AP US History: The American Pageant, Chapter 7: Notes Flashcards

Notes highlighted for test from The American Pageant: Chapter 7

928364187	What change in colonial policy reinforced an emerging sense of American political identity and helped to precipitate the America Revolution?	The London government's inability to compel Americans to help pay some of the costs of the empire	1
928364188	In a broad sense when did the American Revolution begin?	When the first colonists set foot in the New World	2
928364189	Who did Republicans look to for models of a just society?	The Greeks and Romans	3
928364190	What was defined as a just society?	One where citizens would subordinate their private interests to the common good	4
928364191	What depended on the virtue of citizenry?	The stability of society and the authority of government	5
928364192	Which colony was the only one to be formally planted by the British government?	Georgia	6
928364193	What was Mercantilism?	An economic policy where wealth was measured by a country's amount of gold and silver	7
928364194	When was the first of the Navigation Laws enacted?	1650	8
928364195	What was the first Navigation Law directed towards?	The Dutch elbowing their way into American shipping	9
928364196	Who could void the colonial laws and how often was it used?	The Privy Council, sparingly(only 469 times out of 8,563 laws)	10
928364197	What was a prime example of salutary neglect?	The lack of enforcement of the Navigation Laws up until 1763 that resulted in widespread smuggling	11
928364198	Who was resented by the settlers for enforcing the Navigation Laws?	Prime Minister George Grenville	12
928364199	What was the importance of the Sugar Act?	It was the first law passed by Parliament for raising tax revenue in the colonies	13
928364200	What was required by the Quartering Act?	Required certain colonies to provide food and quarter to British soldiers	14
928364201	What was the American battle cry?	"No taxation without representation"	15
928364202	Why did Americans deny Parliament the right to tax them?	Since no Americans where seated in Parliament	16
928364203	What representative policy did Grenville push and what does it mean?	Virtual Representation, that a Parliamentarian represents all British subjects	17
928364204	What was smuggled that required Britain to send troops to America?	Tea	18
928364205	What were the Committees of Correspondence?	A forerunner to the Continental Congress that spread propaganda via letters to keep the rebellious spirit alive in the colonies	19
928364206	Who first started the Committees of Correspondence?	Samuel Adams	20
928364207	What was the most drastic measure of the Repressive Acts	The Boston Port Act which closed the Boston Harbor	21
928364208	When and Where did the First Continental Congress meet?	In Philadelphia from September 5th to October 26th, 1774	22
928364209	What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?	To discuss problems in response to the Intolerable Acts	23
928364210	What were the three major advantages that Britain had in war with America?	7.5 million people compared to America's 2 million, superior naval power, and great wealth	24
928364211	What major advantage did America have in war?	Great leaders like George Washington and smooth diplomats like Benjamin Franklin	25
928364212	How many Africa Americans enlisted in the American armed forces?	5,000	26
928364213	Which side did African Americans fight for in the American Revolution	Both	27