Midterm Terms

Question 1

Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

A document stating that the colonies are becoming an independent nation, written by Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

Battle of bunker hill

Answer 2

Battle on breeds hill that was going very well for the Americans but lost because they ran out of ammo

Question 3

French and Indian war

Answer 3

“the fourth war between GreatBritain and France for control of North America

Question 4

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 4

“which banned all settlement west of the Appalachians

Question 5

Siege

Answer 5

A military operation where the military cuts off the opponents supplies

Question 6

Inflation

Answer 6

A increase in prices due to increase of money supply

Question 7

Albany plan of union

Answer 7

“which called for a joint colonial council to address defense issues

Question 8

Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 8

“confirmed U.S. independence and set the boundaries of the new nation. The UnitedStates now stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to the Florida border.

Question 9

Militia

Answer 9

A group of organize citizens doing military duties

Question 10

Olive branch petition

Answer 10

A document wrote by the 2nd continental congress requesting reconciliation between Britain and the colonies

Question 11

Mercaneries

Answer 11

Soldiers who fight solely for money

Question 12

Pontiacs rebellion

Answer 12

“Led by Pontiac, Native Americans captured eight British forts in the Ohio Valley and laid siege to two others. In angry response, British officers presented smallpox-infected blankets to two Delaware chiefs during peace negotiations, and the virus spread rapidly among the Native Americans. Weakened by disease and war, most Native American groups negotiated treaties with the British by the end of 1765

Question 13

Casualty

Answer 13

A death

Question 14

Stamp act

Answer 14

Direct tax on colonies that stated all paper products must be stamped and paid the tax for it

Question 15

Judicial branch

Answer 15

Interpret laws

Question 16

Battle of Lexington and concord

Answer 16

“The British commander ordered the minutemen to leave, and the colonists began to move out without laying down their muskets. Then someone fired, and the British soldiers sent a volley of shots into the departing militia. Eight minutemen were killed and ten more were wounded, but only one British soldier was injured. The Battle of Lexington lasted only 15 minutes

Question 17

Boston massacre

Answer 17

Skirmish between British soldiers and citizens. Citizens bothering soldiers and someone screamed fire and 5 citizens were killed

Question 18

Boycott

Answer 18

To protest

Question 19

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 19

“where he surrendered his battered army to General Gates on October 17, 1777. The surrender at Saratoga dramatically changed Britain’s war strategy. From that time on, the British generally kept their troops along the coast, close to the big guns and supply bases of the British fleet.

Question 20

Battle of Trenton

Answer 20

“surprise attack, the Americans killed 30 of the enemy and took 918 captives and six Hessian cannons

Question 21

Loyalist

Answer 21

Loyal to Britain but lives in the colonies

Question 22

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 22

“Colonel William Fontaine of the Virginia militia stood with the American and French armies lining a road near Yorktown, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 19, 1781, to witness the formal British surrender

Question 23

Placate

Answer 23

To make less hostile

Question 24

Profiteering

Answer 24

make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally or in a black market

Question 25

Electoral college

Answer 25

of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

Question 26

Cabinet

Answer 26

Group of department heads who serves as presidents chief advisors

Question 27

Administration

Answer 27

Term in office

Question 28

Virginia plan

Answer 28

“gave more power to states with large populations

Question 29

Legislative branch

Answer 29

Makes laws

Question 30

Checks and balances

Answer 30

Form of provisions in which it restricts one branch to over power the others

Question 31

3/5 compromise

Answer 31

3/5 of each states slave population will count towards total state population

Question 32

Constitution

Answer 32

A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed

Question 33

Great compromise

Answer 33

An agreement to have a senate with 2 reps per state and a house of reps determined by each state population

Question 34

Articles of confederation

Answer 34

Documents stating how the US gov will be run. Est by the 2nd continental congress

Question 35

Precident

Answer 35

an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances

Question 36

Bill of rights

Answer 36

List of people’s rights when they are citizens in the USA

Question 37

Alien and sedition acts

Answer 37

A series of 4 laws enacted 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the US

Question 38

Nullification

Answer 38

A states refusal to recognize an act of congress that it considers unconstitutional

Question 39

XYZ affair

Answer 39

French demanded a bribe from US diplomats