French and Indian War
Who was fighting in the French and Indian war?
British vs. the French and Indians
What are 5 taxes/acts imposed on the colonists by Britian?
*does not have to be exactly these
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
What was the goal of the Continental Congresses (1st and 2nd)?
Articles of Confederation
All power in legislative branch.
Northwest Ordinance: slavery illegal in Northwest and provided means for statehood.
No power to tax, so broke.
Weakness showed at Shays Rebellion.
Republican Motherhood
Republican Motherhood: educate women so they can educate their sons
What were the causes of the French and Indian War?
Territorial disputes in the Ohio River Valley
How did the colonists express their anti-British sentiments through writing (give 2 examples)?
(2 examples)
Common Sense
Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
What were the different sides in the Revolutionary War?
Patriots: wanted to be free
Constitutional Convention
Decided what to put in the constitution.
Slavery
Slaves mad because "all men created equal".
Cotton gin introduced which led to the increase and demand for slavery.
What did the Peace of Paris do?
French were kicked out of the continent. Spain was given lands west of the Mississippi and British had east.
What was the significance of Salutary Neglect?
Before the French and Indian war the British Parliament left day to day decisions to the colonists, meaning they were not directly taxing people in the colonies. However, after the French and Indian War the British needed money so they got rid of this and started to tax colonists.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
Sent to the King trying to secure peace and colonial rights. However, the King dismissed it so the colonists declared war.
Anti-Federalists vs. Federalists
Federalists = yes constitution
Anti-Federalists = no constitution
Ratified but with the inclusion of a Bill of Rights
Global Impact
Inspired other revolutions: French and Hatian.
What was the Albany Congress?
How the colonists organized their defense in the French and Indian War.
What was some ways colonists resisted the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
What are the two most important battles of the war?
Battle of Saratoga: convinced the French to join
Battle of Yorktown: ended the war
Constitution Ideas
Separation of power (3 branches of government)
Checks and Balances
Bill of Rates
How was American culture expressed?
architecture
art
literature
What was the war's impact on westward expansion?
After the war the British got control over the Ohio River Valley lands, which angered the natives. This led to Pontiac's rebellion, which was raids against the colonists. Causing the British to impose the Proclamation of land of 1763, which prohibited westward expansion, but the colonists did not listen because they thought they were entitled to the spoils of the war.
What was the cause and effect of the Boston Tea Party?
Cause: Tea Act gave British East India Company exclusive rights in colonies.
Effects: Colonists pored 45 tons of tea into the harbor leading to the Coercive Acts (1774), that closed the harbor until tea paid for.
What was the measures depicted out in the Paris Peace Treaty (1753).
England recognized the US as a independent nation.
West boundary of the US is the Mississippi.
Americans have fishing rights off the coast of Canada.
Pay debts owed to British merchants and give loyalists their confiscated land.
First Political Parties
Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Main difference = strength of federal government
Issues with natives
Colonists expanding and natives not happy. Tensions shown at Battle of Fallen Timbers.