US History Vocab 1

Question 1

War from 1754-1763 between France with allied Indian nations, ad Britain and its colonists for control of eastern north america

Answer 1

french and indian war

Question 2

offered ambitious plan for a permanent union of colonies. created by benjamin franklin, was rejected.

Answer 2

albany plan of union

Question 3

treaty that ended the french and indian war

Answer 3

treaty of paris 1763

Question 4

prevented colonists from settling west of appalachian

Answer 4

proclamation of 1763

Question 5

tax of paper goods

Answer 5

stamp act

Question 6

a formal written request signed by many people

Answer 6

petition

Question 7

a victory on Americas side of the revolutionary war. nearly 1100 of 2400 british soldiers had been killed or wounded

Answer 7

battle of bunker hill

Question 8

battle during american revolution in 1777. the british under burgoyne were defeated

Answer 8

battle of saratoga

Question 9

hessian force was captured in trenton, new jersey

Answer 9

battle of trenton

Question 10

last major land battle in american revolutionary war

Answer 10

battle of yorktown

Question 11

first military engagements of revolutionary war fought on april 9, 1775

Answer 11

battle of lexington and concord

Question 12

march 5, 1770. britis army killed 5 civilian men and injured 9 others

Answer 12

boston massacre

Question 13

political protest by sons of liberty against tax policy of the british governemnt and east india company (december 16 , 1773)

Answer 13

boston tea party

Question 14

act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country

Answer 14

boycott

Question 15

shadow governments organized by patriot colonies on eve of american revolution

Answer 15

committee of correspondence

Question 16

revolutionary war army authorized by continental congress in 1775 led by george washington

Answer 16

continental army

Question 17

written y thomas jefferson declaring freedom of 13 colones from great britain

Answer 17

declaration of independence

Question 18

convention of delegates from 12 colonies that met on september 5, 1774 at carpenter’s hall in philadelphia, pennsylvania

Answer 18

first continental congress

Question 19

series of british measures passed in 1774 designed to designed to punish the massachussetts colonists for boston tea party

Answer 19

intolerable acts

Question 20

american colonists who supported the british

Answer 20

loyalists

Question 21

professional soldier hired to serve in foreign army

Answer 21

mercenary

Question 22

military force raises from civil population

Answer 22

militia

Question 23

member of militia who volunteered to be ready to fight at a minutes notice

Answer 23

minuteman

Question 24

rights people have in natural law: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Answer 24

natural rights

Question 25

written by colonists to appeal to king george III for peace with great britain

Answer 25

olive branch petition

Question 26

person serving american colonies

Answer 26

patriot

Question 27

to revoke a law or congressional act

Answer 27

repeal

Question 28

military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building

Answer 28

siege

Question 29

british parliament unfair monopoly to American tea merchants. a tax on all tea

Answer 29

tea act

Question 30

series of acts in 1767 by great britain relating to bristish colonies in north america

Answer 30

townshend acts

Question 31

someone who betrays their country

Answer 31

traitor

Question 32

site of military camp of american continental army over winter of 1777-1778

Answer 32

valley forge

Question 33

written order issued by court instructing a law enforcement official to perform a task

Answer 33

writ of assistance

Question 34

common sense

Answer 34

pamphlet challenging british authority by thomas paine