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Pre-Rev Test
Pre-Revolutionary War test
Question | Answer |
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George Washington | French & Indian War hero; Commander in Chief of Continental Army |
Smuggling | to bring goods into or out of a country illegally |
Sam Adams | Leader of Sons of Liberty |
Crispus Attucks | one of five people killed in Boston Massacre |
Repeal | to end or remove |
Paul Revere | alerted the Colonial militia that British forces were approaching |
Boycott | a form of protest where you refuse to buy something in order to force change |
Militia | part-time army |
Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death." |
William Pitt | British leader during the French & Indian War. |
Stamp Act | taxed printed material |
Sons of Liberty | group of radicals who wanted independence from Great Britain |
Tories | loyal to Great Britain |
Patriots | wanted independence |
Albany Plan on Union | Plan proposed by Ben Franklin to unite colonies during French and Indian War. |
Lexington and Concord | First Battle of Revolutionary War |
Olive Branch Petition | an attempt to repair relationship between England and the colonies |
Ohio River Valley | area of land that the French and Indian War was fought over |
France | country that lost most of its land in North America after the French & Indian War |
Iroquois | Native American nation that fought on the side of the British during the French and Indian War |
Boston Massacre | British soldiers killed colonial townspeople |
Boston Tea Party | protest by colonists |
Quartering Act | law that said colonists must house British soldiers |
Writs of Assistance | search warrants |
Pontiac | Ottawa War Chief who led a series of battles against the British in Ohio Country |
"No taxation without Representation" | slogan to oppose the taxes imposed on colonists by British parliament |
Proclamation Line of 1763 | Tried to stop colonists from moving west to prevent conflict between the colonists and Native Americans |
Treaty of Paris | agreement that ended the French & Indian War |