chapter 8 review

Question 1

Minutemen

Answer 1

soldiers that needed to be ready quickly: in a minute’s notice

Question 2

paul revere

Answer 2

rode a horse warning “the british are coming”; silversmith, named boston massacre the bloody massacre

Question 3

edmund burke

Answer 3

1774 requested parliament be more cooperative; vs. forcing colonists to buy more taxed goods

Question 4

committee of correspondence

Answer 4

they used mail to spread news/protest e.g. Boston Sugar Act, New York Stamp Act

Question 5

budget

Answer 5

plan for spending money

Question 6

treason

Answer 6

working against your government

Question 7

John Adams

Answer 7

delegate from massachussets; 2nd president

Question 8

Thomas Payne

Answer 8

wrote “Common Sense” pamphlet - colonists should rule themselves

Question 9

John Hancock

Answer 9

Leader of Sons of liberty along with Samuel Adams; signer of declaration of independence

Question 10

alliance

Answer 10

A formal agreement among groups/individuals

Question 11

delegates

Answer 11

representatives

Question 12

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 12

Pennsylvania delegate, proposed Albany Plan of Union: colonies join to fight French; rejected by colonies

Question 13

Why was the Albany Plan rejected?

Answer 13

The colonists weren’t willing to work together

Question 14

What caused the British and French compete for Ohio Valley?

Answer 14

link to French lands; British trade and growth area

Question 15

George Washington

Answer 15

commander in chief of army, led Virginians, built Fort Neccesity

Question 16

parliament

Answer 16

British lawmaking body

Question 17

General Eduard Braddock

Answer 17

led 1800 British and colonial troops, advised by Washington, in April 1755 to attack French Fort Duquesne

Question 18

William Pitt

Answer 18

British leader who helped win, turning war in British favor in 1758, after Braddock was killed

Question 19

effect of the treaty of paris

Answer 19

french lost nearly all their lands in North America, Spain got Florida, French war ended in 1763

Question 20

proclamation

Answer 20

public announcement

Question 21

King George III

Answer 21

proclamation of 1763: all lands west of Appalachian mountains belonged to Indians; whites ordered to leave

Question 22

how did colonists feel about british rule after proclamation of 1763

Answer 22

didn’t like parliament telling them to stay out; didn’t like taxes; they ignored it and kept moving west

Question 23

What led to French war

Answer 23

British and French wanted Ohio River Valley

Question 24

representation

Answer 24

voice: express your ideas

Question 25

Patrick Henry

Answer 25

told Virginia House of Burgesses parliament doesn't represent the colonies

Question 26

Why'd parliament pass new taxes

Answer 26

pay for cost of war

Question 27

George Grenville

Answer 27

argued in parliament colonists should pay for war

Question 28

Sam Adams

Answer 28

started boston correspondence comittee to protest imperial policies

Question 29

imperial policies

Answer 29

laws isued by british government

Question 30

boycott

Answer 30

stop buying | :refuse to buy british goods

Question 31

repeal

Answer 31

vote to | take back

Question 32

Why'd colonists form correspondence committees

Answer 32

to pass news on protest

Question 33

Townshend Acts

Answer 33

failed taxes by British

Question 34

Boston Massacre

Answer 34

Massachusetts, March 5, 1770; British soldiers killed 5 angry rock-throwing colonists

Question 35

crispus attucks

Answer 35

African American sailor, first person killed in fight for freedom

Question 36

monopoly

Answer 36

complete control (by a group, person or company) over a good or service in an area

Question 37

boston tea party

Answer 37

150 members of Sons of Liberty dressed as mohawk-indians and cast 342 chests of tea in harbor -- likely led by Samuel Adams; after 1773 Tea Act, colonists protested East India company's monopoly on Tea

Question 38

coerce

Answer 38

force

Question 39

blockade

Answer 39

to impede; navy blockaded harbor

Question 40

quarter

Answer 40

to house someone

Question 41

congress

Answer 41

formal meeting of representatives

Question 42

petition

Answer 42

a signed request

Question 43

revolution

Answer 43

sudden complete change (e.g. of government)

Question 44

commander in chief

Answer 44

leader of all military forces

Question 45

earth work

Answer 45

walls made of earth or stone

Question 46

olive branch

Answer 46

ancient symbol for peace

Question 47

phillis wheatley

Answer 47

first african american woman in the colonies to have her work published

Question 48

independence

Answer 48

freedom to govern themselves

Question 49

resolution

Answer 49

formal group statement

Question 50

declaration

Answer 50

official statement

Question 51

preamble

Answer 51

beginning of the constitution: we the people...

Question 52

grievances

Answer 52

complaints

Question 53

Articles of Confederation

Answer 53

the countries first plan of government; voters from each state elect legislatures to choose national legislatures: 1 vote per state

Question 54

Congress of Confederation

Answer 54

an initial congress that provided 1 vote per state (regardless of each state's size)

Question 55

Intolerable Acts

Answer 55

harsh laws after boston tea party; e.q. forcing colonists to quarter British soldiers

Question 56

when did french and indian war start

Answer 56

1750 -- british viewed french troops driving out british traders as an act of war

Question 57

battle of bunker hill

Answer 57

June 17, 1775 - at Breed's hill - commander Putnam said, "don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes" colonists ran out of ammunition but death-toll 350 colonists to 1000 british