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US History Unit 2 Vocab

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  • What date was the Declaration signed and approved by Congress
    July 4th 1776
  • Why is the Battle of Saratoga important
    Convinced the French to help
  • Why is Lexington and Concord important
    Started the War
  • Rights that cannot be taken away
    Unalienable Rights
  • Why is the Battle of Yorktown Important
    It ended the war
  • Name 2 ways the colonists fought back against the British BEFORE the war started
    Tea Party, Protests, Petitions, sending representatives
  • A riot where British Soldiers shot and killed angry colonists
    Boston Massacre
  • Overthrowing a government in order to get a new one
    Revolution
  • Colonist act of protest in which they hurled tea into a harbor
    Boston Tea Party
  • A territory owned by another country
    Colony
  • Document declaring the US its own country
    Declaration of Independence
  • The first president and leader of Revolution forces
    George Washington
  • What came first - Sugar Act or Stamp Act
    Sugar Act
  • Freedom to make your own decisions
    Independence
  • Name 2 ways the French and Indian War affected Native People
    Answer will vary
  • A person who supports/fights for their country
    Patriot
  • Who wrote the essay "Common Sense" that helped convince the colonists to rebel?
    Thomas Paine
  • How were the intolerable acts different from the other laws passed?
    They were a punishment
  • Series of laws passed by Britain to punish colonists for protesting
    Intolerable Acts
  • Choosing to not use or buy something as a way to protest
    Boycott
  • To remove a law
    repeal
  • Describe at least one reasons the colonists were mad with the king
    taxation without representation, intolerable acts, ignoring colonists, etc
  • What colony was the main instigator of many of the boycotts and resistance to the British
    Massachusetts
  • Colonists that remained loyal to Great Britain
    Loyalists
  • Name at least one way the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution
    Caused natives to side with british, made colonists mad about taxes, made colonists mad about moving etc
  • A revolution in North America against Great Britain (1765-1776)
    American Revolution
  • What country sent troops, money, and weapons to help us win
    France
  • Government run by a king or queen
    Monarchy
  • Cruel and oppressive government
    tyranny
  • What came first - Quartering Act or Intolerable Acts
    Quartering Act
  • Name at least two roles filled by people of colour during the revolutionary war
    Spies Soldiers Scouts
  • A law that forced colonists to pay for paper
    Stamp Act
  • Unbearable
    Intolerable
  • A conflict between France and Great Britain over the Ohio River Valley
    French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
  • First people or native people to a country
    Indigenous
  • What came first - Boston Massacre or Boston Tea Party
    Massacre
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