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Will Wars
Test 2.5.09
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What gives complete control over a good or service to one person or group? | Monopoly |
| What did colonist do to protest British rule? | Held the Boston Tea Party |
| What caused the Boston Tea Party? | The British imposed a tax on the tea and a monopoly to the East India Company. |
| To prevent ships from leaving or entering the harbor is called a | Blockade |
| Massachusetts was placed under the control of British General _______________ and the Massachusetts Legislature was suspended. | British General Thomas Gage |
| To provide British Soldiers with food and housing is called | To Quarter |
| New laws set up by the British to punish the colonists for the Tea Party | Coercive Acts, or as the colonists called them the Intolerable Acts. |
| Where and when did the first Continental Congress Meet? | In Philadelphia in 1774 |
| Signed request sent to the King reminding him of the colonists basic rights - Life and Liberty, and the right to assemble and trial by jury. | Petition |
| Militia units were called | Minutemen |
| Leaders meeting in Lexington | John Hancock and Samuel Adams |
| Sudden complete change of governmet | revolution |
| Cause of fighting at Lexington and Concord | Gage heard of the meeting of Adams and Hancock in Lexington and the weapons stored in Concord. |
| What city did the Boston Tea Party take place in | Boston |
| At the second continental congress who wanted to avoid fighting | John Dickinson |
| First Army was called | Continental Army |
| Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
| Who suggested Washington as the commander in chief? | John Adams |
| Why did Adams suggest Washing would be a good commander in chief | Because of his war experience in the French and Indian War |
| What caused Congress to form an army? | The second continental congress decided that the colonies should prepare for a war with the British. |
| What are earthworks? | Walls made of earth and stone to help the colonists defend themselves. |
| Breeds Hill was mistaken for | Bunker Hill |
| What caused the colonists to retreat from Breeds Hill | They ran out of ammunition. |
| What is a olive branch? | an ancient symbol of peace |
| How did the colonists prepare for war with Britain | formed a full time continental army |
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