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SS chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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What is the date that the Colonist declared their independence from Great Britain? | July 4, 1776 |
The famous tea party where colonist through tea from a British ship harbour | Boston Tea Party |
Know the thirteen colonies! they are | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina |
the famous general in charge of the southern army | Nathaniel Green |
the battle of____led to the British surrender and led the patriots to win the war | York Town |
the ____ is when the Cherokee were forced to travel to Oklahoma with little supplies. Thousands of people died on this journey | Trail of Tears |
what year did governor John W. Ellis open the railroad | 1856 |
public school | schools that the government pays for with tax |
toll | a fee |
treaty | a written agreement |
revival | bringing back an old interest |
clubbing | when neighbors travel together to take their crops or animals to markets |
barter | to trade one thing for another with out using money |
brand | a mark to identify animals |
James Maddison | know as the father of the constitution, Fourth President |
Dolley Maddison | The only first Lady in history to come from NC |
constitution | a plan for government |
democracy | a government based on the will of the people |
convetion | a meeting of people for a common purpose |
Halifax resolves | this document stated that North Carolina and other colonies should declare independence from Great Britian |
resolve | an official decision |
loyalist | people who were loyal to England |
patriots | colonists that believed the colonies should be independent from Great Britian |
congress | a group of representatives who meet to solve problems |
Margaret Tryon | her father was royal governor her family lived at Tryon Palace |
Militia | a group of citizens who serve when they are called |
reveloution | when people fight to replace one government with a different government |
how does your life compare to the life of a child from the back country | my life is easier than children in the back country, they had to work harder. |