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100 facts 26-50 Social Studies

Questions 26-50 of the 100 eighth grade facts.

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A law forcing colonists to house and feed British soliders was the _________Quartering Act
British soliders and colonists fought in the streets of Boston resulting in the deaths of 5 people, the first being Crispus Attucks, this later was called theBoston Massacre
The event that occurred when the colonists, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea into the ocean is know as theBoston Tea Party
Laws passed in 1774 by Parliament, such as closing the port of Boston, and increasing the powers of the governor, were called theIntolerable Acts
___________was famous for saying..."give me liberty or give me death!" in a speech presented to the Virginia assemblyPatrick Henry
A group of civilians (non-military) who volunteered to fight in RevolutionaryWar were called themilitia
A civilian solider who was part of the militia, and would be ready to fight in a moment's notice was called aminuteman
The famous saying, " Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" was said at the_________Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonists who suppported the war against Britian were calledPatriots
_________was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776, to persuade colonists to become independentCommon Sense
_________was the first battle of the American Revolution where " The shot heard around the word..." was fired.Lexington Green
The camp in which Washington and his men camped through a treacherous winter was called_______Valley Forge
The last battle of the war, Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington here at ________Yorktown
In 1783, the _________ was signed offically ending the war.Treaty of Paris
A representative is also called a________delegate
Edmond Randolph proposed the _________which supported a bicameral Congress with representation of each state based on population.Virginia Plan
The_________ supported the idea that each state would have one vote regardless of population.New Jersey Plan
The__________ called for 2 houses in Congress, one based on population, one given 2 representatives per state.Great Compromise
The________ were a collection of essays written by James madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton which supported the ConstitutionFederalist Papers
Men who opposed the Constitution were ______________Anti-Federalists
To approve by a vote means to__________ratify
The right to vote is referred to as____________suffrage
The number of people present and necesary to hold a meeting is a_________quorum
A change to a document is called an___________amendment
The building in which the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were produced is called___________Independence Hall


8th Grade Core Teacher
Sequoia Middle
Redding, CA

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