Early Seafarers/Greece
The first people known to use sea power were the sailors and traders of ancient
Crete.
The longest period of peace in world history was known as the
Pax Romana
Why didn't the United States build any new ships after the Revolutionary War?
The government couldn't tax the people.
The Navy Act of 1794 authorized the construction of six Frigates. T or F
True
In 1803, Commodore Preble sent the USS Philadelphia to blockade the port of Tripoli. What happened to this ship?
It ran aground and was captured.
Our alphabet is based on the alphabet of what ancient people?
Phoenicians
The first to seek new sea routes to the Indies and the Orient were the
Portuguese
The Peace of Paris in 1783 gave the Americans a territory that extended west
to the Mississippi River
The newly signed Constitution authorized the United States Congress to
provide and maintain a navy.
The first Secretary of the Navy was
Benjamin Stoddert
What city is known as the birthplace of democracy in government?
Athens
The "Age of Discovery" was referred to as being a new age of
sea power
Instead of meeting General Burgoyne in Albany in 1777, General Howe made an ill-advised decision to capture which city?
Philadelphia
When Congress passed the Navy Act in 1794, the bill stated that naval shipbuilding would stop if
the United States made peace with Algiers
The Barbary States economy was based on
piracy and tribute payments
The Punic Wars were between what two major powers?
Rome and Carthage
What group of Europeans became the leaders of Western culture after the Greeks?
Romans
Although General Arnold lost all of his ships in the Battle of Lake Champlain in 1775, it is considered a victory because it
slowed the British advance enough to allow the Americans time to regroup and train troops.
As the Napoleonic Wars intensified, what did England forbade?
Any trade with France or any of it's colonies
Giving in to demands for tribute and ransom usually
leads to more demands
Before the Dark Ages, the capital of the Byzantine Empire was located at _____________.
Constantinople
National wealth was measured by the amount of treasure in the royal vaults. The total wealth of the world was limited. To become richer and more powerful, a nation had to make some other nation poorer through capture of its trade and colonies. This was
Mercantile Theory
The name of the last ship left in the navy after the Revolutionary War was the USS
Alliance
In 1802, President Jefferson sent a squadron of ships to the Mediterranean Sea to
protect American trade
When the U.S. did not meet the tribute demands of the Pasha of Tripoli he
declared war on the U.S