cards for the AP history test
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| 5645368148 | Where did the real authority for the colonies rest in the early 1700's in England? | The Privy Council | 0 | |
| 5645368149 | In the early 1700's were the individual colonies more likely to identify with England or each other? | England | 1 | |
| 5645368150 | What was the purpose of the Albany Plan? | to negotiate a traety with the Iroqouis and discuss forming a colonial federation to deal with issues they were having with the Indians | 2 | |
| 5645368151 | Who were the three major players in the French and Iandian War? | The English, the French, and the Iroquois | 3 | |
| 5645368152 | What were the new sources of conflict that led to the French and Indian War? | Louis the XIV began to support expansion in America The fur trade drew large numbers (comparitively to the past) of peasants in search of wealth New missionary zeal drew Jesuits French farmers were attraccted to the Mississppi River bottomlands French explorers began to claim more and more land | 4 | |
| 5645368153 | What were large estates on the St. Laurence River called?? | seigneuries | 5 | |
| 5645368154 | Why did the French have better realtions with the Indians (in general)? | They tended to be more tolerant The French adjusted their behavior to Indian patterns, unlike the English who tried to impose their social norms on the Indians Fur traders often married Indian women Jesuit missionaries converted thousands of Indians to Catholicism | 6 | |
| 5645368155 | How did the Iroquois Confederacy maintain their power in the Great Lakes region before the French and Indian War? | They avoided too close of a relationship with the English or the French and played the two nations against each other` | 7 | |
| 5645368156 | What three wars began the French-English conflict in north America? Where did they begin? | King William's War, Queen Anne's War, and King George's War the began in Europe | 8 | |
| 5645368157 | What clash began the French and Indian War? | When the Virginia militia force, under George Washington, built Fort Necessity in opposition to the French fort, Fort Duquesne. There was then a minor squirmish which was a significantly won by the French | 9 | |
| 5645368158 | To what extent did the British provide assistance to the colonies during the war? | They provided some assistance, but it was inadequate and it didnt succeed. | 10 | |
| 5645368159 | What began the second phase of the French and Indian War? | The formal declaration by France and England beginning the Seven Years War. | 11 | |
| 5645368160 | Who took over the French and Indian War in the colonies after the death of Braddock? | William Pitt | 12 | |
| 5645368161 | What was impressment? | The forceful enlisting of colonists into the militia by Britain | 13 | |
| 5645368162 | What characterized the third phase of the French and Indian War? | William Pitt relaxed many of the policies that were imposed on the colonist and promised to reimburse the colonists for all the supplies they took from the colonists | 14 | |
| 5645368163 | What ended the American phase of the French and Indian War? | The capture of Quebec by James Wolfe | 15 | |
| 5645368164 | What were some of the consequences of the Seven Years War? | The English leaders saw the French and Indian War as a sign of American ineptitude. It forced all of the colonies for the firsttime to unite against a common foe. It confirmed in American's eyes the ilegitamacy of British interference in colonial affairs The soldiers found comrodery in each other The Indians that had allied themselves with the French had to deal with the bitterness the British had towards them. The Iroquois Confederacy crumbled | 16 | |
| 5645368165 | Who was the king of England in 1760 that had mental health issues? | George III | 17 | |
| 5645368166 | Who became the prime minister of England that thought the colonists had become too long indulged and imposed a new system on the colonies? | George Grenville | 18 | |
| 5645368167 | What was the Proclomation of 1763? | to avoid conflict with natives, forbade settlers to advance beyond line drawn on app mountains. colonists ignored this law and kept pushing west | 19 | |
| 5645368168 | What does the term "white encroachment' refer to? | It refered to the policy many colonists took of ignoring the line of settlement the British imposed | 20 | |
| 5645368169 | What was the Sugar Act? | It strengthened the enforcement of the duties on sugar and established courts to try smugglers. | 21 | |
| 5645368170 | What was the Currency Act of 1764? | Forced the colonies to stop issuing paper money? | 22 | |
| 5645368171 | What was the Stamp Act of 1765? | It imposed a tax on things such as almanacs, newspapers, pamplets, deeds, wills, liscenses colonists saw it as a direct attempt by england to raise income of colonies without consent of the colonial assemblies- it affected everybody | 23 | |
| 5645368172 | Who were the Paxton Boys? | A group of ''backcountrymen'' that demanded relief from colonial taxes and for help to help them defend themselves against Indians | 24 | |
| 5645368173 | What was the regulator movement? | Men of the Carolina upcountry who were underepresented in the colonial assembly and rose up against the taxes imposed on them by local sheriffs | 25 | |
| 5645368174 | What was the major reasons for the Stamp, Sugar, and Currency acts? | Britain was suffering from a postwar depression and sought to regain some of its investments | 26 | |
| 5645368175 | Was home rule a new or old concept to the colonists? | old | 27 | |
| 5645368176 | What was the major effect of the House Burgesses in regards to the Stamp Act? | The dicussion of the new taxes especially by Patrick Henry, made the colonists believe they could do more than just grumble over the taxes | 28 | |
| 5645368177 | What was Virginia Resolves? | A pamphlet describing the different resolutions Patrick Henry suggested to the House of Burgesses "people have the right to be taxed only by their representatives who voted on the tax" | 29 | |
| 5645368178 | Who was the Lieutenant govenor of Boston? | Hutchinson | 30 | |
| 5645368179 | Who were the Sons of Liberty? | Men of Boston who terrorized stamp agents and burned stamps in response to the Stamp Act | 31 | |
