unit 3

Question 0

A way of seeing or looking at something from your perspective is the definition of what term?

Answer 0

Point of view

Question 1

A settlement ruled by a distant parent country is the definition of what term?

Answer 1

Colony

Question 2

The relationship between two or more events in which they act upon and are connected to one another is the definition of what term?

Answer 2

Cause/effect

Question 3

An event in which people work or fight for change is the definition of what term?

Answer 3

Revolution

Question 4

An economic system in which the colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country is the definition of what term?

Answer 4

Mercantilism

Question 5

Trading, buying, and selling illegally with other nations to get a cheaper price is the definition of what term?

Answer 5

Smuggling

Question 6

To rely on yourself for all of your basic needs is the definition of what term?

Answer 6

Self-reliant

Question 7

A law making body is the definition of what term?

Answer 7

Legislature

Question 8

England’s legislature or law making body is named what?

Answer 8

Parliament

Question 9

The colonial lower house that is elected by the colonists is called what?

Answer 9

Assembly

Question 10

The colonial upper house that is appointed by the governor is called what?

Answer 10

Council

Question 11

a formal public statement is the definition of what term?

Answer 11

Proclamation

Question 12

living accommodations is another way of saying what term?

Answer 12

quarter/quartering

Question 13

The French and Indian war left Britain with a huge debt. what does this mean?

Answer 13

Britain owed money

Question 14

Government income is another way to say what term?

Answer 14

Revenue

Question 15

What does taxation without representation mean?

Answer 15

It means that the colonists do not get to vote for members of parliament

Question 16

What term is another word for representative?

Answer 16

Delegate

Question 17

A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority is the definition of what term?

Answer 17

Petition

Question 18

Refusal to buy is the definition of what term?

Answer 18

Boycott

Question 19

A formal expression of opinion is the definition of what term?

Answer 19

Resolution

Question 20

A representation of a person, especially in sculpture form

Answer 20

Effigies

Question 21

In March of 1766 parliament repealed the stamp act. What does this mean?

Answer 21

They cancelled the stamp act.

Question 22

Writs of assistance were legal documents that allowed what?

Answer 22

Custom officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods

Question 23

Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion is the definition of what term?

Answer 23

Propaganda

Question 24

Incapable of being put up with is the definition of what term?

Answer 24

Intolerable

Question 25

Groups of citizen soldiers were called what?

Answer 25

Militias

Question 26

A colonist who could be ready to fight on a minute's notice was called what?

Answer 26

A minuteman

Question 27

American colonists who stayed loyal to Britian were called what?

Answer 27

Loyalists

Question 28

American colonists who supported a war for independence were called what?

Answer 28

Patriots

Question 29

The dead, wounded, and missing after a battle are called what?

Answer 29

Casualty

Question 30

Define cause/effect

Answer 30

The relationship between two or more events in which they act upon and are connected to one another

Question 31

Define revolution

Answer 31

An event in which people work or fight for change

Question 32

Who was Crispus Attucks and why was he important?

Answer 32

He was a man involved in the Boston Massacre. He is important because he was the first colonist that was killed.

Question 33

A task or action that someone is required to perform is the definition of what term?

Answer 33

Duty

Question 34

Who was William Dawes and why was he important?

Answer 34

He was Paul Revere's helper in informing the colonists that the regulars were coming

Question 35

Who was George Washington and why was he important?

Answer 35

He was one of the 55 delegates, and he was from Virginia. He was important because he was chosen to be the commander-in-chief of the continental army

Question 36

Who was Thomas Paine and why was he importantly?

Answer 36

He was the author of a pamphlet called common sense, which in his text he called for "complete independence"

Question 37

Who was chief Pontiac and why was he important?

Answer 37

He was an Indian chief who united Indian tribes against the English colonists during pontiacs war

Question 38

Who was Thomas Gage and why was he important?

Answer 38

An army general who was ordered by king George the lll to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders

Question 39

Who was Sam Adams and why was he important?

Answer 39

He was the leader of the Massachusetts militia, cousin of John Adams. He also went into hiding during the batt Lemon Lexington and concord

Question 40

Who was John Hancock and why was he important?

Answer 40

He was another leader of the Massachusetts militia, he was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Question 41

Who was John Parker and why was he important?

Answer 41

He was the captain who led the Minutemen at Lexington

Question 42

What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Answer 42

July 4, 1776

Question 43

Who was John Adams and why was he important?

Answer 43

He defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston massacre, cousin of Sam Adams

Question 44

Who was Benjamin Franklin and why was he important?

Answer 44

He was a delegate from Pemmsylvania who was part of the continental congress

Question 45

Who was Patrick Henry and why was he important?

Answer 45

He was a delegate from Virginia who said "Give me Liberty, or give me death"

Question 46

Who was Paul Revere and why was he important?

Answer 46

He warned the colonists that the regulars were coming alongside William Dawes

Question 47

Who was Thomas Jefferson and why was he important?

Answer 47

He was a delegate from Virginia who wrote the Declaration of Independence

Question 48

Why was the city of Boston important?

Answer 48

The Boston Tea Party happened there, as well was the Boston massacre, etc

Question 49

Why was the city of Philadelphia important?

Answer 49

It is where the commitees of correspondence met because it was in the middle of the colonies

Question 50

What was the stamp act congress?

Answer 50

It was a meeting attended by 27 representatives from the colonies in which they wrote a Petetion stating that the colonies could not be taxed except by their own legislatures

Question 51

Who was King George the lll?

Answer 51

He was the king in the era of the revolution