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Gilchrist Events to Revolution
From French and Indian War to Declaration of Independence
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History
7th Grade
03/22/2010

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Sugar Act
Definition
Tax on sugar
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Stamp Act
Definition
Colonists had to buy stamps for printed material
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Townshend Acts
Definition
This act included the writs of assistance
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Proclamation of 1763
Definition
This act said that colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Quartering Act
Definition
Colonists had to quarter or house British troops and pay for their supplies
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Declaratory
Definition
This act said that Britain could pass any law it needed for the colonies
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Intolerable Acts
Definition
These acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
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Navigation Acts
Definition
These acts said that the colonists could trade only with England
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Stamp Act and Townsend Act
Definition
These were the two acts that were repealed
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Intolerable Acts
Definition
As part of this act, the port of Boston was closed
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Declaratory Act
Definition
England passed this act as revenge for the repeal of the Stamp Act
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Navigation Acts
Definition
Because of this act, the colonists smuggled
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Tea Act
Definition
Because of this act, the colonists had the Boston Tea Party
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England
Definition
Which country won the French and Indian War?
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
This is when the colonists rebelled and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor
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Paul Revere or William Dawes
Definition
This was one of the minutemen who warned "The British are coming!"
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George Washington
Definition
The Second Continental Congress decided the commander of colonists' army was who?
Term
Loyalists
Definition
Colonists who were loyal to the king are called?
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Philadelphia
Definition
Where did the Continental Congress meet?
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Georgia
Definition
Which colony did not send delegates to the Continental Congress?
Term
militia
Definition
Group of citizens who act as soldiers but are not trained as an army are called what?
Term
Tea Act
Definition
This act gave the British East India company a monopoly on tea?
Term
True
Definition
True or False -The Olive Branch petition stated that the colonists were loyal to the king.
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Smuggled
Definition
In response to the Navigation Acts, the colonists did this with their goods?
Term
From the people
Definition
Where does the government get its power?
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True
Definition
True or False - General Gage and others insisted on fighting in straight line formations.
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False
Definition
True or False - The Intolerable Acts required colonists to feed and house British troops.
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True
Definition
True or False - The Tea Act was intended to help the British East India Company.
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False
Definition
True or False - The "shot heard round the world" was fired at Concord.
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False
Definition
True or False - The Tea Act increased the price on tea.
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False
Definition
True or False - The French won the French and Indian War.
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False
Definition
True or False - In the Boston Massacre, the colonists shot at the British soldiers.
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False
Definition
True or False - In the Boston Massacre, all the British soldiers were found guilty and all had their thumbs branded.
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Surrender
Definition
To formally lose or give up.
Term
Writs of assistance
Definition
Another word for a search warrant
Term
preamble
Definition
Another word for introduction
Term
petition
Definition
Written request to the government
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monopoly
Definition
Exclusive control of the trade
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intolerable
Definition
unacceptable, something you cannot live with
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ally
Definition
In war, someone who helps you or is on your side
Term
Act
Definition
A rule that the British passed for the colonists. Normally a tax
Term
Minutemen
Definition
soldiers ready to fight in a minute's notice
Term
patriot
Definition
Someone who wants to break away from the British and fight
Term
When you refuse to buy goods
Definition
What is a boycott?
Term
The colonists boycotted. It worked because the British lost money
Definition
Who boycotted in this chapter? Why did it work?
Term
King George III
Definition
Who was the king of England?
Term
April 18-19, 1775
Definition
On what dates were the battles at Lexington and Concord? (month, date, year)
Term
Tea Act allowed the British East India Company to ship tea directly to the colonies.
Definition
What was the Tea Act?
Term
England was in debt. Their plan was to make the colonists pay.
Definition
What was England's problem after the French and Indian War? How did they plan on solving it?
Term
To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
Definition
Why were the Intolerable Acts passed?
Term
1) Closed the port of Boston
2) Stopped town meetings
3) Anyone accused of killing British would be tried in England
4) Strengthened Quartering Act
Definition
Name 3 things the Intolerable Acts did?
Term
Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
Definition
What are the 3 rights the Declaration says all people are born with and cannot be taken away?
Term
July 4 1776
Definition
When was the Declaration of Independence approved?
Term
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
Definition
Name 3 people who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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All people are created equal
Definition
In the Declaration of Independence, the colonists explain their break with England. They begin with what about people?
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3 natural rights
Definition
Because you are human, you have 3 what?
Term
False
Definition
True or False - The government can take away your rights?
Term
Government protects your rights
Definition
The government's job is to what your rights?
Term
The people
Definition
Government gets power from who?
Term
People can throw out the government and start a new one
Definition
If the government does not protect people's rights,then what?
Term
Lexington, Concord and Boston
Definition
What are the 3 cities in first battle?
Term
In Boston
Definition
Where are the British?
Term
General Gage
Definition
Who is the British general in Boston?
Term
Ammunition
Definition
What do the British find out the colonists have in Concord?
Term
Straight line formation, red coats
Definition
What do you know about how the British fight?
Term
700
Definition
How many British in Boston ?
Term
William Dawes and Paul Revere
Definition
Who are the two look-outs?
Term
77
Definition
How many minutemen do Revere and Dawes wake up?
Term
Lexington
Definition
Where is the first battle?
Term
8 colonists die
Definition
What happens in the first battle?
Term
Retreat
Definition
The colonists lose the first battle so they have to what to Concord?
Term
Ambush them
Definition
At Concord, what do the colonists do to the British?
Term
2
Definition
How many times are the British ambushed?
Term
2
Definition
How many times do the British retreat?
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1
Definition
How many times do the colonists retreat?
Term
Colonists/Minutemen
Definition
What side ultimately wins at Lexington and Concord?
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