Taxes
What did the Sugar Act do?
DECREASED tax on sugar from 6 to 3 pence to stop smuggling by making sugar cheaper
What event made England create the Intolerable Acts?
Boston Tea Party
What did the Quartering Act do?
Force colonists to give housing and food to British Soldiers
How many states need to agree to any law under the Articles of Confederation?
9
Name 3 things taxed under the Townshend Acts
Glass, Lead, Tea, Paint
Describe in as much detail as possible the causes of the Boston Massacre according to EACH side (British and colonists)
British: colonists attacked them with rocks and clubs, colonists were trying to attack the customs house, colonists yelled fire first.
Colonists: colonists were unarmed, only gathered near the customs house because they thought there was a fire and they were coming to help
What did the Declaratory Act do AND what event prompted England to pass it?
England said they had the power to make any law for the colonies they wanted to
Passed after the Stamp Act Congress told people to boycott England over taxes
List at least 2 SPECIFIC arguments made in Common Sense by Thomas Paine
-Government is necessary evil created only to protect peoples rights, when it fails at this it must be destroyed
-Only good government is representative democracy
-Monarchy as a concept is inherently evil and goes against the Bible
-Colonists gain nothing from being part of England, it only hurts them
-Colonists are strong enough to win the war
What did the Stamp Act do AND what is its major significance?
Tax paper
Angered the most powerful colonists (rich and educated) and led to the Stamp Act Congress
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence AND what date was it signed
Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1776
List the four MAIN intolerable acts
Massachusetts Government Act
Boston Port Act
Quartering Act
Administration of Justice Act
List at least 3 weakness of the Articles of Confederation
-Laws too hard to pass
-Amendments require unanimous support
-Federal gov has no taxation power
-Federal government can't have standing army
etc.
Why did England pass the Tea Act/what exactly did it do?
To save the British East India Company from going bankrupt - got rid of tax on tea to stop smuggling
What is the name of the farmers rebellion to stop debt that we learned about AND what was its impact?
Shay's Rebellion
Convinced people that the Articles of Confederation had to be replaced
What was the main goal of the Navigation Acts?
Enforce Mercantilist relationship between England and the Colonies
What is the name of the unofficial British policy of only loosely enforcing laws on the colonies
Salutary Neglect
Why did England start increasing taxes on the colonists in the first place? Why SPECIFICALLY did the colonists say this was unfair?
To pay off debt from French and Indian War
Colonists said they paid enough already via trade and also because they could not move onto the land that they won. They were also upset that they were being taxed without representation
Put these wars in the correct order first to last:
Battle of Princeton Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Yorktown Battle of Trenton Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Princeton
Saratoga
Yorktown
Which law was the FIRST to say that smugglers would stand trial in England, not in the colonies
The Sugar Act
Define Mercantilism
An economic system that was popular from the 16th - 18th centuries that was based on the goal of increasing exports while decreasing imports.
In this system, colonies were supposed to help their mother country by giving raw materials, and purchasing back manufactured goods.
List at least 6 of the original 13 colonies
**This question will not be on the test directly but a hint is that it may be beneficial to learn some geography...
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia