Rev study

Question 1

Minutemen

Answer 1

Milita units said to be ready to fight at any time

Question 2

Delegates

Answer 2

People who represent others at a convention or a conference

Question 3

Protest

Answer 3

An action that shows disapproval or objection to something

Question 4

Parliament

Answer 4

Law making part of the British government

Question 5

Repeal

Answer 5

To cancel or undo a law

Question 6

Act

Answer 6

A law

Question 7

Revolution

Answer 7

a sudden and complete change in government

Question 8

Boycott

Answer 8

to protest by refusing to buy a good or a service

Question 9

Sons of liberty

Answer 9

This group worked against the stamp act and dumped tea overboard the British ships

Question 10

Daughters of liberty

Answer 10

Members who spun thread and wove own clothing instead of buying British cloth

Question 11

Import

Answer 11

To bring good/services into a country, especially for sale

Question 12

Export

Answer 12

to send good/services out of the country, especially for sale

Question 13

Proclamation

Answer 13

An official public announcement

Question 14

Lexington and concord

Answer 14

This fight marked the start of the American revolution

Question 15

Intolarble acts

Answer 15

Parliament past several laws that the colonist could not tolerate or accept these harsh laws

Question 16

First continent congress

Answer 16

This was held in leaders from every colony, except one met in Philadelphia to discuss the complaints against Great Britain

Question 17

Sugar act

Answer 17

This act placed attacks on sugar and molasses from the West Indies. This tax hurt the shipping business in New England

Question 18

The French and Indian war

Answer 18

During the war, the French fought against the colonists and the British overland in America

Question 19

Tea act

Answer 19

This act meant the colonist had to buy their tea only from the east Indian company, which was the largest British tea company. This caused many colonist to boycott tea.

Question 20

Quartering act

Answer 20

This act ordered the colonist to provide places to live for British troops

Question 21

Boston massacare

Answer 21

This massacre was a tragic event that took place in Boston were colonists through snowballs and chunks of ice at the loyalists soldiers. One soldier shot into the crowd within moments five people lay dead or dying in six more wounded.

Question 22

Townshend act

Answer 22

Taxes were placed on import such as glass, paint paper and tea as a result of this act.

Question 23

Stamp act

Answer 23

This ax tax 54 kinds of papers, including blank cards, marriage license, , and newspapers

Question 24

Boston tea party

Answer 24

The sons of liberty boarded a tea ship in the Boston Harbor and through 342 chests of tea into the harbor. This became known as the Boston tea party.

Question 25

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 25

The proclamation of 1763 declared that Native Americans could have much of the land west of the Appalachian mountains