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Question 1

Subsistence Farming

Answer 1

Farming just enough to meet the needs of one’s family

Question 2

Triangular trade

Answer 2

Ships brought sugar and molasses from the West Indies to New England. Molasses would be made into rum in NE. Goods were shipped to west africa in exchange for slaves

Question 3

Cash Crops

Answer 3

Crops that were grown to sell, such as wheat and corn.

Question 4

Surplus

Answer 4

An excess amount of stuff

Question 5

Slave code

Answer 5

Strict rules that governed the slaves

Question 6

Export

Answer 6

To give something to a foreign country

Question 7

Import

Answer 7

To get something from a foreign country

Question 8

Navigation Acts

Answer 8

Directed the trade between England and the colonies

Question 9

Enlightenment

Answer 9

Based upon the reason that knowledge, science, and reason could improve society

Question 10

Militia

Answer 10

group of civilians who were trained to fight in an emergency

Question 11

George Washington

Answer 11

Leader of many things such as revolutionary war, continental congress, troops, first president, etc.

Question 12

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 12

Benjamin Franklin’s plan to propose a untied government for the colonies, however, no one approved

Question 13

French and Indian War(seven years war)

Answer 13

British won this war, and they gained a lot of territory. Allowed them to gain mauch fur trading profits 1754-1763

Question 14

Resolution

Answer 14

A formal expression of opinion- declaring

Question 15

Boycott

Answer 15

Refuse to buy

Question 16

Patrick Henry

Answer 16

A member of the Virginia house of Burgesses- persuaded people to stop the stamp act

Question 17

Samuel Adams

Answer 17

Started the organization - The Sons of Liberty to protest the stamp act. People followed and started organzing more Sons of Liberty Groups.

Question 18

Sugar Act

Answer 18

Lowered the tax on imported molasses and British hoped that this would make the colonists pay instead of smuggling. Also let officers come in anywhere to check for smuggled goods.

Question 19

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 19

Prevented colonists from moving west toward the Appalachian mountains. Gave Britain many advantages.

Question 20

Stamp Act

Answer 20

Placed a tax on almost all printed material, and this angered the colonists greatly. All printed material had to have a stamp, and the British applied the stamp after the tax was paid.

Question 21

Declaratory Act

Answer 21

This law stated that the British had all the rights to pose taxes under any of the British colonies

Question 22

Townshend acts

Answer 22

These acts only posed taxes on imported goods such as glass, tea, paper, etc. The colonists organized another boycott.

Question 23

Propaganda

Answer 23

An exaggeration of something

Question 24

Boston Massacre

Answer 24

Redcoats killed five colonists aftercolonists started throwing sticks at them, propaganda was used to make it seem big, and it was called a massacre.

Question 25

Tea act

Answer 25

This law allowed a company sole control of all the tea in North America. Act let them sell the tea directly instead of giving it to colonial merchants who normally distributed the tea.

Question 26

Boston Tea Party

Answer 26

The East India Tea Company shipped tea to a number of colonies despite warnings. The colonists forced ships to be sent to NY and Philadelphia and turn back. A group of men on December 16, 1773, threw 342 chests of tea overboard

Question 27

Coercive acts (Intolerable acts)

Answer 27

After the news of the boston tea party reached england, King George and parliament passed the coercive acts, which were harsh laws posed on massachussetts for resistance to the British Law.

Question 28

Continental Congress

Answer 28

A group of people coming from the colonies except Georgia to challenge british control.

Question 29

Minutemen

Answer 29

People who would be ready to fight the British at any minute

Question 30

Lexington and Concord

Answer 30

April 18, 1775- Dr. Joseph Warren sees british troops and rushes to Paul Revere. Paul alerts Wiiliam Dawes who alert all the colonists. 70 minutemen stand ready to fight and when it ended, eight minutemen were dead. British arrived and found that the gunpowder and other supplies were mostly gone, destroyed the remaining. People hid behind trees ready to attack anyone at any moment.

Question 31

Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 31

June 16- 1775- Colonel Williams commanded forces set up at the top of Bunker Hill. British decided to play differently and set up at the bottom of Breed’s hill. They see the british and fire heavily. British retreat but come back up. Colonists fire again and the British retreat again. Final time, colonists run out of gunpowder and surrender.

Question 32

Loyalists

Answer 32

People who were loyal to the King and the British

Question 33

patriots

Answer 33

people who wanted freedom from the british and wanted to fight

Question 34

General John Burgoyne

Answer 34

Led 8000 troops to canada(British), and he surrenderred in 1777.

Question 35

The Battle of Saratoga

Answer 35

General Burgoyne faces trouble after realizing the other British troops hadn’t arrived. General Horatio Gates cornered him with about three times as large troops and he surrendered on October 17, 1777. This helped the Americans make allies with France and Spain.

Question 36

Smallpox Inoculation

Answer 36

During winter at Valley Forge, smallpox was a rampant disease that was killing many. The inoculation was when they took the disease from some people who were infected, and they put it on the cuts and wounds of other people. This let the white blood cells create antibodies to it quickly, and death decreased rapidly.

Question 37

Winter at Valley Forge

Answer 37

Washington’s troops set up camp at Valley Forge. They suffered from a lack of food, clothes, shelter, and the greatest challenge was keeping the army together.

Question 38

Guerrilla Warfare

Answer 38

Mass strike/ambush, and then they disperse silently - surprise attack

Question 39

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 39

September 5 1781- Washington was relieved after hearing that the British were thoroughly confused. The rest of Cornwallis’s army was in NY and was unable to help him. On October 9, 1781, the patriots won the Battle of Yorktown

Question 40

Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 40

On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris had been signed after the British had made peace with France and Spain as well. Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay were all representatives of the USA. Great Britain recognized the US as an independent nation.