REVOLUTION TERMS

Question 1

Salutary neglect

Answer 1

British policy that allowed the colonies virtual self rule as long as Great Britain was gaining economically

Question 2

French and Indian war

Answer 2

War fought between Britain and France that was expensive and caused colonial taxes to increase

Question 3

Stamp act

Answer 3

British tax on paper

Question 4

Olive branch petition

Answer 4

A last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared

Question 5

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 5

turning point in the war. British general Burgoyne is defeated. French decided to support the Americans.

Question 6

Battle of Lexington and concord

Answer 6

Shot heard around the world. first engagement of the American revolution

Question 7

Quartering act

Answer 7

Required colonist to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies

Question 8

Intolerable acts

Answer 8

A series of punitive laws passed by Britain to punish Massachusetts for the tea party protest

Question 9

Common sense

Answer 9

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence

Question 10

Sons of liberty

Answer 10

patriots organized by Samuel adams to protest the stamp act

Question 11

Tory

Answer 11

Loyalist who supported the British government

Question 12

Hessians

Answer 12

Soldiers from Germany who came to fight against the colonists