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Revolutionary America - Test 1
FDU - Revolutionary American History Class
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History
Undergraduate 2
11/04/2016

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Term
What event in British History was concluded by the Revolutionary Settlement?
Definition
Glorious Revolution
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What British law prevented a subject from false imprisionment
Definition
Habeius Corpus Act
Term
Name the economic system practices in Europe in the 17th century.
Definition
mercantile
Term
Name the term reviewed in the class fro religious groups such as Catholics and Presbyterians
Definition
separitist
Term
The ____ charter was most common among the 13 colonies
Definition
Royal
Term
Name the failed attempt of the colonies to unify in support of the British effort in the French and Indian War
Definition
Albany Plan of the Union
Term
Who became prime minister of England in 1763?
Definition
George Grenville
Term
Along what geographic feature was the 1763 Proclamation Line drawn?
Definition
Appalachian Mtns
Term
Who wrote a letter to the king in the name of the Stamp Act Congress?
Definition
John Dickinson
Term
What law declared parliament's power to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever.
Definition
Declaratory Acts
Term
Name the Boston merchant who wrote a letter to the newspaper critical of the opposition to importing tea
Definition
Theophilus Lillie
Term
Name and rank of the British soldier whose incident with one Edward Gerrish contributed to the chain of events that culminated in the Boston Massacre
Definition
Private Hugh White
Term
Name and rank of the British officer in charge of the troop detachment during the Boston Massacre.
Definition
Captain Thomas Preston
Term
Name the British merchant who was warning the British officer in charge just at the moment when the shooting began (Boston Massacre)
Definition
Richard Palmes
Term
Name and rank of the British soldier who accidentally discharged his weapon thus starting the Boston Massacre
Definition
Private Hugh Montgomery
Term
Give the moth and day of the Boston Massacre
Definition
March 5,1770
Term
Name the lawyer who defended the British in the Boston Massacre trial
Definition
John Adams.
Term
What body of government declared in 1771 that A power without a check is subversive of all freedom?
Definition
House of Representatives, Massachusetts
Term
What features of civilization did the Brits take from Rome?
Definition
Republican Gov't --> Parliament
Code of Law --> English Common Law
High Features of Civilization --> Literature, architecture.
Term
What does Pax Brittanica mean?
Definition
Peace of Britain
Term
What was the only state not under English Common Law?
Definition
Louisiana
Term
What were the rights of an Englishman?
Definition
1. Magna Carta
2. English Bill of Rights
3. Habeaus Corpus Act
Term
What is the Magna Carta?
Definition
Developed in 1215 when King John demanded taxes and the nobles said:
- No gov't without prescribed law
- No taxation without representation
Term
Why was the Revolution fought?
Definition
To attain rights granted to the colonists as Englishmen
Term
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Definition
Came out of the English Civil War, and gave:
- Inalienable Rights:
>> Freedom of Religion
>> Safety in the home
Term
What protections are placed on the home in the English Bill of Rights?
Definition
Law cannot legally enter the home without a search warrant for specific goods, and the search warrant could not be initiated by the king or magistrate.
Term
What precluded the English Bill of Rights?
Definition
Prior to the English Bill of Rights, the Stuarts had the Star Chamber, Trials, where people were tried for treason - anyone for any reason at any time.
Term
What is the Habeaus Corpus Act?
Definition
If arrested by the police a person must appear in front of a judge for arraignment within a reasonable amount of time to have a testimonial given and bail set.

Made it illegal for anyone to be imprisoned without due process.
Term
What does Habeaus Corpus mean?
Definition
To have the body
Term
Petit Jury
Definition
After arraignment, citizens would be judged by a jury of their peers from their home area. This gave citizens the power/control
Term
Sovereignty
Definition
the right to govern
Term
What year was Jamestown Settled?
Definition
1607
Term
What year did the pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock?
Definition
1620
Term
What years did the English Civil War take place?
Definition
1642 - 1645
Term
What was the Glorious Revolution, and when did it take place?
Definition
The revolution removing the Stuarts from power, post ECW, placing Mary Stuart and William of Orange on the throne, 1688
Term
What was the Revolution Settlement, and when did it take place?
Definition
1689 - Rules that William and Mary ruled under.
Term
What are the six rules of the Revolution Settlement?
Definition
1. The sovereignty of England rests with Parliament
2. End of King Rules by the Right of God
3. Inalienable rights
4. English Bill of Rights
5. Habeaus Corpus Act
6. Reiteration of the Magna Carta
Term
When did Great Britain come into existance?
Definition
1707
Term
Historically, how did countries that started colonies treat said colonies?
Definition
Like they were provincial,and that the home nation was grander.
Term
What is a charter?
Definition
A contract signed between the home nation and the colonies
Term
What were the crown's obligations under the charter system?

