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History: Test 1 Qrt2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In the Second Continental Congress in May 1775, the new delegates included | John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson |
| Steps delegates they needed to take to prepare for war | Forming an army. When Congress chose George Washington as commander. Paying for its army by printing paper money. |
| Colonists who wanted independence were | Patriots |
| Colonists who were loyal to the British Crown were | Loyalists |
| In May 10, 1775 who captured Fort Ticonderoga | Ethan Allen and 83 men called the Green Mountain Boys |
| The men (Green Mountain Boys) seized weapons, including what weapons, which were later moved to Boston. | Cannons |
| The Olive Branch Petition stated what | The colonists were still the kings loyal subjects |
| At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the British won after what numbered attack, | The 3rd attack |
| At the Battle of Bunker Hill, American militia ran out of what | Ammunition |
| The Battle of Bunker Hill proved what to the Americans | They could successfully fight the professional British soldiers |
| In December 1775, two armies led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery invaded where and attacked the city of what. Did the attack succeed or fail. | Invaded Canada and attacked the city of Quebec. The attack failed. |
| Banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. | Proclamation of 1763 |
| Put a duty (or import tax) on several products. It also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. | Sugar Act |
| Required colonists to quarter, or house British troops and provide them with food and other supplies. (even in private houses) | Quartering Act |
| Required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. (colonists protested) | Stamp Act |
| Said Parliament had total authority (or control) over the colonies. | Declaratory Act |
| Britain would only tax products brought into the colonies. (would no longer tax products or activities inside the colonies) | Townshend Acts |
| Court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching. | Writs of Assistance |
| A protest including a crowd of workers and sailors in which troops killed 5 in the crowd, and wounded 6 while fighting back. | Boston Massacre |
| A committee established by Samuel Adams with the aim being to keep colonists informed of British actions. | Committees of Correspondence |
| To protect Britain's claim to the Ohio River Valley, who built Fort Necessity south of France's Fort Duquesne. | George Washington |
| A large French army forced Washington to do what | Surrender (return to virginia) |
| During a meeting in Albany, New York, colonial leaders discussed how to win the war and forming an alliance with who | The Iroquois, (who refused to ally with the British) |
| Who drew up the Albany Plan of Union | Benjamin Franklin |
| In the Albany Plan, a council would have authority over what and relations with who | Authority over western settlements and relations with Native Americans |
| In the Albany Plan, the council could organize armies and collect what | Collect taxes (to pay expenses) |
| Colonial assemblies did what to the Albany Plan of Union | They rejected the plan |
| Who was defeated at Fort Duquesne when he ignored warnings about the dangers of ambushes. | Braddock |
| In May 1765, Britain declared war on France, the official beginning of what (American colonists fought with the British against the french) | 7 Years War or French and Indian War (same war) |
| French General Montcalm captured what on Lake Ontario and what on Lake George | Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario and Fort William Henry on Lake George |
| What British Prime Minister sent top generals to command the British | William Pitt |
| In the fall of 1758, the British took what | Fort Duquesne |
| In 1759, the British captured what | Quebec, the capital of New France |
| The other major French city, what, fell in 1760 | Montreal |
| Terms of the Treaty of Paris- Britain's new territories | Spanish Florida, French Canada, Most French territories east of the Mississippi |
| Terms of the Treaty of Paris-Spain's new territories | New Orleans and all French territories west of the Mississippi |
| The trial of who helped establish freedom of the press in America. | John Peter Zenger |
| The brutal voyage across the Atlantic by ships carrying enslaved Africans to the Americas was known as the | Middle Passage |
| The what trade was a series of trade routes that connected the colonies, the Caribbean islands, and africa | Triangular |
| The what was a period of religious revival by Jonathan Edwards and other preachers who urged Americans to commit to God. | Great Awakening |
| Under the terms of the treaty of Paris, who lost almost all of its North american possessions | France |
| The British government believed the colonists should pay taxes to help pay part of Britain's what, from the war. | Britain's debt |
| Samuel Adams led an anti-British protest group called what | Sons of Liberty |
| Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia in 1774 in a meeting known as what, and demanded the repeal of those new laws. | First Continental Congress |
| The american attack on where, during a snowstorm in December 1775 was turned back, and they left Canada to the British | Quebec |
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