Mrs. Snipes' Class Notes

 Chapter 5 Test 7th gradeVocab-definecede: to give upboycott: organized campaign to refuse to buy or use certain goods and servicesmilitia: organized body of armed volunteersalliance: agreement between countries to aid and support one anothermercenary: soldier who fights merely for pay, often for a foreign countrywrit of assistance: court order that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searchingblockade: shutting a port or roadway to prevent people or supplies from coming into or leaving an areaminutemen: colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minutes noticeProclamation of 1763: in order to prevent future fighting with the Native Americans. It banned colonists settling west of the Appalachian Mountains and had to move East. Angered colonists who thought they could settle wherever they wantSugar Act: import tax on imports such as molasses and called for harsh punishment on smugglers. Caused protest in the coloniesBoston Massacre: angry crowd of workers and sailors surrounded a small group of soldiers and threw snowballs and rocks at them and the soldiers fired into the crowd killing 5 and wounding sixStamp Act: required colonists to buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities for example-newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts, and other documents. Caused protest in the coloniesTea Act: intended to help the British East India Company allowing them to lower the price of tea and ship directly to the colonies and gave the company a monopoly on selling tea in the coloniesOlive Branch Petition:sent to King George by the Second Continental Congress stating that the colonists were loyal to the King and asked for the King to stop the fighting and solve disputes between Britain and the Colonies peacefullyFirst Continental Congress: demanded a repeal of the intolerable acts, declared colonists should govern and tax themselves, called for a boycott of British goodsthe Second Continental Congress: established an army, George Washington chosen as commander of the continental army, printed paper money to pay the army, sent Olive branch Petition to the kingBoston Tea Party: a large group of men disguised as Native Americans boarded a tea ship and threw 342 cases of tea into the Boston HarborAlbany Congress: British called a meeting of colonial leaders and Iroquois tribes in hopes to form an alliance against the FrenchQuartering Act: required Colonists to let British troops live and eat in their homes duty: import taxpetition: formal written request to someone in authority that is signed by a group of peopleCommittees of Correspondence: Samuel Adams began this group in order to keep colonists informed of British ActionsPatriots: Colonists who wanted freedom from English rule and wanted to govern and tax themselvesLoyalists: Colonists who remained in support of Britain and the KingFort Ticonderoga: controlled the main route between Canada and the Hudson River Valley and held valuable weapons especially cannonsWhat event was most likely to have pleased the Loyalists? the result of the attack on QuebecHow did many colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts? They launched the American Revolution.Fort Ticonderoga was captured by the ___Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen.____.What was the goal of the Albany Plan of Union? provide a way for the English colonies to work together.Lord Dunmore was a _Loyalist_ and looked upon __Patriots__ as traitors.Who fired the first shot of the American Revolution? it is unknown who exactly EssayExplain why the French and Indian War began, and the results of the war for the French, the British, and Native Americans.____The French and Indian War began in 1754 over land disputes. Both France and Britain claimed land in the Ohio River valley. After the war, France lost almost all of its North American possessions to Britain. In addition, Britain received Spanish Florida. However, the war also left Britain with a large debt. Without help from the French, Native Americans could not stop British settlers from moving onto their lands.____Describe the Battle of Bunker Hill, and explain why the battle was important for the colonists. _____At the Battle of Bunker Hill, trained British troops fought against untrained colonists. The British attack came in three waves. The first two waves failed. The third attack succeeded only because the colonists ran out of ammunition. The battle was important for the colonists because even though the British won the battle, the colonists had proved that they could fight and stand up to professional British soldiers.____ ................
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