What were the colonies obligations?
Definition
1. Provide military protection
2. Organize and enforce foreign policy

The colonies had to be obedient in these two matters.
Term
In colonial america, who was able to impose taxes?
Definition
Local assemblies
Term
What type of charter had a Royal Governor, Privy Council, and assembly. The Executive leadership appt by the King, who were Englishmen, not America. 9/13 Colonies
Definition
Royal Charter
Term
What kind of charter: Able to establish their own government structure? (MD/PA)
Definition
Proprietary Charter
Term
What kind of charter: bi-communal set up with their on charter.
Definition
Self Governing Charter
Term
What is the Royal Governor Set Up?
Definition
Royal Governor --> Privy Council --> Assembly
Term
Define Dissolution
Definition
Royal Governor has the right to dissolve the assembly
Term
House of Burgesses
Definition
First elected assembly in the colonies (VA)
Term
What two states had a proprietary charter, who lead them, and what was their relgion
Definition
MD -> Lord Baltimore, Catholic
PA -> William Penn, Society of Friends (Quaker)
Term
What were the motives of those who settled colonies?
Definition
Gold, Glory, and God (religious freedom)
Term
What were the motives of the Crown to establish colonies?
Definition
1. A balance of power
Britain catching up with Spain's royal navy.
Term
What year was the Spanish Armada defeated by the British Fleet?
Definition
1589
Term
What year did England colonize Roanoke?
Definition
1585
Term
What was the goal of merchantilism?
Definition
Emassing gold for the crown by:
1. Size of military
2. Colonial Possessions
3. Gold
Term
How did merchantilism work?
Definition
Colonies sent raw materials to England, who sold them to France/Europe, who paid England, and manufactured them into goods, which were sold back to the colonies
Term
What were the Navigation Acts?
Definition
Foreign policies passed by Parliament:
1. Ennumerated Goods sold to England (tobacco, indigo, navel stores)
2. English must ship goods
3. Molassas supposed to be traded with Jamaica rather than the Dutch
Term
Define Statutory Neglect
Definition
laws that are on the books but not enforced
Term
What were the Manufacturing Acts?
Definition
Illegal for Americans to build plants / industry for textiles, iron works, and hats. Also statutory neglect
Term
Describe the French and Indian War
Definition
7 years war - British against the French/Indians - 1756-1763 - Victory for the British - World War (fought in 4 hemispheres)
Term
When did Pax Britanica start?
Definition
After the end of the French and Indian War
Term
What phrases means that the sun would always shine on a pat of the british empire?
Definition
The sun never sets
Term
How rich were the British after the French and India War?
Definition
They were broke
Term
What goals did PM/Lord of the Treasury, George Grenville, face?
Definition
1. Clean up the Colonial System, by ending statutory neglect, more regulars, more aggressive customs officers.
2. Establishing Uniformities in the new territories
Term
What act was instituted in 1732 and was considered a protective tariff?
Definition
Molasses Act
Term
What act was instituted in 1764 and was a revenue generating tariff? What did it do?
Definition
Sugar Act
- Increased the # of military enforcement
- Increase customs officers
- Ended Statutory Neglect
Term
When did Pontiac's Rebellion take place?
Definition
1759, uprising along northwest border
Term
What did the Grenville Program consist of?
Definition
Sugar Act
- Increased the # of military enforcement
- Increase customs officers
- Ended Statutory Neglect

2. Writ of Assistance
- more aggressive customs officers with more ability to enforce the law.
- law breakers sent to admiralty court in Nova Scotia or Halifax

3. Quartering Act of Troops (1765)
- British offers invited into homes
- British soldiers had a place to stay in public places

