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History ch10
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| taxes | money that people pay to help run their government |
| lobsterbacks | name for a British soldier |
| redcoat | name for a British soldier |
| King George III | King of England during American War for Independence |
| Crispus Attucks | black patriot killed during the Boston Massacre |
| Minutemen | colonists ready to fight in a minute |
| Patrick Henry quote | "Give me liberty, or give me death." |
| Patriot | wanted to be freed from England's rule |
| Torie | loyal to England |
| Paul Revere | famous American silversmith, warned the colonists that the British were coming |
| John Hancock | President of the 2nd Continental Congress |
| delta | land deposited at the mouth of a river |
| a narrow, man-made channel of water that joins other bodies of water | canal |
| the place where a river begins | source |
| an inland body of water | lake |
| Stamp Act | a law that said various kinds of paper had to have a stamp placed on them. This was a tax imposed on the colonists. |
| representatives | individuals chosen by the people to make decisions for them |
| Hessians | German soldiers hired by the British to fight against American colonists |
| Boston Massacre | fight between angry colonists and British soldiers in which several colonists were killed |
| Boston Tea Party | a protest by American colonists who dumped over 300 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor |
| Ethan Allen | a patriot who led the "Green Mountain boys" and took Ft. Ticonderoga from the British |
| Lexington and Concord | where the War for Independence began |
| Betsy Ross | According to legend; stitched the first American flag with stars and stripes |
| Nathan Hale | brave American spy executed by the British. |
| General Cornwallis | leader of the British army who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war |
| George Washington | commander of the American troops during the War for Independence |
| George Rogers Clark | captured 3 forts from the British, which helped secure the Northwest Territory for America |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point of the War for Independence |
| Valley Forge | where the Continental Army spent a harsh winter |
| Bunker Hill | where Americans proved they could fight the British |
| Yorktown | Where the British surrendered to the Americans |
| Trenton | The Continental Army defeated the Hessians here on Christmas |
| John Paul Jones quote | "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| Nathan Hale quote | "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
| Paul Revere quote | "The British are coming! The British are coming!" |
| George Washington quote | "We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die." |
| channel | a deep, narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
| gulf | part of an ocean that reaches into the land |
| Declaration of Independence | a document that stated why the colonists wanted their freedom. signed by John Hancock on July 4, 1776 |
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