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CMS 8th ss Ch6
Chamberlain Middle School 8th grade SS Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wamanoag chief who led Indian tribes in King Philip's War | Metacomet |
| Body of civilians serving as soldiers | militia |
| people who are killed, wounded, captured, or missing in war | casualties |
| frontier region between the colonies' coastal setttlements and the Appalachian Mountains | backcountry |
| Ottawa chief who led the Indian tribes against the British | Pontiac |
| refusal to buy certain goods | boycott |
| person whose ideas helped inspire the slogan "No taxation without representation" | Samuel Adams |
| special search warrents that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods | writs of assistance |
| law intended to raise money in the colonies | Sugar Act |
| stories and images designed to support a particular point of view | propaganda |
| What document called for colonies to unite for the first time under a president general and grand council? | Albany Plan of Union |
| In the 1760's Ottawa chief Pontiac and his followers rebelled by | attacking British forts |
| The Boston Massacre took place after | a British guard argued with angry colonists |
| Who was the prime minister who decided to tax the colonists to pay Great Britain's heavy debts from the French and Indian War? | George Grenville |
| Women's groups that met to sew, support boycotts of British goods, and discuss politics were called the | Daughters of Liberty |
| Which colonist presented resolutions to the House of Burgesses in May 1765, insisting that the Stamp Act was unjust? | Benjamin Franklin |
| Which of the following placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea? | Townshend Acts |
| Who led the British army and the colonial militia in the Seven Years' War? | Edward Braddock |
| What act did George Grenville propose in 1765 when the colonists failed to suggest an alternate plan for paying taxes? | Stamp Act |
| The Proclamation of 1763 stated that colonist could not live west of | The Appalachian Mountains |
| Groups created to share information between colonies about the British laws and discuss ways to challenge them | Committees of Correspondence |
| Event where colonist dumped tea in the Boston harbor to protest tax was called | Boston Tea Party |
| Led a small militia to fight the frech but was defeated at Fort Necessity | George Washington |
| Famous colonial orator who stated " If this be treason make the most of it." | Patrick Henry |
| Pioneers crossed the Appalachians to settle in the Ohio River Valley because | there were large forests, rich soil, and abundant game in the region |
| While colonial delegates were writing the Albany Plan of Union, George Washington and his troops were fighting the French in the Ohio River Valley | True |
| In the Proclamation of 1763, American Indians agreed to allow the British to establish colonial settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains | False |
| Committees of Correspondence shared ideas and information with groups in other colonial towns about British laws and ways to challenge them | True. |
| The Sons of Liberty believed in using peaceful means to stop tax collection | False. |
| The Boston Tea Party encouraged colonists in other cities to destroy tea shipments and harass tea merchants | True.. |
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