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| What is another name for the French and Indian War? | "The Seven Year War" |
| What were the French and British fighting for in the French and Indian War? | The Ohio River Valley |
| Who won the French and Indian war? | The British |
| What does it mean to REPEAL something? | To take a law out of effect |
| What is a DELEGATE | One person to vote or speak out |
| What is a REVOLUTION? | To overthrow a government |
| What is the name for two people ore groups who join together to fight for the same cause? | Allies |
| What was teh colonial government called? | congress |
| What was the British law making body called? | PARLIMENT |
| What were the members of the colonial militia called? | MINUTEMEN |
| What is the name of the crime of going against your country? | TREASON |
| What do we call the money that people pay to their government? | TAXES |
| A tax on imported goods is called what? | DUTY |
| Refusal to buy a product or service, or to deal with a business or nation as means of protest is called what? | BOYCOTT |
| An official announcement is called what? | Proclaimation |
| What was the name for people who wnbated to remain loyal to the king? | LOYALIST |
| What is a PATRIOT? | Someone who is against the king |
| What is a written request signed by many people? | PETITION |
| An army made up of ordinary citizens is called what? | MILITIA |
| Who were the "Sons of Liberty?" | A group of men who protested against taxes from Britain |
| What man is famous for warning the colonists that the British were coming? | Paul Revere |
| Finish the quote: "One if by land, two | "if by sea" |
| What is the name of the book by Thomas Paine? | COMMON SENSE |
| What was the name of Britain's king? | King George III |
| Name on e of hte nicknames for the British soldiers | Lobster Backs |
| What was the reason for Britain imposing new taxes? | to pay war debt |
| Which treaty stated the independence of the colonies? | Declaration of Independence |
| Why is john Hancock's signature famous? | It was the largest on the page |
| Why were the signers of the Declaration of Independence guilty of treason? | tHEY WERE REVOLTING AGAINST THE BRITISH |
| Who wrotge the Declaration of Independence | THOMAS JEFFERSON |
| When was the Declaration of Independence signed? | July 4, 1776 |
| What was the main purpose of Declaration? | to be an independent nation, free from British laws |
| What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union? | Unite the colonies against the French |
| What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition? | To Beg King George to be fair; to avoid war |
| What was the Stamp Act | Taxes on paper documents |
| What was the Townshend Act? | Taxes to pay British rulers of the colonies |
| What is the Tea Act? | Colonists had to buy all tea from England and pay taxes to England |
| What event was in protest to the Tea Act? | The Boston Tea Party |
| What did the colonists throw that resulted in the Boston Massacre? | snowballs |
| Why did the colonists call it a massacre? | because innocent/unarmed civillians were killed |
| How did the colonists react after the Battle of Concord? | The formed militia groups and fought back. |
| How many tries did it take for hte British to win the Battle of Bunker Hill? | 3 |
| What is the quote that Colonel Prescott is famous for saying during the Battle of Bunker Hill? | "Don't fire until you can see the whites of their eyes" |
| What was the name of the goup of men who dumped 45 tons of tea into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party? | Sons of Liberty |