4. Proclamation Law - 1763- Americans would not migrate into Ohio Valley until it could be surveyed and made safe
Term
What was the American response to the Proclamation Law?
Definition
Didn't want to be told what to do and accused the British of wanting to use the land to get rich.
Term
What was the act stating that the British wanted gold/silver to be used instead of scrip?
Definition
Currency Act
Term
What is a duty?
Definition
A tariff with the purpose to regulate foreign trade.
Term
Was the Sugar Act legal?
Definition
No, because it was instate to raise revenue, not establish foreign trade
Term
Who could instate taxes the colonies?
Definition
The assemblies
Term
What did Grenville propose when the colonists fought the Stamp Act?
Definition
Stamp Act - 1765
- A tax on all paper documents (birth cert, marriage cert, death cert, contracts, playing cards, etc)
Term
What transpired at the Stamp Act Congress of 1765?
Definition
9/13 colonies met im NYC to discuss the Stamp Act. Decided to communicate with the crown to discuss issues with the Stamp Act
Term
Who wrote the letter to the crown from the Stamp Act Congress?
Definition
John Dickinson
Term
What was the non-importation agreement?
Definition
Americans would boycott British made goods
Term
What does MP stand for?
Definition
Member of parliament
Term
What is virtual representation?
Definition
MP belief that colonist are represented in Parliament because they are middle class and represented as Englishmen of that social class
Term
What is actual representation?
Definition
Colonists wanted a representative in parliament
Term
Tory vs Whigs
Definition
Pro-crown vs pro colonist
Term
In what year does Parliament repeal the stamp act?
Definition
1765
Term
What was the act that was the tipping point for the American Revolution
Definition
Declaratory Act
Term
What was the Declaratory Act?
Definition
1766 - The sovereign power of the realm is Parliament and Parliament is in charge of the colonies. They have the right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever.
Term
What did the Declaratory Act stand against?
Definition
- Magna Carta
- English Bill of Rights
- Habeaus Corpus Act
- Glorious Revolution
Term
What did Grenville suggest to tax the colonists with their consent?
Definition
Townshend Duties - 1767
Term
What were the Townshend Duties?
Definition
1767 - Small tax on consumables
Term
What did the Americans call the Townshend Duties?
Definition
Revenue measures designed as duties. They are disobeyed and the black market is created
Term
After Parliament repealed taxes, which one remained?
Definition
Tea Tax
Term
Who was the 11 yo boy who wass killed by Richardson after a Whig crowd threatened him and his home?
Definition
Christopher Seider
Term
Which Son of Liberty stopped the crowd from killing Ebenezer Richardson?
Definition
William Molineau
Term
What two mistakes did Capt. Thomas Preston make leading up to the Massacre?
Definition
1. He did not order the troops to return to the main guard with White

2. He ordered them to load their muskets
Term
What were the casualties at the Boston Massacre?
Definition
5 people dead
6 people wounded
Term
Who was the governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Massacre?
Definition
Thomas Hutchingson
Term
Who reminded parliament that "Americans were the sons not the bastards of England."
Definition
William Pitt
Term
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Definition
An organization largely in MA, made up of patriots
Term
What is a patriot?
Definition
Someone who was pushing for a break with England
Term
Who was the richer more street smart first cousin of John Adams?
Definition
Sam Adams
Term
What was Paul Revere's vocation?
Definition
Silversmith
Term
How many states did the committees of correspondence go through?
Definition
13
Term
What was the Gaspee Affair?
Definition
A cutter in RI was chasing smugglers, ran aground, and was burned - the skeleton crew onboard beaten
Term
Who was the company the British used to trade tea?
Definition
British East India Company
Term
Tea Act, 1773
Definition
Tea was delivered by the British Navy for less money, but with a low tax
Term
Who stirred up trouble staying that the British were trying to force a monopoly on tea?
Definition
John Hancock
Term
All cities were asked to enforce non importation, and were able to turn the ships around peacefully
Definition
(no answer necessary)
Term
When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
Definition
December 1773
Term
Was the Boston Tea Party violent?
Definition
No, it was peaceful and voluntary
Term
How many chests of tea were tossed into the bay?
Definition
340+
Term
What is King George III's response to the Boston Tea Party?
Definition
The Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Term
What were the intolerable acts?
Definition
1. Port of Boston Bill (MA only)
- Restitution for lost tea
- People who took part in the Boston Tea Party brought to justice

2. Administration of Justice Act (MA only)
Any British soldier charged with a crime would be brought back to England.

3. Suspension of MA Assmebly

4. New Quartering Act
Removal of statutory neglect on the declaratory acts
Term
What as the Quebec Act?
Definition
Boundaries of Quebec extended down into the Ohio Valley
Term
What was the American response to the Intolerable/Coercive Acts?
Definition
1st Continental Congress
Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia
Sept 1774
Term
What came out of the 1st Continental Congress?
Definition
1. John Dickinson wrote another letter to the crown, asking why the intolerable acts and the King for aid.

2.Non-importation

3. Call for military formation (minute men)

4.Agreed to meet again in Spring, 1774, if necessary.
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