POSC 225 Cohen Exam 1 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER -1754 to 1763
-"7 year war"
-Great Britain goes bankrupt
-causes them to tax to increase revenue
Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER -1765
-law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
-Stamp Act Congress
Tea Act of 1773 - CORRECT ANSWER -Law passed by parliament allowing the
British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining
colonial tea merchants
-led to the Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party - CORRECT ANSWER dumping of tea into the Boston harbor to
protest the tax on tea
Coercive Act - CORRECT ANSWER -1774
-Britain's response to the Boston tea party
-closed port of Boston
First Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER -September 1774
-delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to
the Intolerable Acts
-agreement to ban all trade with Britain until the taxes and regulations were revoked
,Battles of Lexington and Concord - CORRECT ANSWER -1775 conflicts between
Massachusetts colonists and British soldiers that started the Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard round the world"
Second Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER -They organized the continental
Army
-called on the colonies to send troops
-selected George Washington to lead the army
-appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence
-acted as a national government to manage the war effort
Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER -written by Thomas Jefferson
-Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries
-it declared the United States as a free state
-In place of divine right stood 3 principles
1. government arises from consent of the governed
2. power should be divided among several institutions
3. citizens rights must be protected
-several grievances stated by Jefferson, but nothing about slavery
Beginning of Revolutionary War - CORRECT ANSWER -General Washington
believed we would lose the war wihtout government involvement
-NOT going well, had no money
-Congress wanted states to provide their own troops
Winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778) - CORRECT ANSWER -Washington's army
encamped near Philadelphia and experienced a cold winter with little food
-Time was used to train, led by Friedrich von Steuben
Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette
-used his own money to provide clothing and food to the soldiers
, Defeats in South Carolina - CORRECT ANSWER -Americans suffer their worst defeat
of the revolution
-surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry
Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina
-With the victory, the British captured more than 3,000 Patriots and a great quantity of
munitions and equipment, losing only 250 killed and wounded in the process
Benedict Arnold - CORRECT ANSWER -American General who was labeled a traitor
when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point
-George Washington fully trusted him but he planned to surrender to the British; plot was
discovered and he fled to Britain
Government under the Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER -hampering
the war effort
-unanimous approval was needed for all important actions (not quick)
-no administrative apparatus
-free riding (benefit without paying for it)
Tide Turns - CORRECT ANSWER we got help from France with money and military
support
Yorktown - CORRECT ANSWER -1781 during the American Revolution
-the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and
French troops
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER -nation's first constitution
-granted power to the states and created a weak federal government
-federal government didn't have enough power to tax, had trouble raising money to pay debts
-very ineffective during the revolutionary war
-for major laws to be passed, need 9 out of 13 states to agree (each state got one vote)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
French and Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER -1754 to 1763
-"7 year war"
-Great Britain goes bankrupt
-causes them to tax to increase revenue
Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER -1765
-law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
-Stamp Act Congress
Tea Act of 1773 - CORRECT ANSWER -Law passed by parliament allowing the
British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining
colonial tea merchants
-led to the Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party - CORRECT ANSWER dumping of tea into the Boston harbor to
protest the tax on tea
Coercive Act - CORRECT ANSWER -1774
-Britain's response to the Boston tea party
-closed port of Boston
First Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER -September 1774
-delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to
the Intolerable Acts
-agreement to ban all trade with Britain until the taxes and regulations were revoked
,Battles of Lexington and Concord - CORRECT ANSWER -1775 conflicts between
Massachusetts colonists and British soldiers that started the Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard round the world"
Second Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER -They organized the continental
Army
-called on the colonies to send troops
-selected George Washington to lead the army
-appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence
-acted as a national government to manage the war effort
Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER -written by Thomas Jefferson
-Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries
-it declared the United States as a free state
-In place of divine right stood 3 principles
1. government arises from consent of the governed
2. power should be divided among several institutions
3. citizens rights must be protected
-several grievances stated by Jefferson, but nothing about slavery
Beginning of Revolutionary War - CORRECT ANSWER -General Washington
believed we would lose the war wihtout government involvement
-NOT going well, had no money
-Congress wanted states to provide their own troops
Winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778) - CORRECT ANSWER -Washington's army
encamped near Philadelphia and experienced a cold winter with little food
-Time was used to train, led by Friedrich von Steuben
Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette
-used his own money to provide clothing and food to the soldiers
, Defeats in South Carolina - CORRECT ANSWER -Americans suffer their worst defeat
of the revolution
-surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry
Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina
-With the victory, the British captured more than 3,000 Patriots and a great quantity of
munitions and equipment, losing only 250 killed and wounded in the process
Benedict Arnold - CORRECT ANSWER -American General who was labeled a traitor
when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point
-George Washington fully trusted him but he planned to surrender to the British; plot was
discovered and he fled to Britain
Government under the Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER -hampering
the war effort
-unanimous approval was needed for all important actions (not quick)
-no administrative apparatus
-free riding (benefit without paying for it)
Tide Turns - CORRECT ANSWER we got help from France with money and military
support
Yorktown - CORRECT ANSWER -1781 during the American Revolution
-the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and
French troops
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER -nation's first constitution
-granted power to the states and created a weak federal government
-federal government didn't have enough power to tax, had trouble raising money to pay debts
-very ineffective during the revolutionary war
-for major laws to be passed, need 9 out of 13 states to agree (each state got one vote)
