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What is the purpose of a colony: To make the mother country more powerful
What is primary industry: Raw Materials
What is secondary industry: finished product
Why were restrictions put on the colonies' manufacturing: Not allowed to compete with mother country
The colonies's shipping was restricted how?: They were only allowed to use british ships
How were the colonies restricted in buying and selling?: They buy from england & only sell to england
What is the enumerated goods list?: Goods that could be only bought from england
What are some of the advantages the colonies had?: -Shipping industry was good
-Bounty on certain products
-Black Market
What is a Bounty?: Payments made to stimulate the production of certain goods
What were some of the disadvantages the colonies had?: -Manufactoring & Shipping restrictions
-Trade restrictions
What is Salutary neglect?: Purposefully looking the other way on certain crimes such as the black market.
By the early 1700s the colonists began to change, why?: 1. 3rd to 6th generation of colonists
2. Some people never saw and weren't from britain
3. Population doubling every 25-30 years
4. Each colony is very independent
In 1760 who is the new enlish king?: George III
How do the majority of the colonists feel about George III?: They dislike him and even call him Farmer George
What are some of the reasons the colonists had to stay together with england?: - Defence from indians
- Defence from spain
- Defence from france (main threat)
The French and Indian war was a part of what bigger war?: 7 years war 1754-1763
What are some of the advantages of the british during the French and Indian War?: -More colonists 2-3 to 1 ratio
-Navy
What were some of France's advantages?: -One unified colony (British colonies were 13 very independent colonies)
Most of the indians sided with the french, which specific tribe differed and sided with the british?: Iroquai
Who was the Albany Plan organized by?: Ben Franklin
What was the Albany Plan?: 7 colonies met and the plan was to help each colony fight for eachother.
How does the Albany plan do?: It fails
in 1758 who is the new war minister of britain?: William Pitt
When quebec fell in 1759 what 2 generals died and what country did each belong?: -Kalm- France
-Wolf- British
What was the treaty to the french and indian war and what were the reparations?: -Peace of Paris 1763
-Britain secured largest amount ever given to a country as a result of a peace treaty (everything but france and a few islands in the carribean)
What were some of the negative after effects on British?: - low on money so they tried to tax the colonies more
Who was the new Finance minister and what does he do?: - George Grenville
- All he does is enforce laws that were already in effect
What were writs of assistance?: search warrants?
What was the big deal behind the sugar act of 1764?: -lowered the price of the sugar tax but now it was enforced
What was the currency act?: forbid the colonies from having their own paper money
What was new on the Stamp act of 1765?: stamp on 54 new items
What was the townsend act?: a tax on..
-tea
-paper
-glass
In the end what happened to the townsend act?: every thing was cancelled except tea
What was the major indian rebellion in 1763?: Pontiac's rebellion
What was the proclaimation of 1763?: all settlements west of applachians must be stopped and ceased
Courtering act of 1765?: Every colonist had to provide barracks for soldiers
Since we defied the new restrictions what did british do?: -Took govorner salary away from the assembly
- Precented NY and Mass from meeting except one day a year
What was Patrick Henry's reason for us to rebel?: No taxation without representation
What did the colonists do in retaliation of the stamp act?: They boycotted british goods
Was the stamp act ever taken away?: Yes
What was put in its Place and what did it do?: The declatory act,
Full power over the colonies
who were the sons of liberty?: A terrorist movement
What happened in the Boston Massacre?: 5 colonists die
Cryspus attucks- A black dock worker died amongst the group
What was the gaspee affair?: Colonists burned HMS Gaspee
What was the committee of correspondence?: information network in the colonies (worked kind of like the pony express)
Which company was given monopoly over all the tea trade and relieved of taxes in america?: East india company
Why did this upset the colonists?: Upset many prominent black market tea sellers?
What was the boston tea party?: The sons of libery threw 75000 dollars worth of tea into the boston harbor
What were the intolerable acts?: Came from a direct result of the boston tea party
-closed boston ports till tea was paid for
-british soldiers would not be tried in us courts
-troops in Mass could be quarted anywhere
-only one gov meeting a year in massachusetts
What was the quebec act?: -French canadians got religious freedom and self gov
-Borders of canada extended to ohio river
What happened in philidephia 1774?: 1st continental congress.
-all colonist but georgia showed up
-petitioned king for relief from intolerable acts
-cut off all trade w/ britain
-pledge loyalty to the kind
-start war preparations
In 1774 boston was occupied militarily by what british general?: Thomas Gage
Gage got word of colonists ammasing weapons in concord what did he do?: Sent 700 soldiers to destroy arsonel
Who were the colonists allerted by?: Williams Dows, Samuel Prescot, Paul Revere
Where did the british run into american minute men and how many americans died?: Lexington
8 americans died
When the set concord weapons on fire what happened on the way back?: 250 british soldiers were killed
What did the colonists do afterwards?: They mobilized and beseiged boston
Where do the british then attack the colonists?: Breeds hill (not bunker hill)
Who wins breed's hill and what was signifigant about this battle?: The british
-bloodiest battle
What was the olive branch petition?: The Colonists complained everything but blamed it on king's ministers
What happened at the 2nd continental congress?: -asked colonies for supplies
-sendt agents/diplomats to france
-encourage rebellion of french canadians
-georger washington elected commander & cheif
Montgomery takes what french base?: Ticonderoga
What city does he then take over and what is his fate?: He wins at montreal
-Montgomery dies
America Cant take quebec so..?: Canada remains in british hands throughout the war
What does the king call americans? And what does he do?: -Traitors
-blockade's east coast
What pamphlet was released on January 3rd, 1776?: common sense by thomas pane
What did the pamphlet say?: Blamed george III for the problems
"tis time to part"
March 1776 what happened at botson?: Washington brought cannons fron ticonderoga and aims them at dorchester heights so the british leave boston
Who is charge of what army?: Washington- Us
William howe- British
What does richard henry lee do june 7th 1776 at the 2nd continental congress: introduces 1st resolution calling for independence
Who are the 5 authers of the dec of independence?: - John Adams
-Roger Sherman
-Robert Livingston
- Ben Franklin
-Thomas Jefferson
When was Dec of Ind it submitted and when was it passed?: Submitted - july 2nd
Passed - July 4th
What did the declaration of independence do?: -explain philosoph of our govornment
What did it mean to sign declaration of indep: signing your addmittance to treason
Who was john hancock: Prez of Continental COngress
What is a good assessment of the british?: -Govornment - most powerful
-Money - more than anyone
-dicaplined troops
-best navy
How did american colonies feel about indep?: -1/3 for
-1/3 against
-1/3 didn't care
What is assesment of US: -Battle Style
-home turf
- not popular war in britian
- out leadership was good
Who were hessains: Hired german soldiers
We hold these truths to be self evident means..?: That it should be obvious without explination
In dec of ind Man means?: Man - White male property owners
Life liberty and persuit of happiness was originally written and written by?: Life, liberty, property
By John Locke
What is a social contract?: Govornment exists to protect the people's rights
What is the right of revolution?: People have the right to alter abolish the govornment
What right is for defence of the people?: Right to own a gun
What is the greviences part of the dec of indep: -List of what george the 3rd has done to us
-Explain to the world why we are the exception to the rule
What is the resolution?: It states we are free
1 2...?: 3
4 5...?: 6
7 8...?: 9

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