HIUS 221, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE, ALREADY
GRADED A+
Alien and Sedition Acts
What? deports any aliens deemed dangerous to the US
When? 1798
Who? John Adams signed them into law, who is in the Federalist Party, is in power
Why? passed in anticipation of war with France, fear of disloyalty from non-citizens, limit criticism of
Federalists
Quartering Acts
Who? passed by British Parliament, applied to all of the colonies and sought to create more effective
method of housing British troops
What? required the American colonies to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to
British forces stationed in their towns
Why? helped lead to the American Revolution because the presence of troops in the city led to several
violent incidents that involved British Redcoats and members of the sons of liberty
When? 1765
Intolerable Acts
Who? also known as the Coercive Acts
What? harsh laws passed by British Parliament
Where? limited in scope to New England and did not affect the interests of the majority of colonists
Why? to punish the Massachusetts colonits for the Boston Tea Party
When? 1774
Quebec Act
Who? pleased most of the French people, made Americans very angry because they thought the British
were too lenient to the French
What? to govern the province of Wuebec, preserved the French civil code, guaranteed the freedom of
worship and restored French property rights
Where? North American Territory
Why? to gain the loyalty of the French-speaking majority of the Province of Quebec
When? 1774
Whiskey Tax/Whiskey Rebellion
Who? unpopular with western farmers who used whiskey as trade
What? violent tax protest in the US, tax applied to all distilled spirits
Why? beer was difficult to transport and spoiled more easily than run and whiskey
When? 1791-1794
Haitian Rebellion
GRADED A+
Alien and Sedition Acts
What? deports any aliens deemed dangerous to the US
When? 1798
Who? John Adams signed them into law, who is in the Federalist Party, is in power
Why? passed in anticipation of war with France, fear of disloyalty from non-citizens, limit criticism of
Federalists
Quartering Acts
Who? passed by British Parliament, applied to all of the colonies and sought to create more effective
method of housing British troops
What? required the American colonies to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to
British forces stationed in their towns
Why? helped lead to the American Revolution because the presence of troops in the city led to several
violent incidents that involved British Redcoats and members of the sons of liberty
When? 1765
Intolerable Acts
Who? also known as the Coercive Acts
What? harsh laws passed by British Parliament
Where? limited in scope to New England and did not affect the interests of the majority of colonists
Why? to punish the Massachusetts colonits for the Boston Tea Party
When? 1774
Quebec Act
Who? pleased most of the French people, made Americans very angry because they thought the British
were too lenient to the French
What? to govern the province of Wuebec, preserved the French civil code, guaranteed the freedom of
worship and restored French property rights
Where? North American Territory
Why? to gain the loyalty of the French-speaking majority of the Province of Quebec
When? 1774
Whiskey Tax/Whiskey Rebellion
Who? unpopular with western farmers who used whiskey as trade
What? violent tax protest in the US, tax applied to all distilled spirits
Why? beer was difficult to transport and spoiled more easily than run and whiskey
When? 1791-1794
Haitian Rebellion
