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Ch 8 Test
5th Grade Social Studies - Chapter 8 Test
Term | Definition |
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One major cause of the French and Indian War | The French claimed the Ohio Valley |
What did the British government do to help pay the cost of the French and Indian War? | They passed the Sugar Act |
Representation | a voice in one's government |
How did the colonists protest the taxes? | boycott---they refused to pay |
Committees of Correspondence | spread information quickly |
When did the British realize that the fight against the colonists would not be easy? | after the Battle of Bunker Hill |
Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord important? | they marked the beginning of the American Revolution |
July 4, 1776 | Declaration of Independence |
United States first plan of government | Articles of Confederation |
One effect of the Articles of Confederation | the states stayed together during the American Revolution |
Commander of chief of the Continental Army | George Washington |
head of the committee of the Articles of Confederation | John Dickinson |
He organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and maybe started the Boston Tea Party | Samuel Adams |
Main author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
Called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britian | Richard Henry Lee |
Proclamation of 1763 | announcement to set aside land west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native Americans |
How did Congress react to the Proclamation of 1763? | They ignored it |
Why did the First Continental Congress meet in 1774? What did it do? | They met to decide how to deal with the British--They signed a petition to stop trade and formed a militia |
What were effects of the Battle of Bunker Hill | -People rebelled -Beat King George -Crushed the Colonists |
"Governments are instituted (formed) among Men, deriving (getting) their just powers from the consent (ok) of the governed." | The men get to make a plan. The people get POWER! |
How did colonists protest British imperial policies? | 1) Ignored British laws 2) Boycotted British goods 3) Boston Tea Party 4) formed militias 5) took down statues of the King |