America: Causes
Contracts and wills, newspapers, paper mache dice, playing cards, land transfers, marriage licenses, legal documents
How many delegates were at the Philadelphia Convention?
55
0.5%
How many days were in a week?
10! A decade!
How do you spell rev______?
Revolution
Why was the Sugar Act enacted?
To encourage commercial competition with the French West Indies and to better regulate American colonial trade. Making duties three pence cheaper
What was the document that governed USA in the early years of the revolution?
Articles of Confederation
Why did the Third Estate like Necker?
He was a commoner like them and exposed the king's expenses for the first time
What was Louis' given name after his titled was stripped?
Louis Capet
How do you spell Declaration of In______?
Independence
Who were the Committees of Correspondence?
A well established group of men who were responsible for communication between each colony
What did George Washington instruct his junior officers to read during the Winter encampment in Pennsylvania 1776.
the wealthy, well educated, and influential commoners of the Third Estate
Which close personal friends did Robespierre murder!?
Danton and Desmoulins
Where did Olivia Rodrigo filmed her music video for 'drop dead'?
Versailles
Define "mercantilism"
An economic system where colonies existed only to enrich the ‘mother country’ with a supply of raw materials and purchases of manufactured goods.
Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?
John Hancock
What date was the Day of Tiles?
7th of June 1788
What was Law of 3 Ventose Year III (21 Feb, 95)?
Freedom to all religions!
Bodhi and Shala
Parliament can do whatever they want and the colonies can’t complain
What was the Fugitive Clause of the Constitution (Article IV Section III)?
Stated that nobody ‘held to service or labour’ in one state could claim freedom if they escaped to another state. This enabled owners of runaway slaves to retrieve their ‘property’ from other states without legal restriction.
Lafayette, Duc de Noailles, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Condorcet, Comte Mirabeau, Bishop Talleyrand, Abbe Sieyes, pastor Rabaut Saint-Etienne, Louis-Sebastien Mercier, Gui Target, Adrien Duport
Who was Olympe de Gouges?
She wrote about the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and was also executed
How do you pronounce Lefebvre?
la-furv