US History Unit 1 Part 2
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aalderson Plus on September 11, 2010
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Study questions for US History - road to revolution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Navigation Acts | These laws said the colonists could only sell their goods to England. They couldn't trade with Spain or any other European country. |
| French and Indian War | The French, British and colonists fought over control of the colonial land. |
| Stamp Act | This law said colonists had to pay a direct tax on most paper goods. The Sons of Liberty started as a result. |
| Sons of Liberty | A violent group of colonists organized to protest unfair taxes. |
| Boston Massacre | Scuffle between British troops and protesting colonists. 5 people die. |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists throw tea into the Boston Harbor to protest a British tax on tea. |
| Lexington and Concord | Towns in New England where the revolution began. Minutemen fought with the British troops. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Saratoga | A great victory for the colonists in the revolution and a turning point in the war. |
| Yorktown | Last battle in the revolution in which Washington defeated Cornwallis. |
| secondary source | a history textbook, for example |
| primary source | a journal entry, for example |
| loyalist | a colonist who supported the British |
| patriot | a colonist who wanted independence from Britain |
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