Social Studies-Chapter 8
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- A sudden complete change, such as the overthrowing of a government
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A. revolution
B. ally
C. congress
D. delegate - A friend
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A. revolution
B. ally
C. congress
D. Parliament - Meeting of representatives
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A. revolution
B. ally
C. delegate
D. congress - A representative
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A. ally
B. Parliament
C. delegate
D. revolution - A law-making group in England
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A. Parliament
B. ally
C. delegate
D. revolution - Who fought the French and Indian War?
- England and France, the Indians helped both sides
- Why was the French and Indian war fought?
- Over control of the Ohio River Valley
- Why did both England and France build forts near Pittsburgh?
- To protect their lands
- What did Ben Franklin present to unite all the colonies?
- The Albany Plan of Union
- What were 2 of the reasons that English General Braddock lost?
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1. The English tried to fight in the open while the French and Indians hid behind trees
2. The English wore bright red uniforms - An order form a country's leader to its citizens
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A. proclamation
B. pioneer
C. revolution
D. delegate - A person who first settles in a new place
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A. proclamation
B. pioneer
C. revolution
D. congress - Who won the French and Indian War?
- England
- What was England given in the peace Treaty of Paris?
- Canada, Florida, the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River?
- What caused Pontiac's Rebellion?
- Chief Pontiac wanted to stop the loss of Indian hunting land
- What did King George's Proclamation of 1763 say that the English could not do?
- Buy or settle land west of the Appalachian Mountains
- Who was allowed to use the land west of the Appalachians?
- Only the Indians
- Why were the colonist not happy with King George's Proclamation?
- They felt it took away some of their rights
- Who was one of the earliest pioneers to cross the Appalachian Mountains and then later settle in Kentucky?
- Daniel Boone
- To cancel
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A. boycott
B. repeal
C. liberty - Freedom of people to make their own laws
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A. boycott
B. repeal
C. liberty - After the French and Indian War what did Parliament want the American colonies to do to support British soldiers in America?
- Pay more taxes
- England's Parliament passed many tax acts, what items did they tax?
- Sugar, newspapers, almanacs, legal documents, licenses, and playing cards, lead, glass, paint, tea, and paper
- The colonist did not like the taxes, why not?
- Because they felt that they had no say on what was being taxed
- What motto did the colonist come up with after they were taxed?
- "no taxation without representation"
- Colonist shouted insults and threw rocks and snowballs at British soldiers during what massacre?
- The Boston Massacre
- At the Boston Massacre, when did the British soldiers fire weapons at the crowd?
- When the crowd started to move toward them
- To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving an area
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A. blockade
B. quarter
C. intolerable - To feed and provide shelter
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A. blockade
B. quarter
C. intolerable - Unacceptable
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A. blockade
B. quarter
C. intolerable - Parliament repealed (got rid of) all the taxes except which one?
- The tax for tea
- Who dressed as Indians and boarded the ships carrying tea?
- The Sons of Liberty
- The Sons of Liberty threw tea off of a ship into the Boston harbor, what is this known as?
- The Boston Tea Party
- The citizens of Boston were punished for the Tea Party with Intolerable Acts, what did these acts do?
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1. Closed the port of Boston
2. Ordered colonists to quarter British soldiers
3. Stopped town meetings in Boston - Where did the First Continental Congress met?
- Philadelphia
- What did the First Continental Congress discuss?
- They discussed how the colonies should respond to the British threats
- What were minuteman?
- Colonial soldiers that could be ready to fight in a minute's notice
- The British went to Lexington to arrest who?
- John Hancock and Sam Adams
- What did the British capture in Concord?
- Weapons that were stored there
- Who warned people that the British were coming?
- Paul Revere
- What is the leader of all military forces called?
- The commander-in-chief
- How did the Second Continental Congress prepare for war?
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By:
1. Hiring full-time soldiers
2. Putting George Washington in charge of all troops
3. Printing money to pay the soldiers - Where was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War?
- Bunker Hill
- How did the British prepare for war?
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By:
1. Making their army in America bigger by hiring foreign soldiers (Hessians)
2. Trying to get help from Indians