APGOVCh.2.Hannah.Esparza

Question 1

New World

Answer 1

the Western Hemisphere of Earth, also called The Americas, which was unknown to Europeans before 1492

Question 2

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 2

A brilliant inventor and senior statesman at the Constitutional Convention who urged colonial unity as early as 1754, 22 years before the Declaration of Independence

Question 3

French and Indian War

Answer 3

the American phase of what was called the Seven Years War, fought from 1754-1763 between Britain and France with Indian allies

Question 4

mercantilism

Answer 4

an economic theory designed to increase a nation’s wealth through the development of commercial industry and a favorable balance of trade

Question 5

Samuel Adams

Answer 5

cousin of President John Adams and an early leader against the British and loyalist oppressors; he played a key role in developing the Committees of Correspondence and was active in Massachusetts and colonial politics

Question 6

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 6

a gathering of 9 colonial representatives in 1765