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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.Triangular trade | - a system in which goods and slaves were traded among the americas,britain, and africa -routes were a form of a triangle -1st route- clolonists exchanged goods like beef and flour with the west indies for sugar,traded for manufactured products in brita |
| 2.Great Awakening | -religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s -changed colonial religion -affected social and political life -jonothan edward one of the most important leaders of great awakening |
| 3.The French and Indian War | - french vs british - fought for control of territory in north america -britian gained all french lands east of misissipi river except the city of new orleans -britian also recieves florida -french loses all land |
| 4.Proclamation Act (line) of 1763 | -issued by king george III -banned british settlement west of the Appalachian mountains -ordered settlers to leave the upper ohio river valley |
| 5.Samuel Adams | -helped sum up slogan "No Taxation without Representation" -helped find the Committees of Correspondence -helped organize the sons of liberty in boston |
| 6.Boycott | -popular method of protesting -people refused to buy british goods -spread around the colonies -thought it would convince to end taxes |
| 7.Stamp Act | -British tax colonies -act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when bought paper items -tax paid on legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, even playing cards |
| 8.repeal | -to end something -used to encourage parliament to repeal certain taxes from the colonists -stamp act was repealed -was accused of violation of colonies rights and liberties |
| 9.Townshend Acts | -june 1767 -placed taxes on glass,lead,paints,paper,and tea -colonists once again boycotted british goods -women called themselves "daughters of liberty" to support boycott |
| 10.Boston massacre | -started with a fight between red coat and colonist -red coat strikes colonist -other colonists began throwing snowballs and shouted insults at the British soldiers -British respond by firing their weapons - 5 men killed, including Crispus Attucks |
| 11.Boston Tea Party | -December 16,1773 -colonists disguise as Indians sneak onto 3 ships filled with tea -colonists dump almost 340 boxes of tea into Boston harbor |
| 12.Sons of Liberty | -secret society -Samuel Adams helped organize group in Boston -used violence to frighten tax collectors -hanged tax collectors -dumped tar and feathers on tax collectors |
| 13.intolerable acts | -Coercive Acts -Punishments from parliament to Boston -Boston harbor was closed until all ruined tea was payed for -Massachusetts charter was canceled -royal officials accused of crimes were sent to trial in Britain -governor replaced |
| 14.First Continental Congress | -gathering in the fall of 1774 of delegates from throughout the colonies -tense debates -delegates compromise -halted all trade with Britain and alerted the colonial militias to prepare for war |
| 15.Battle of Lexington-Concord | -700 British sent to concord to destroy major weapon house -70 armed minutemen join battle -battle ended in few minutes with few shots -British destroy any weapons they could find -minutemen fire at British while they are retreating |
| 16.minutemen | -members of civilian volunteer militia -part of battle of Lexington -were first to fight |
| 17.second continental congress | -may 1775 -delegates from 12 colonies meet again -still far from unified -some wanted war, others peace -compromised on not breaking away from Britain but declared Massachusetts to be the continental army |
| 18.battle of bunker hill | -fort built to attack British -may 10,1775 -2,400 British and only 1,600 Americans -Americans eventually run out of supplies; fight with bare hands -battle proved that colonists could take on British,even though British won |
| 19.common sense | -written by Thomas Paine -47 page pamphlet published in January 1776 that urged separation from Great Britain -argued that citizens,not kings or queens, should make laws -over half a million copies sold |
| 20.Thomas Jefferson | -main writer of the Declaration of independence -signed July 4,1776 -argued all men posses unalienable rights -argued that king George III violated colonists rights -argued that colonies have the right to break away from England |
| 21.Declaration of Independence | -written by Thomas Jefferson -formally announced the colonies break from England |
| 22.patriots | -colonists who chose to fight for independence -40 to 45 percent of Americans were Patriots |
| 23.loyalists | -sometimes called Tories -colonists who remained loyal to great Britain -20 to 30 percent of Americans were Loyalists |
| 24.people "left out" of the declaration of independence | -women and slaves -women had little or no rights, were not included -slaves rights were not included -soon in the 1780s, new England colonies took steps to end slavery |
| 25.who fought (groups) in the american revolution | -colonial forces -British -French -Spanish soldiers -American Indians |
| 26.advantages and disadvantages of British and colonial forces | -British were well trained, well equipped soldiers, also had a large,powerful Navy -British had to cross Atlantic ocean, and used mercenaries as soldiers -Colonial forces fought for a cause they believed in,and get help from European nations,untrained, |
| 27.battle of Trenton | -important Patriot victory -Georoge Washington led army of 2,400 militiamen to reach enemy Hessian Camp -sprung upon them and took more than 900 prisoners |
| 28.battle of Saratoga | -greatest victory yet for the American forces -Burgoyne takes over fort Ticonderoga, heads toward Albany -patriots cut down trees and dammed rivers to create obstacles for Burgoyne -Burgoyne becomes surrounded and outnumbered |
| 29.battle of Yorktown | -last major battle of the american revolution -British move into Yorktown -Washington orders Lafayette to block Cornwallis's escape -Washington leads french american army to Yorktown and weakens British army -Cornwallis Surrenders |
| 30.Treaty of Paris | -great Britain recognized the independence of the united states -set America's borders -accepted American rights |
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