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7th SS - Chapter 5
Chapter 5: The Road to Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| two European countries that fought over the Ohio River Valley | England and France |
| a force made up of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | militia |
| an agreement between countries to help each other against other countries | alliance |
| Seven Years War was a war between | British and French |
| treaty that ended the fighting of the Seven Years War and resulted in France losing much of it's land in North America | Treaty of Paris |
| to surrender | cede |
| chief of the Ottowan nation who formed an alliance of Western tribes to fight the British | Chief Pontiac |
| British law that banned settlements west of a line near the Appalachian mountains. This angered the colonists and was widely ignored -- "I do what I want!" @ angry_colonists13 | Proclamation of 1763 |
| import tax | duty |
| act passed in Parliament in 1764 which taxed sugared goods | Sugar Act |
| act passed in 1765 that required colonists to house British soldiers, feed, and care for them | Quartering Act |
| act that required all colonists buy special stamps | Stamp Act |
| an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products | boycott |
| written request to a government | petition |
| act in which Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but stated that it had total control and authority over the colonies | Declaratory Act |
| court orders that allowed officials to make search and seizures without saying for what they were searching | writs of assistance |
| act that stated that Britain would no longer tax products or activities inside the colonies, and that it would only tax products brought into the colonies -- "LOL they import everything!" @B_Parliament | Townshed Acts of 1767 |
| angry crowd of workers (colonists) got mad and rioted, charged at British soldiers, scaring them which caused the soldiers to fire into the crowd, killing 5 people -- "Oh no you didn't." @angry_colonists13 | Boston Massacre |
| Massachusetts lawyer who defended the soldiers from the Boston Massacre in the unpopular trial and won | John Adams |
| committee established by Samuel Adams, cousin of John Adams, to keep the colonies updated and informed about British actions | Committee of Correspondence |
| act passed by the British Parliament in 1773 that taxed the price of tea and was intended to help the failing East India Tea Company | Tea Act |
| total control of a market for a certain product | monopoly |
| members of the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans dumped hundreds of tea into the Boston harbor in protest of the Tea Act | Boston Tea Party |
| a set of harsh laws passed by the British Parliament that closed the port of Boston, increased power, and strengthened the Quartering Act | Intolerable Acts |
| act that claimed land for Parliament from Canada and set up government for land taken from France | Quebec Act |
| first congress that met in 1174 in Philadelphia that repealed the Intolerable Acts, declared the colonies had a right to tax and govern themselves, and called for the training of militias | First Continental Congress |
| official end | repeal |
| citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minutes notice | minutemen |
| two men who rode horses from Concord to Lexington to warn the minutemen that the "British are coming!" | Paul Revere and William Dawes |
| name of the shot that started the American Revolution | shot heard around the world |
| congress in which delegates from all 13 colonies gathered together to discuss what to do about rising tensions with Britain. They decided to prepare for war, printed money, and formed a continental army. Began to act like a government | Second Continental Congress |
| first leader of the Continental Army | George Washington |
| colonists who favored independence and were willing to fight against Britain | patriots |
| colonists who remained loyal to the king and did not want to fight | loyalists |
| last attempt to establish peace with Britain/King, but King George did not answer and it backfired | Olive Branch Petition |
| the shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in our out | blockade |
| soldiers who serve another country for money | mercenaries |
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