)
Daughters of Liberty
The TREATY OF PARIS (1783) resulted in...
Ended Revolutionary War
What type of motherhood called women should educate their children to be good citizens?
Republican Motherhood
Why did some Americans support the idea of a stronger central government?
● Bad Economy (Continental Notes - “Not Worth a Continental” ● Shays’ Rebellion (Massachusetts)
True or False: Was the TEA Act a tax?
False: (NOT A TAX - a monopoly for the British East India Company)
What is the First Continental Congress?
The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain's thirteen American colonies met to discuss America's future under growing British aggression.
Boundaries: Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Florida were cause by?
TREATY OF PARIS (1783) -
A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, Shays' Rebellion was brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War. Although Massachusetts was the focal point of the crisis, other states experienced similar economic hardships.
Shay's Rebellion
were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.
Lexington and Concord - April, 1775
What act called for the Closed Boston Port, Put Massachusetts under military rule, stronger Quartering Act, British officials to Britain for trial)?
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress was caused by 2 of the 3...
possible causes: Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Author: Jefferson) main focus was to
disestablished the Anglican Church
The _______ wanted to limit federal government to avoid abuses of power.
Articles of Confederation
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (Philadelphia, 1787) had the following:
Virginia Plan (Large State Plan) / New Jersey Plan (Small State Plan) / Great Compromise 3/5 Compromise (Between Slave and Free States)