Chapter 8 vocab Flashcards
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mercenary
a professional soldier who serves in a foreign army for pay
indictment
a formal written accusation charging someone with a crime
When was pontiac’s rebellion?
1763-1764
when did the sugar and stamp act controversies take place?
1764-1765
when was the declaratory act passed? and what did they repeal when they passed it?
1766, they repealed the stamp act
what did the declaratory act state?
that G.B. could govern the colonies and tell them what to do and shit
when were the townshend acts passed?
1767
when was the boston massacre?
in 1770
when were the committees of correspondence formed and was their purpose?
formed in 1772, were a means of coordinating action against great britain
when was the boston tea party?
1773
when were the intolerable acts passed?
1774
when did lexington and concord take place?
1775
when was the declaration of independence signed?
1776
when were the british defeated at saratoga?
1777
when was the battle of yorktown?
1781
when was peace signed in paris?
1783
what did Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold do in 1775?
they captured fort ticonderoga and crown point, gaining a priceless store of gunpowder and artillery
when was the olive branch petition sent to King George the III and how did he react?
it was sent in 1775, and he ignored it
explain the bold stroke for canada that narrowly missed success
General Richard Montgomery pushed up the lake Champlain route and captured Montreal, then he was joined at Quebec with the army of General Benedict Arnold
what happened at the assault on quebec?
Montgomery was killed, and Benedict Arnold was shot in the leg, Arnold’s troops retreated up the St. Lawrence River
in what year did the british set fire to norfolk?
1776
when was boston evacuated?
in march, 1776 after the british set fire to Norfolk
in the south, what victories were won by the colonists in 1776?
Moore’s Creek bridge in north carolina against loyalists and the other in an invading british fleet in charlestown harbor
