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Chapter 5 Test Stack
Study Stack for the Chapter 5: Road to Revolution Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Colonists that supported the British Crown | Loyalists |
| Colonists that wanted Independence | Patriots |
| Created at the 2nd Continental Congress and stated that the colonists were willing to die for their freedom | The Declaration of Taking Up Arms |
| Before the French and Indian War this aimed to create a unified group of English Colonies under the rule of an elected council | Albany Plan of Union |
| Citizen soldiers who needed to be ready to fight at any moment | Minute Men |
| The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and destroyed 342 chests of Tea to protest the Tea Act | The Boston Tea Party |
| British soldiers accidentally fired into a crowd of angry colonists | The Boston Massacre |
| Wrote letters about major events in their colonies to send to other colonies in order to keep each other informed | Committees of Correspondence |
| Colonists lost, but learned that they could stand up to the beatable British army | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| The British retreated back to Boston while being attacked by over 400 minutemen, suffering over 300 men killed or wounded | The Battles of Lexington and Concord |
| Created at the 2nd Continental Congress, and stated that the colonists were loyal to the king and asked him to restore peace | The Olive Branch Petition |
| Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys were able to seize large cannons, which were later used to chase the British out of Boston | Fort Ticonderoga |
| In the french and Indian War, well trained British troops were defeated because they were not prepared for the Native Americans fighting strategy | Fort Duquesne |
| Set up by New England colonies in order to voice peoples concerns and decide on local issues | Town Meetings |
| Created by the Tea Act for the East India Trade Company in order to help save the company from failing | Monopoly |
| Placed a tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents | Stamp Act |
| Taxed several products including molasses | Sugar Act |
| Refusing to buy British goods in protest against unfair taxes | Boycott |
| Stated the Parliament had total control over the colonies | Declaratory Act |
| Stated that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Meeting that decided to form a Continental Army, name Washington as its leader, and print paper money to pay that army | 2nd Continental Congress |
| Caused the British government to punish the Massachusetts colony with the Intolerable Acts | Boston Tea Party |
| Colonial region with poor soil and abundant fishing | New England |
| Colonial region with a warm humid climate, which allowed a longer growing season suitable for crops such as tobacco, cotton, and rice | Southern |
| A colony in this region is known as the "Bread Basket" | Middle |
| The initial problem that started the French and Indian War | Dispute over the Ohio River Valley |
| The result of the French and Indian War | The French lost all of their land in North America |
| Court Orders used to enforce the Townshend Acts which allowed British officials to search for illegal goods | Writs of Assistance |
| Two men who rode through the night in order to warn the minutemen that the British were coming | Revere and Dawes |
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