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US history class
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the french and indian war? | a war between the french and indians against the british. they were fighting over land in the ohio river valley |
| who won the war? | the british defeated the french and the indians |
| why did "the crown" impose heavy taxes? | to pay off the debt of war (king george the III) |
| what was the quartering act? | the act required colonists to house british soldiers and provide them with food and all other necessary resources |
| what was the stamp act? | required colonists to purchase stamps for all kinds of products and activities |
| what was the sugar act? | the act required a duty-import tac on several products; smugglers were delt with |
| what was the significant about the boston tea party? | a group of colonists dressed up as indians and went to the harbor to dump the tea into the sea, it was a protest about the tax on tea, this led to war |
| what was the second continental congress? | a group of colonists who desired a split from the british crown. an army was formed and led by george Washington |
| what does debt mean? | to owe something |
| how was the army supported financially? | the process began of printing paper money |
| who were patriots? | colonists who favored independence and were willing to fight for it |
| who were loyalists? | colonists who remained loyal to the king and britain (minority-represented by each colony) |
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