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Vocabulary
100

This man helped shape the U.S Constitution, served the country as a diplomat, and made a political cartoon showing the weakness of the colonies being divided. (p. 195)

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

100

This place is called Boston (p. 203) 

Where did the Boston Tea Party take place?

100

This event was held by the Sons and Daughters of Liberty in order to rebel against the Tea Tax (p. 203)

Who held the Boston Tea Party?

100

This act taxed paper, lead, tea, and glass. (p. 197)

What were the Townshend Acts?

100

Def: to tax products coming into the colonies (p. 197)

What is the definition of tariffs?

200

This man worked as a spy in the American Revolution and helped Americans win a decisive battle. (p. 189)

Who was James Armistead?

200

This place is called Lexington (p. 208)

Where did the British battle with the minutemen and continue on to Concord?

200

This event was the beginning shot of the Revolutionary War. (p. 208)

What was the ”shot heard around he world”?

200

This act taxed all things made of paper. (p. 194)

What was the Stamp Act?

200

Def: tax collections (p. 197)

What is the meaning of customs?

300

This man betrayed the Patriots and in 1780, he plotted to surrender to the British the fort West Point, New Work. (p. 225)

What did Benedict Arnold do to become a famous traitor?

300

This place is called Saratoga. (p. 225)

Where did Thaddeus Kosciusko help the Patriots build a fort near the city?

300

This war was fought between Great Britain and the 13 American colonies. (p. 190)

Who fought in the Revolutionary War?

300

This act didn’t allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. (p. 193)

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

300

Def: to keep (p. 196)

What is the definition of retained?

400

This man’s ideas about liberty and equality convinced many colonists that the time had come for independence. (p. 214)

Who was John Locke?

400

This place is called Yorktown. (p. 226)

Where did the French and Americans team up to defeat the British?

400

Thomas Paine writes common sense. (p. 220)

What was an effort to change people’s minds so they supported independence?

400

This act closed Boston Harbor until all the destroyed tea was paid for. (p. 204)

What were the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?

400

Def: the killing of many people (p. 201)

What is the meaning of massacre?

500

These people wrote the Declaration of Independence. (p. 215)

What did Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston work together on? 

500

This place is called Chesapeake Bay. (p. 235)

Where did the French Navy ships sail in order to block and prevent the British from rescuing Cornwallis?

500

This event caused many Bostonians to flee Boston because of British invasion. (p. 230)

What was the Siege of Boston?

500

This act sent the message that the king retained the authority to make laws for the colonies. (p. 196)

What was the Declaratory Acts of 1766?

500

Def: to be controlled by the British military (p. 204)

What is the definition of martial law?