| 5645368180 | Why did England repeal the Stamp Act? | Britain was feeling a lot of economic pressure from the boycotts of the colonists and the merchants catering to the colonies were complaining | 32 | |
| 5645368181 | What was the Declaratory Act? | An act allowing Parliament to have control in all cases; passed directly after the Stamp Act was repealed | 33 | |
| 5645368182 | Who was the man that lead the Green Mountain Boys and succeeded in making Vermont a separate state? | Ethan Allen | 34 | |
| 5645368183 | What was the Mutiny Act? | It required the colonists to house Britsih troops, a practice that had been held for many years, but it was REQUIRED now (This act was also knon was the Quartering Act) | 35 | |
| 5645368184 | Benjamin Franklin argued for the distinction between _______ taxes and __________ taxes. | Internal, External | 36 | |
| 5645368185 | What were the Townshend Duties? | A tax on tea, lead,paper, and paint | 37 | |
| 5645368186 | What did Americans do in response to the Townshend Duties? | boycott | 38 | |
| 5645368187 | What were the results of the British soldiers being poorly paid and poorly treated? | They often weren't qualified to deal with the colonists and more importantly, they tried to get jobs outside of the army to suppliment their income in an already tight/competitive job market | 39 | |
| 5645368188 | What was a result of the "Boston Massacre"? | The idea that it was a massacre of innocent civilians was widely spread throughout the colonies and outrage followed | 40 | |
| 5645368189 | Who was the leading figure following the Boston Massacre in fueling public outrage? | Samuel Adams | 41 | |
| 5645368190 | Know the difference between virtual and actual representation. | Virtual- Parliament represented the whole of the Britsih empire Actual- Parliaments members should be elected from every geographical sphere | 42 | |
| 5645368191 | Why was the Tea Act imposed | The British East India Companywas going bankrupt and England thought if it removed them from having to pay taxes, ot would both lower the price of tea in the colonies and help the East India Company financially | 43 | |
| 5645368192 | What was different about th ecolonial boycott on tea? | It involved large numbers of people | 44 | |
| 5645368193 | Who said "rather than freedom,we'll part with our tea"? | the Daughters of Liberty | 45 | |
| 5645368194 | What happened at the Boston Tea Party? | At first, Boston was planning on mimicking sdeveral other colonies and sending the ships with tea back to England, but their govenor wouldn't let them.So on Dec. 16, 1773, the Sonns of Liberty, masquerading as Mohawks dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor | 46 | |
| 5645368195 | What was Englands response to the Boston Tea Party? | The Coercive Acts- Closed the port of Boston, reduced Mass. self government, allowed officials to be tried in England and other colonies and provided for the quartering of British troops | 47 | |
| 5645368196 | What was the Quebec Act? | It extended the boundaries of Quebec and granted political rights to Roman Catholics | 48 | |
| 5645368197 | What were the results of the coercive and quebec acts? | It reinflamed resentment towards Britain and unified the colonies in helping Massachusetts. | 49 | |
| 5645368198 | What happened at the first continental congress? | Theyendorsed a statement of grievances Approved legislation that prepared for defense against possible attackby British troops in Boston Agreed on a policy on non-importatin, exportation, and consumption to stop trade with Britain They agreed to meet next spring if things weren't improved | 50 | |
| 5645368199 | What were the Concilatory Acts? | A system where the colonies would tax themselves at the urging of Parliament- suggested by Lord North | 51 | |
| 5645368200 | Who was the leader in charge of the British forces at Lexington and Concord? | Gen. Thomas Gage | 52 | |
| 5645368201 | Who were the horsemen that warned Boston the "regulars"were coming? | Prescott, Revere, and Dawes | 53 | |
| 5645368202 | What event was truly the start of the Revolution? | The squirmishes at Lexington and Concord | 54 | |
| 5645466541 | salutary neglect | how the colonists were ruled for a long time: inefficient rule over colonies and ignored them. this allowed colonies to become virtually independent from england which leads to resistance of imperial authority | 55 | |
| 5645506816 | why did the french and indian war begin | was over a balance of power and over control of the ohio river valley | 56 | |
| 5645566124 | after french and indian war, what were the positions of GB and colonies? | colonists: heightened sense of their own importance and a renewed commitment to protecting their self-government british: strengthened beliefe in need to tighten administration of empire and use of colonies as a source of profit | 57 | |
| 5645635676 | stamp act congress | inter-colonial congress of delegates from 9 colonies in nyc. petitioned to the king and parliament that americans owed britian their subordination, but denied being rightfully taxed by anyone except their own provincial assemblies | 58 | |
| 5645680062 | quartering act (nutiny act) | required colonists to provide british soldiers quarters and supplies in america | 59 | |
| 5645703734 | john locke's theory of government | people are inherently corrupt and selfish, government is necessary to protect individuals from the evil in one another | 60 | |
| 5645891004 | tavern culture and the role it played during this time | where people gathered to discuss the acts passed by british gov. where people organized how to retaliate | 61 | |
| 5645912621 | coercive acts | closed port of boston, reduced drastically colonial sef-government, permitted royal affairs to be tried in other colonies or in england when accused of crime and provided quartering for troops aka intolerable acts | 62 | |
| 5645944665 | committees of correspondance | acted as a news agency discussing what colonies were doing against the british helped connect and unite colonies | 63 | |
| 5645975613 | lexington and concord | british coming when they heard minutemen were storing gun powder colonists were warned and able to prepare to defend themselves | 64 |
