French & Indian War
What is another name for the French and Indian War?
The sevens years war
What was the Stamp act?
1765 Act where parliament imposed a duty on all transactions involving paper items
What were the Federalist papers?
A collection of 85 articles written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison to defend the constitution
What country joined the American Revolution and ultimately helped lead to our victory?
France
What were The Alien and Sedition Acts?
A series of laws enacted that greatly restricted immigration and speech in the United States.
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris of 1763
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The four acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act.
What were the goals of the 1st and 2nd continental congress?
1st continental congress: Discuss America's future under growing British aggression.
2nd continental congress: Plot the course of war and soon, independence.
In what battle did the Americans win? And what treaty resulted from the battle?
The Battle of Yorktown, also known as the Siege of Yorktown. The defeat at Yorktown forced the British government to recognize the independence of the United States and led to the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
What was republican motherhood?
The ideal that women should serve as educators of young men in order to teach them to become productive American citizens and embrace the Enlightenment ideas
Explain the Proclamation Line? (Why it was put in place and what it did)
Act of parliment that resticted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains. The Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
What was the Tea Act?
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament in 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
What was the goal of the Annapolis Convention?
12 representatives from 5 states (NY, NJ, PA, DE, VA) with the goal of adressing barriers that limited trade and commerce between states. But, there were not enough states represented to make any real progress.
What is another name for The Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The shot heard 'round the world' (first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War)
The XYZ affair led to what war?
The Quasi War
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?
The main cause of the war was a disagreement between Great Britain and France over territory. Both the British and the French had colonies in North America, but they were not living peacefully.
What was the Currency Act?
A 1794 Act of Parliament that regulated paper money issued by the colonies
What were the 3 compromises in the constitution?
The Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College.
What are 3 reasons America won the revolutionary war?
fought on home soil, fought on colonial terms, highly motivated, easily identified enemy, ability for rapid movement, Washingtons leadership, foreign assistance
What are 2 important warnings from Washington's Farewell address?
- Avoid Partison Fighting (no political parties)
- Avoid foreign entanglements
What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?
- The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America
- Disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution
- The French lost nearly all their land claims in North America and their trading interests in India
What were the Townshend Acts?
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts of Parliament passed between 1767 and 1768 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to fund administration of the British colonies in America.
What were 3 weaknesses of The Articles of Confederation?
unicameral congress, each states has 1 vote, 9/13 votes to pass laws, 13/13 votes to amend, representatives frequently absent, couldn't tax or raise arms, no executive or judicial branch, no international respect
Name 5 events that led the colonies to the American Revolution (Pretty Silly Tammy Baked Tea Cookies Inside Freshly Layered Spicy Dough)
Pretty- Proclamation of 1763
Silly- Stamp Act 1765
Tammy- Townshend Acts 1767
Baked- Boston Massacre 1770
Tea- Tea Act 1773
Cookies- Committees of Correspondence 1773
Inside- Intolerable Acts 1774
Freshly- First Continental Congress 1774
Layered- Lexington and Concord 1775
Spicy- Second Continental Congress 1775
Dough- Declaration of Independence 1776
What are 2 important points from Hamilton's Financial Plan? (BE FAT)
Bank of the United States
Excise taxes on whiskey
Funding for foreign and national debt
Assumption of state debt
Tarrifs