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Big Trimester 1 History Test
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7th Grade
10/31/2011

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13 colonies
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13 colonies – first 13 states of America, where America first settled owned by the British
helped America become free, like states, step toward a government, not kings, and on the East coast
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New England –
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New England – northeastern part of the country, most events of the Revolutionary War ocurred there, NH, RI, MA, CT
Main source of income was fish trade
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Albany Plan –
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Plan that the Americans used to defeat the British, led by Benjamin Frankilin to unite colonies against threats
Ben Franklin tried to ally all thirteen colonies, did not work, all north was there
Threats from French and Indians and if their allies turned against them
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Ben Franklin – Founding father, in Continental Congress, wise, foreign relations and allies (example the French)
Proposed the Albany Plan
Invented bifocals, was a creator, united colonies to help remain from threats
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Founding father, in Continental Congress, wise, foreign relations and allies (example the French)
Proposed the Albany Plan
Invented bifocals, was a creator, united colonies to help remain from threats
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French and Indian War – helped America gain military experience, started taxes, part of 7 years war, between the French, Indians, and the British, in North America, 1754-1763, took place in Canada, New York, and British go into debt, we were the theatre for the war, Native Americans on both sides, ended with 1763 treaty of Paris, also called the Peace Treaty, humiliated France, gave away all land in North America to Britain and Spain, Britain got land east of the Mississipi River, and Spain got land west of the Mississipi River, affected all 3 powers, beforehand, all French and British wars ended in a stalemate, but F and I war had a decisive winner, Britain beat France and became most powerful European country
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helped America gain military experience, started taxes, part of 7 years war, between the French, Indians, and the British, in North America, 1754-1763, took place in Canada, New York, and British go into debt, we were the theatre for the war, Native Americans on both sides, ended with 1763 treaty of Paris, also called the Peace Treaty, humiliated France, gave away all land in North America to Britain and Spain, Britain got land east of the Mississipi River, and Spain got land west of the Mississipi River, affected all 3 powers, beforehand, all French and British wars ended in a stalemate, but F and I war had a decisive winner, Britain beat France and became most powerful European country
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George Washington –
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head of the US army, led troops against British, became first president, father of his country, founding father, dominant militaryand political leader, commander in chief of Continental Army, watched over the writing of the Consitution, his leadership style is still used today like the innaugural adress
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Sugar Act –
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taxes on all snacks, books, tea, etc., led to Boston Tea Party, in New England, English need money, taxes on molasses or any sugar from Britain, like tax of sixpence per gallon of molasses, also known as the American Revenue Act
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Quartering Act –
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had to house any soldiers passing through, not taken well by colonists, also had to feed and clothe them
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Stamp Act – all documents had to be written on special paper, paper had heavy taxes, carried a special stamp, imposed by Britain, cost of maintaining troops in colonies
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all documents had to be written on special paper, paper had heavy taxes, carried a special stamp, imposed by Britain, cost of maintaining troops in colonies
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Townshend Acts –
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taxes on all imported items, especially paper, paint, led, tea, and glass because of colonists poor behavior and the English needed money, came out after the Stamp Act
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Boston Massacre –
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first battle in Revolutionary War, no British killed, only Americans, started by taunting soldiers with snowballs, in 1770 in Boston, 5 civilians killed by British soldiers, beginning of negative propaganda toward British
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Boston Tea Party-
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a bunch of colonists dressed up as Indians, tried to stop tea tax, threw out millions of dollars of tea into the Boston Harbor, but in the end the only thing that happened was that Boston Harbor was closed, MD, NJ, and NY had similar incidents tea was boycotted throughout the U.S.
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The motherland
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Great Britain
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Colonies on ____ side of America
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east
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All important cities touched the ____ Ocean
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Atlantic
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What ocean separated Britain and America?
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Atlantic OCean
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Ocean separated England from . . .
Definition
rest of world
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What did they call the land away from the east coast?
Definition
"back country"
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Different views of the ocean depended on

(3 things)
Definition
different colonies, where they were located, and how they planned to use the ocean
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Did Virginia like the ocean?
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YES
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Virginia was a land of . . .
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riverways
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What did the river ways bring to Virginia?
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Everything
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Who came to Virgina and remarked about its rivers?
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An English traveler
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