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Question 1

french and indian war

Answer 1

french + indians vs. british; 1754-1763

Question 2

proclamation line of 1763

Answer 2

forbade colonial settlement west of the appalachian mountains; 1763

Question 3

triangle trade

Answer 3

trade of goods between the colonies, england, africa and the caribbean

Question 4

new england colonies

Answer 4

connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire

Question 5

middle colonies

Answer 5

new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware

Question 6

southern colonies

Answer 6

maryland, virginia, north carolina, south carolina, georgia

Question 7

mercantalism

Answer 7

the colonies made money for the mother country (england) and england controlled the colonies’ economy

Question 8

charter

Answer 8

a document that grants authorities or rights

Question 9

cash crop

Answer 9

a crop that is grown to sell and export

Question 10

standing army

Answer 10

a permanent army made of professional soldiers who do not have a break during times of peace

Question 11

parliament

Answer 11

a government body in england

Question 12

revenue

Answer 12

income

Question 13

sugar act

Answer 13

an act that placed taxes on sugar products

Question 14

committees of correspondence

Answer 14

unofficial groups of patriots who organized boycotts and wrote letters of grievances to england and in the newspaper

Question 15

boycott

Answer 15

refusing to buy goods to protest something

Question 16

magna carta

Answer 16

a famous document from 1215 curtails the power of the king of england

Question 17

stamp act

Answer 17

an act that placed taxes on paper items in the colonies; 1765

Question 18

congress

Answer 18

a group of delegate from each state that meet to discuss current issues

Question 19

declaratory act

Answer 19

an act that states that the british government had the power to tax the colonies. this accompanied the repeal of the stamp act to show the strength of the british government; 1766

Question 20

writ of assistance

Answer 20

allowed officials to search for smuggled goods without a specific warrant

Question 21

sons of liberty

Answer 21

a group of patriots who met and resisted british tyranny

Question 22

boston massacre

Answer 22

a snowball fight between british soldiers and patriots that dangerously escalated, 5 people died; 1770

Question 23

tea act

Answer 23

this act was not an act to raise more money, but it angered the colonists and led to the boston tea party; 1773

Question 24

boston tea party

Answer 24

patriots disguised as indians attacked merchant ships and dumped a lot of tea into the boston harbor. as a result the harbor was closed; 1771

Question 25

articles of confederation

Answer 25

the first constitution of the united states; 1777

Question 26

connecticut compromise/the great compromise

Answer 26

defined how states would be represented in congress

Question 27

jefferson vs. hamilton

Answer 27

went strictly by the constitution vs. loosely translated the constitution

Question 28

taxation without representation

Answer 28

the colonists' protests were based on taxation without representation in parliament

Question 29

louisiana purchase

Answer 29

president jefferson bought the louisiana territory from the french; 1803