U.S. chapter 10

Question 1

tax

Answer 1

money that people pay to help run the government

Question 2

representatives

Answer 2

person chosen by the people to make decisions for them

Question 3

massacre

Answer 3

the cruel killing of many people at one time

Question 4

patriots

Answer 4

American colonists who wanted America to be free from England’s rule

Question 5

Loyalties or Tories

Answer 5

American colonists who remained loyal to England

Question 6

Hessians

Answer 6

German soldiers who were hired by the British to fight against American colonists

Question 7

King James III

Answer 7

king of England at the time of Americas War for Independence

Question 8

Stamp Act

Answer 8

unfair tax law that angered the colonists

Question 9

Boston Massacre

Answer 9

a fight between angry colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists were killed

Question 10

Crispus Attucks

Answer 10

black patriot killed during the Boston Massarcre

Question 11

Boston Tea Party

Answer 11

a protest by American colonists who dumped over 300 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor

Question 12

Continental Congress

Answer 12

group of men who met before and during the War for Independence to decide what colonies would do about England’s unfair treatment

Question 13

Minutemen

Answer 13

Massachusetts soldiers who said they could be ready to fight at a minute’s notice

Question 14

Patrick Henry

Answer 14

young patriot known for saying “as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

Question 15

Paul Revere and William Dawes

Answer 15

two young men who warned the colonists of a British attack

Question 16

Ethan Allen

Answer 16

daring Soldier who led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British

Question 17

Declaration of Independence

Answer 17

document which stated the reason why we wanted to be free from England’s rule

Question 18

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 18

author of the declaration for Independence

Question 19

John Hancock

Answer 19

president of the Continental Congress

Question 20

General George Washington

Answer 20

commander in chief of the colonial army; called “the Father of his Country”

Question 21

Nathan Hale

Answer 21

brave American spy who gave his life for his country; known for saying, “I only regret that I have but only one life for my country.”

Question 22

Betsy Ross

Answer 22

lady said to have stitched together the first American Flag with stars and stripes

Question 23

Flag Day

Answer 23

celebrated on June 14; the anniversary of the day on which George Washington presented our country’s new flag to Congress

Question 24

George Rogers Clark

Answer 24

soldier who captured British forts in Northwest Territory for America

Question 25

John Paul Jones

Answer 25

brave sea captain who was one of the first officers of American navy would be successful

Question 26

Bonhomme Richard

Answer 26

John Paul Jones’s ship

Question 27

Serapis

Answer 27

British ship captured by John Paul Jones in his most famous sea battle

Question 28

General Lord Cornwallis

Answer 28

British general who surrendered to George Washington

Question 29

General Nathanael Greene

Answer 29

American general who fought the British in the Southern Colonies

Question 30

Treaty of Paris

Answer 30

agreement which ended the War for Independence, giving the colonies their independence from England

Question 31

Lexington and Concord

Answer 31

towns in Massachusetts where the first battle of the War for Independence took place

Question 32

Bunker Hill

Answer 32

place where Americans showed the British that they would not be easily defeated

Question 33

Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 33

strategic fort captured by Ethan Allen

Question 34

Trenton

Answer 34

town in New Jersey where the American Army overtook the Hessians and captured many supplies

Question 35

Saratoga

Answer 35

site of the turning point of the War for Independence

Question 36

Valley Forge

Answer 36

area of Pennsylvania where Washington’s army stayed during the harsh winter 1777-1778

Question 37

Northwest Territory

Answer 37

part of land given to the Americans by the British in the Treaty of Paris

Question 38

Yorktown

Answer 38

place where the British surrendered at the end of the war