Chapter 5 Test (Stump) Flashcards
What 21-year old British major in the Virginian militia was under orders to go to claim the land?
George Washington
What is a militia?
Military volunteer
1) What was the goal of the “Albany Congress” and the “Albany Plan of Union?”
2) what man tries to lead this effort?
1) To work out a plan to defend themselves against the British
2)Benjamin Franklin
What is an alliance?
Agreement between nations
What Native American tribe initial refused to help the British?
Iroquois
What capital of New France was captures the British in 1759 that practical ended the war?
Quebec
1) what piece treaty ended the war?
2) what lands did the French cede to the British?
3) what dies cede mean?
1) treaty of Paris
2) everything eat of the Mississippi River
3) give up
What “war” continued to safe after the French and Indian war was over?
Pontiac’s war
1) What law did the British pass to try to keep colonist out of the Ohio river valley?
2) How did most colonist react to the law?
1) Proclamation of 1763
2) they ignored it
1) First law was passed in 1764 to pay back the dead of the French and Indian war?
2) What other law was passed that required colonist to house and feed British soldiers?
1)Sugar act
2) quarter act
1)What new tax law in 1765 make honest boycott paper that were used in legal documents such as newspapers?
2) What is a boycott?
3) What is a petition?
1) Stamp Act
2) stamp Act organize campaign to refuse to buy certain products
3) A written request to the government
1) What Virginian house of burgess member gave a theory speech about liberty after this tax?
2) What is his most famous quote from the speech?
1) Patrick Henry
2)Patrick Henry give me liberty or give me death
1) What event happened on March 5, 1770?
2) What mean defended the British soldiers in court even though she did not want British soldiers in Boston?
1) Boston massacre
2) John Adams
What is the total control of an economic market or a certain product
Monopoly
What event took place on December 6, 1773 in response to the new law led by the sons of liberty protest group?
Boston tea party
1) What was the name given to the laws passed that all of this event?
2) What were the four laws?
1) intolerable acts
2) Close the port of Boston, Increase the powers of the royal governor, abolish the upper house of the Massachusetts legislator, and strengthen the quartering act
1) What group met in Philadelphia In 1764 to decide how to get Britain \ to repeal these new laws?
2) What does repeal mean?
1) First continental congress
2) cancel
What was the shot heard around the world?
The start of the revolutionary war
At what two small towns outside of Boston to the American revolution begin?
Lexington and Concorde
What group met again in Philadelphia to discuss events near Boston in May 1775?
Second continental congress
Briefly describe the difference between a patriot and loyalist
Patriot- Favorite independence and we’re willing to fight for it
Loyalist- remained loyal to Britain in the king
1/3 Patriot, loyalist, neutral
1) What document did the second continental congress induction George the third and parliament to petition for peace?
2) How did King George the third react?
1) Olive branch petition
2) He ignored it in the clear that the colonies were an open rebellion
1)At what fort did the colonies win in early surprise victory near Lake Champlain in Vermont?
2) What man and his group captured the fort?
1) Fort Ticonderoga
2) Ethan Allen in the green mountain boys
1) What was the first major battle of the revolutionary war?
2) Who sort of won the battle?
3) What the British army finally decide to do?
1) Battle of bunker hill
2) The British
3) Abandon Boston to protect Canada
1) What is a blockade?
2) Who were mercenaries?
1) Lockport see you can’t get goods in or out
2) Soldiers who served another country for money
