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Ch 8 SS
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| France and Britain both claimed the same land in North America. This led to fighting which caused the | French and Indian War |
| was an announcement made by the king that all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains would be set aside for the Native Americans. The colonists were angry over this ruling and ignored it by continuing to settle in that area. | The Proclamation of 1763 |
| To help pay for the French & Indian War, ________________ passed new tax laws for the colonies | Parliament |
| Many colonists refused to buy British goods as a way of ---------------------- the new taxes. | protesting |
| The _____________________ made it so colonists chose to make their own cloth instead of buying it from Britain. | imperial policies |
| They formed Committees of _______________________as a way of communicating quickly with one another. | Correspondence |
| Many colonists said Parliament should not tax them because they had no voice in the government. They cried, __________________ | “No taxation without representation!” |
| The First Continental Congress met in 1774 to decide how the colonies should respond to British policies and actions, such as the Coercive Acts. It sent a petition to the king stating the colonists’ rights. It agreed to _________ & _______. | stop trade with Britain. It also asked the colonies to form militias. |
| _______ & ________battles were important because they marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War. | Lexington & Concord |
| The British knew fighting the colonists would not be as easy as they first thought after __________. . Although they lost this battle, they put up a great fight and this angered the king. He promised to crush the colonial rebellion. | the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| Congress voted to accept the ___________________on July 4, 1776. It stated that the colonies had the right to break away from Britain and become its own nation. | Declaration of Independence |
| The first plan of government for the United States was called the __________________ . One positive effect it had on the colonies was that it held them together as a nation during the Revolutionary War. | Articles of Confederation |
| The people recognized that governments should be established ____________and be ruled for the people that live there. Government should only have power if it is agreed upon by the people. | by the people |
| Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston. Many people believed he planned the Boston Tea Party. | Samuel Adams |
| -was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation | John Dickinson |
| -called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain | Richard Henry Lee |
| -was the Commander in chief of the Continental Army | George Washington |
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