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What is Salutary Neglect?
What is Salutary Neglect?
The British neglected (left allone) the Colonists and let them make their own decisions about trade and self-government.
Why did the British end Salutary Neglect and start to restrict trade and raise taxes?
Why did the British end Salutary Neglect and start to restrict trade and raise taxes?
To pay off debts from fighting the French and Indian War.
What does mercantilism mean?
What does mercantilism mean?
The colonies supplied raw materials to the British who used them to make finished products (goods) to sell back to the colonists at a high price.
How did the colonists respond to the high taxes the British put on them?
How did the colonists respond to the high taxes the British put on them?
They boycotted the taxed British goods.
What was the Proclemation of 1763 and why did the British pass it?
What was the Proclemation of 1763 and why did the British pass it?
The British said the colonists could not move past the Appalachian Mountains. The British did this to avoid conflicts with Native Americans.
Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?
Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?
To persuade (convince) the colonists to break away from Britain.
Thomas Jefferson was influenced by whose ideas?
Thomas Jefferson was influenced by whose ideas?
The Enlightenment ideas of John Locke.
John Locke's idea that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government was included in what document?
John Locke's idea that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government was included in what document?
Declaration of Independence.
The colonists slogan "No taxation without representation," expresses a belief in:
a. free trade
b. consent of the governed
c. the supremacy of parliament
d. economic independence
The colonists slogan "No taxation without representation," expresses a belief in:
a. free trade
b. consent of the governed
c. the supremacy of parliament
d. economic independence
consent of the governed
"...Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part..."
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense
In this quotation, what is Thomas Paine is trying to convince the colonists to do?
"...Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part..."
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense
In this quotation, what is Thomas Paine is trying to convince the colonists to do?
Seperate from England/declare independence
What was one positive of the Articles of Confederation?
What was one positive of the Articles of Confederation?
It had a process for admitting new states to the Union.
(Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.)
Why didn't people want a strong central (federal/national) government?
Why didn't people want a strong central (federal/national) government?
They didn't want a dictator or king to control them.
What was one weakness of the Articles?
What was one weakness of the Articles?
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What was another weakness of the Articles?
What was another weakness of the Articles?
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Why are the years under the Articles of Confederation called the "critical Period?"
1. colonies were forced to pay high reparations to England
2. States were fighting the French and Indian War
3. southern states threatened to secede from the Union over the issue of slavery
4. central government lacked the power to deal with major problems
Why are the years under the Articles of Confederation called the "critical Period?"
1. colonies were forced to pay high reparations to England
2. States were fighting the French and Indian War
3. southern states threatened to secede from the Union over the issue of slavery
4. central government lacked the power to deal with major problems
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What did Shays Rebellion show about the Articles of Confederation?
What did Shays Rebellion show about the Articles of Confederation?
The central government was too weak.
What is a representative dempocracy?
What is a representative dempocracy?
We elect representatives to make decisions for us.
What were the name of the 2 groups who were arguing about the Constitution?
What were the name of the 2 groups who were arguing about the Constitution?
Federalists and Anti-Federlists
What was the Great Compromise?
What was the Great Compromise?
Congresss will have 2 parts (House of Representatives and Senate)
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
Slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person which gave Southern states larger populations and therefore more representatives.
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