grade 6 history/Chapter 8 test 7
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- incident in which a snowball fight led to five colonists being killed by British soldiers
- Boston Masacre
- French and Indian War occurred because the French and English both claimed land
- along the Ohio River
- People who wanted America to be free from the English
- Patriots
- the French and Indian War occurred in what years
- 1754-1763
- act that required a stamp or seal on every document in the colonies
- Stamp Act
- young Virginian that gained valuable experience in the French and Indian War
- George Washington
- commander of all British forces in the North American colonies during the French and Indian War
- Edward Braddock
- the important English right denied to the colonists
- representation in Parliament
- British government dropped all taxes except
- tea
- Why did British soldiers move on Lexington and Concord
- to capture patriot leaders and weapons
- Virginia patriot who said "give me liberty or give me death".
- Patrick Henry
- Massachsetts patriot who rode from Boston to warn that the British were coming
- Paul Revere
- Second Continental Congress made the important decision that who would command the American Army
- George Washington
- fort that ws captured by Ethan Allen and the "Green Mountain Boys"
- Fort Ticonderoga
- German soldiers hired by the British
- Hessians
- patriot who said,"I have not yet begun to fight"
- John Paul Jones
- battle that showed the British that untrained Americans could fight
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country", was said by
- Nathan Hale
- victories on the frontier by this man gained the Northwest Territory for America
- George Rogers Clark
- Washington's victory here led to the surrender of the entire British army
- Yorktown
- before crossing the Delaware River Washington and his men spent a harsh winter here
- Valley Forge
- the agreement signed by England giving the colonies their freedom was
- Treaty of Paris
- the highest court in the land
- U.S. Supreme Court
- first plan of government in the United States
- Articles of Confederation
- plan for the United States government used today
- Constitution
- its actual writing was done by Thomas Jefferson
- Declaration of Independance
- government controlled by the citizens through their elected representatives
- constitutional republic
- two main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederations
-
could not collect taxes
power to settle arguments - Washington's speach when he finished his term as President
- farewell address
- who is given credit for doing the most work on the Constitution
- James Maddison
- the lady who is said to have stitched the first United States flag
- Betsy Ross
- the three branches of government
-
executive
legislative
judicial - two houses of Congress
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Senate
House of Representatives