IB HOA Paper 3 American Revolution Flashcards
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Washington | (Am. Rev.) Military Know How: Leader in the army in the 1720's Command of Continental Army in 1775 at age 43 Glorified for crossing the Delaware Trenton, Saratoga, Valley Forge Fabian Strategy |
| Washington | (Am. Rev.) Political Strengths: Main leader of the Continental Congress Communicated well in groups First president, had overwhelming popularity |
| Washington | (Am. Rev.) Personal Character: Integrity - Well known by other leaders (Adams) Strong silence Demanding of room/attention |
| Tea Tax | (Am. Rev.) Causes: British Tea company outrageous taxes, etc. etc... |
| Stamp Act | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Tax on documents |
| Sugar Act | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Extenuating tax on foods: sugar, syrup |
| Townshend Act | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Put forth by Charlie Townshend Tax on led, glass, paint, paper, etc. |
| Declaratory Act | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Stated that there would be no independent colonial government |
| Intolerable Act | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Part of these dissolved town hall meetings in the colonies |
| Olive Branch Petition | (Am. Rev.) Causes: The king neglected to read this primary letter from the colonies about their grievances |
| Boston Massacre | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Sensationalized military violence in Boston |
| Quebec Act | (Am. Rev.) Causes: An act dealing with military mismanagement and Canada |
| General Gage | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Antagonist British general put in place as the Governor of Massachusetts; marched around Boston |
| Bunker Hill | (Am. Rev.) Causes: One of the first battles of the Revolution, which involved placement strategy and not adapting to guerrilla war fare |
| Saratoga | (Am. Rev.) Causes: First surrender of the British during the American Revolution; British General Burgoyne |
| Salutary Neglect | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Accepted political philosophy between the colonies and Great Britain in 1713 |
| Harvard in 1636 | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Colonies set up own schools of though in Universities. This is a primary example |
| House of Burgesses | (Am. Rev.) Causes: This example of a colonial government structure was set up in 1619 and met annual in Virginia |
| 80% | (Am. Rev.) Causes: The percent of colonialists owned land, compared to 30% in England |
| Mercantilism | (Am. Rev.) Causes: This was the accepted economic system of the North while the South ran on its cash crop, tobacco |
| Molasses Act | (Am. Rev.) Causes: In 1733, this was an early established tax that exemplified British interests overriding Colonial interests |
| Religious Diversity | (Am. Rev.) Causes: This social aspect of colonial society set it apart from the homogenous society of England |
| Conflict in Colonies | (Am. Rev.) Causes: Charles Beard argues that these are examples of inter-class warfare in the colonies: -Poor farmers can't cote -Self interest of representatives -Debtors and Creditors conflict -Not represented in the government: slaves, indentured servants, women, men without property -Shay's Rebellion |
| Beard | U.S. Revolution: Progressive theory that the Revolution was economically based. States there was both a conflict between the colonies and Britain, as well as a class conflict in the colonies. |
| Bancroft | U.S. Revolution: Whig Historian stating the Revolution was just another chapter in the unfolding story of liberty. It was a divinely ordained path to human history. |
| Beer | U.S. Revolution: The Imperial School historian who argues that the Revolution was an internal conflict in the British Empire based on two different views of government: Self-Government vs. Autocracy. |
| Bailyn | U.S. Revolution: In the '50's this historian says the Revolution was ideological and psychological. The colonists are suspicious of the British government tightening its reigns because they had read Locke. |
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