Week 7
What is a monopoly?
A business has full control over the market
Zero competitors
What is the Port Act?
The Boston Colonists couldn't use Boston Harbor until they repay the East India Company for the tea.
What style of tactics did the colonists use to fight in the war?
They colonists used Guerrilla Warfare which is a hit and run style of attack.
What were minute men?
Minute men were militia men who could be ready in a minutes notice.
What are our "natural rights"
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The Sons of Liberty were an organized group of men trying to fight for independence from Britain.
What is the Quartering Act
The Quartering Act allowed British soldiers stay in colonial homes because they needed housing.
Why did the British march to Concord?
To find and confiscator:
- Weapons
- John Hancock, Sam Adams
What was Common Sense?
What was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown
- Last major battle of the Revolutionary War
What was the Boston Tea Party? Why did they do it?
The Boston Tea party was an event which the colonists throw 342 boxes of tea into Boston Harbor. They did this as a protest to Tea Act.
What was the Administration of Justice Act?
The Administration of Justice Act was if a British soldier committed a crime in the Massachusetts, their trial would be done else where.
This is because they would not receive a fair trial in the colonies.
How did the colonists know the British were coming?
Paul Revere and the other midnight riders.
What triggered the first Continental Congress?
The intolerable Acts
What is the treaty of Treaty of Paris
Britain officially giving Americans Independence.
What was the Tea Act?
The Tea Act lowered the price of tea but forced the colonists to buy from East India Tea Company, giving this company a monopoly over tea in the Americas
King George could appoint government officials in Massachusetts because MA could not be trusted. King George had control over MA.
Where was the shot heard around the world?
Lexington!
What were the two major accomplishments of the second Continental Congress?
2. Declaration of Independence
What were some major advantages of the Colonists
Support from France
Knew the landscape of the colonies
Why did Parliament create the Tea Act?
The members of parliament were friends with the owners of the East India Company and who needed support. They had a surplus (extra) of tea, needed someone to buy said surplus.
Why did the British enact the Intolerable Acts?
The intolerable acts were put into place because by the British to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
(yes they wanted their money back for the tea, however, they mostly wanted to punish the colonists)
What was the significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
First shots of the American Rev.
Showed the Minute Men could compete with the British.
What was the Declaration of Independence
- List of Grievances
Mostly: Declare independence from Britain.
Ran out of room, know the following:
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
Shay's Rebellion:
Northwest Ordinance:
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation: Weak central government, no way to hold states accountable for taxes, could hold criminal accountable etc.
Shay's Rebellion: MA farmer didn't want to go to prison so he and his militia blocked the doors of the court houses. The significance of this event is that it showed the weaknesses of the articles of confederation.
Northwest Ordinance: Provided guidance on how land west of the Appalachian Mountains could become states. It was was one of few accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation.