2025 Midterm Review U.S.History

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  1. 2. last name of an ambitious young Virginian militia officer. He "struck the first blow against the French" by ambushing a French detachment on a peace mission. He retreated and created a crude stockade called Fort Necessity. A large group of French soldiers then attacked and Washington was forced to surrender and withdraw
  2. 8. ____________ Act - Law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed printed materials in the 13 colonies
  3. 9. On July 4, 1776 the __________ ___ _______was signed, Congress that ended the relationship between Britain and the American Colonies
  4. 11. Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
  5. 14. Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament and started using the phrase "NO _________ without representation"
  6. 16. American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
  7. 17. the money that was owed because of the war; Britain begins to tax the colonies to help pay down the debt
  8. 19. The Boston ___________ was violent clash between British troops and a Boston mob occurred on March 5, 1770. Five citizens were killed when the troops fired on the crowd that had been harassing them. The incident inflamed anti-British sentiment in the colony.
  9. 20. ______ ________ III the king of England from 1760 to 1820; the Declaration of Independence was written about him
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  1. 1. ____________ rights are rights that cannot be taken away; such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
  2. 3. ____________ Act - a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers
  3. 4. members of the colonial militia were able to get ready so quickly for battle
  4. 5. "_____________ __________ 'round the world" nickname for the battle of Lexington and Concord; first time a colony revolted against its mother nation
  5. 6. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
  6. 7. Who was forced to give up control of their territories in North America following the French and Indian War
  7. 10. American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won
  8. 12. __________ and Indian War was a conflict between Britain and France for control of territory in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763; the Native Americans fought along with the French
  9. 13. to cancel an act or law
  10. 15. A refusal to buy or use goods and services.
  11. 18. Treaty of _____________ 1763 Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America., Britain gains controls of Canada and all land east of the Mississippi; Spain gains control of land west of the MIssissippi River