Parapgraph 4.4 - Revolution in America! - 2021

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Paragraph 4.4 - Revolution in America! 

Before...

• 1607: Virginia -->  twelve followed
  
• Very independent due to slow communication with the ‘motherland’
  
• Self protection --> militias to defend against the natives and the other European colonists

A war leads to...

1763: Britain had won yet another war against the French

Also between the French joined by their Native allies, and British in the colonies --> British won

However, this                        victory in Europe came at a high price. 

The government in                   turned to                               to come up with a part of the 

                                     after the war by imposing a series of                                 . 

British

 London 

the colonies

residual costs

taxation acts

This caused a lot of protests and resistance from the                               . Their main 

issue was the fact that they had                say in or power over the way that they were 

governed because they were not                              in the British parliament. They 

argued that these taxes were not fair as long as they had no say in the way that their                                              was spent.

colonists

no 

 represented

tax money

Action and reaction 

• Consequence: large British force was sent to America to keep the Patriots under control. 
•  1774: Continental Congress, a convention of delegates from all the Thirteen Colonies. This Congress coordinated the resistance efforts against Britain.

Read 'War with Britian' (p.98) and summerize in three sentences  

•  April 1775: Continental Army under the leadership of General George Washington
• Five years of fighting, all over the American east coast, 
• Two years of negotiating officially ending the war in 1783

Interesting for later...

Read page 99 completly in three minutes 

What is the name of the document that indicated that the colonies wanted to be independent?

1. Declaration of Independence
2. Declaration of Departure
3. The Farewell Letter
4. The Bill of Rights

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Benjamin Franklin
4. Abraham Lincoln

Which ideas and documents influenced the Declaration of Independence?

1. Books about the Enlightenment and the 'Plakaat van Verlatinghe'
2. Books about Enlightened absolutism and the 'Plakaat van Verlatinghe'
3. Books about the Scientific Revolution and The Bill of Rights
4. Books about the Enlightenment and The Bill of Rights

Why is the text of the Declaration of Independence rather ironic?

1. The writer was a large slave owner himself and had several children with one of his female slaves
2. It took until the 1960's for everyone in the US to have equal rights
3. The US became the largest slave owning state in the world

What is a federation

1. a country consisting of states with each their own government, ruled by a single state department
2. a state with multiple counties that are ruled on a national level by the states government
3. a country consisting of states with each their own government, are are ruled on a national level by a federal government

Why was the Constitution written?

1. Because the federal government was weak and too divided
2. Because the states acted as they saw fit and did not listen to the federal government which lacked funding
3. Because the states acted as they saw fit and did not listen to the federal government which lacked the authority to do something

Which French Enlightened philosopher influenced the Constitution the most?

1. Voltaire
2. Montesquieu
3. Rousseau

What is the most influential idea of Montesquieu?

1. The Noble Savage
2. The Trias Politica
3. The Freedom of Speech

What is the Constitution?

1. The Bill of Rights
2. The supreme law of the US

The Constitution 

The supreme law describing the relationship between citizens and the government and the way the government works

What is the Bill of Rights?

1. The amendments of the Constitution
2. The first five amendments of the Constitution
3. The first ten amendments of the Constitution