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US History
Unit 3 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cause and effect between the British revenue acts | because the British were unfairly taxes many goods the Americans were unhappy and rebelled against them by not buying British goods |
| French and India war key points | conflict over territory |
| The Albany plan of union | establish centralized govement for the colonies |
| Benign neglect | ignoring the colonist |
| Gorge Grenville | :British prime minister |
| Revenue acts of Britain | imposed direct duties on lead glass paper paint and tea |
| First reaction to the acts colonists | boycott British goods |
| Bastion massacre | soldiers in bastion opened fire on a group of American colonists |
| Boston tea party | leads to what British acts |
| Governing body of the colonies | was the continental congress |
| Shot heart around the world | the first shot of the war |
| George Washington | commander in chief |
| George Washington's two goals | win independence and leading the troops against British |
| Battle of bunker hill significance | the patriots showed they could fight British troops on their own terms |
| Common Sense | a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convince many colonist to support independence |
| Who the declaration of independence was written by | Thomas Jefferson |
| Quotes | these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent sates |
| New York | doesn’t vote |
| We don’t win till | the crossing of the Delaware |
| Major Turing point of the | was was the victory at Saratoga |
| Valley forge | was where the bunker down for the winter |
| French alliance | a military pact between the French and the us |
| Who negotiated the French alliance | Ben Franklin |
| France recognized the us | as an independent nation |
| Continental congress | could not taxes |
| Banister Carleton | he was a commander of cavalry for the British |
| Ending of the battles | Cornwallis surrender |
| Treaty of Paris in 1783 | that ends the war |
| Virginia constitution | is the base of the us constitution |
| 1st attempt at consisturion | has limited central power because we just broke away from a king |
| first attempt at the constitution | Didn’t work because of the inability to taxes |
| Northwest ordinance | was a roadmap for states hood |
| Shay’s rebellion | Farmers rebelling against taxes that are taking there land because they can’t pay them |
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