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Causes of the American Revolution flashcards
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Card 1
What does “salutary neglect” mean?
Britain's loose enforcement of its trade rules in the colonies before the 1760s. “Salutary” means helpful, and the colonies governed much of their own daily lives.
Card 2
When was the French and Indian War, and who won?
It lasted from 1754 to 1763. Britain won, and France gave up Canada and most of its land east of the Mississippi River.
Card 3
What did the Proclamation of 1763 tell colonists to do?
It told them not to settle west of a line along the Appalachian Mountains. Britain wanted to avoid costly fighting with Native nations.
Card 4
What is a boycott, and how did colonists use it?
A boycott is a refusal to buy goods as a protest. Colonists boycotted British goods after the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts and the Coercive Acts.
Card 5
What was the Stamp Act's effect on daily life?
It required a stamp on printed papers such as newspapers, legal documents and playing cards, so it reached many people, including lawyers, printers and merchants.
Card 6
What did colonists mean by “no taxation without representation”?
Colonists should be taxed only with the consent of representatives they elected. They had assemblies of their own but no elected members in Parliament.
Card 7
What was virtual representation?
Britain's argument that each member of Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including people who did not vote for him.
Card 8
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Groups of colonists who organized protests against British measures, starting with the Stamp Act of 1765.
Card 9
Which Townshend tax stayed after most of them were repealed in 1770?
The tax on tea.
Card 10
What was the British East India Company?
A huge British trading company. In 1773 it had a lot of unsold tea, and the Tea Act let it sell the tea directly in the colonies.
Card 11
What were committees of correspondence?
Groups in towns and colonies that exchanged letters to share news and plan a response to British policies. They began in the early 1770s.
Card 12
What did colonists call the Coercive Acts?
The Intolerable Acts. They were passed in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
Card 13
Which colony did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress?
Georgia. Delegates from the other twelve colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774.
Card 14
What happened on April 19, 1775?
British soldiers who had marched out of Boston to seize military supplies at Concord met militia at Lexington, and fighting broke out. More fighting followed at Concord.
Card 15
What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist, and who else lived in the colonies?
Patriots supported resistance to British policies. Loyalists stayed loyal to the Crown. Many other colonists were undecided or neutral.
Card 16
Which two ideas from John Locke did colonists use to explain their complaints?
Natural rights (life, liberty and property) and consent of the governed (a government's power comes from the people).