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U.S. History First Semester Exam

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What is the relationship between beliefs, questions, and actions?
The questions you ask depend on your beliefs and your actions show your beliefs
Which countries benefitted economically from gold, tobacco, or furs?
Spain-gold, England-tobacco, France-fur
How is "progress" defined in the kingdom of God? Kingdom of man?
Kingdom of God- spiritual progress and how close you are to God
Kingdom of man- physical progress
How do push-pull factors explain how people move from place to place?
If there are more pull then push factors, they will move to that place
How do "God, gold and glory" cover most of the reasons for people that voluntarily went to the new world?
People wanted to be free to believe in what they wanted, get rich, and discover new things
How did John Smith and tobacco save Jamestown?
John Smith got the people to work and they sold tobacco or traded it for things they needed
What is the significance of the House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact?
Both of them were the first examples of self-government and they brought peace
What were the three new ideas in the colonies?
Great awakening, education, enlightenment
How did each of the new ideas prepare the colonists for the revolution?
great awakening-financial independence, independence of churches, personal sense of independence, colleges, conversions
education-people can read, communications easier, creates educated population, every New England town has a public school
enlightenment-new ideas, focuses on reason, John Locke(social contract theory), Rousseau(community must have common understanding), Montesquieu(separation of powers)
What were the four effects of the Great Awakening?
conversions, colleges, financial independence of churches, personal sense of independence
What was the focus of the Enlightenment?
new ideas, focus on reason
Intellectual contribution of John Locke
social contract theory
Intellectual contribution of Montesquieu
Separation of Powers
Intellectual contribution of Rousseau
Community must have a common understanding among all members
What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
To try to restrict colonial trade with England
What economic theory was behind the Navigation Acts?
England could get everything cheap and colonists couldn't sell things for more money to other people
What situation did England find itself in at the end of the French and Indian War?
-a bunch of war debt and increasing ideas of independence in the colonies
-French still have lots of power
-50% of colonists aren't English
How did the end of salutary neglect address the issues England faced?
France still has power, England is ignoring the colonists, and the colonists can only trade with England
How did the Proclamation Line and the adding of taxes address the issues England faced?
Both of these things helped address the war debt
How was the Stamp Act in particular received/perceived by the colonists?
The colonists were angry because now taxes were being enforced and they had to pay them and get a stamp to prove they had paid the tax which annoyed them
Why did the British keep the tea tax?
King George III insisted a small tax be kept on the tea to prove that parliament had the right and could tax the colonists
What were the circumstances that led to the Boston Tea Party?
-colonists were ready to act as one and British East India company was in financial trouble
-large amounts of tea were stored in England but couldn't be sold because they didn't have enough money to pay the custom taxes due
-government let them sell tea without taxes
-colonists got angry
-colonists refused to buy tea
How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
British rulers of the empire refuse to retreat or compromise
tried to punish Boston by the intolerable acts
1st Continental Congress vs. 2nd Continental Congress
1st Continental Congress-requested rights, agreed to cease all trade with Great Britain, colonists could only be taxed by their own assemblies
2nd Continental Congress-demanded rights, George Washington chosen chief of the "Continental Army", authorized privateers as a Continental Navy, and Declaration of Independence
How was the Battle of Bunker Hill a moral victory for the colonists?
It showed the ran colonial troops could face regulars without flinching
British loss of 1000 men was more than double of the Americans
1/8 of all British officers killed in the Revolutionary war fell at Bunker Hill
When was "Common Sense" published?
January 15, 1776
What impact did "Common Sense" have on the colonial mindset?
colonists mostly agreed with George Washington that people could rule themselves and be free of the tyranny of kings and nobles
Why did the colonists choose to seek support from France and Spain?
France had a great navy and was conspiring with Spain to use this opportunity to tear apart the British Empire
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
How did France give support to the colonists prior to the Battle of Saratoga without openly supporting the colonists?
France would sell gun powder to Dutch colonists, send ships to Carribean and go to Dutch island and get gun powder from the Dutch which was originally from France. Dutch was middle man between France and colonists
What were the causes of the American Revolution?
British had too strong of a government and the people didn't like the taxes
How did the causes of the American Revolution impact the Articles of Confederation?
They didn't want to be like the government they just came from
Didn't want to have someone with too much power like a king or national taxes
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