History MISC. History Miscellaneous History
100
What is a boycott?
When no one buys a certain product on purpose-- works best with more people.
100
What is West Point?
It was the fortified site of the army during the Revolutionary War.
100
Who is Ben Franklin?
He was an inventor, helped draft the Declaration of Independence, and organized the Albany Plan of Union.
100
What is the Quartering Act?
The Act that said that the colonists had to provide food and shelter for the British soldiers.
100
What is the Molasses Act?
A tax in 1733 on molasses and sugar.
200
Who is Squanto?
He was the Wompanog Native American who assisted the colonists after their first winter-- Thanksgiving.
200
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The battle that was the turning point in the war.
200
What are conquistadors?
Spanish conquerors
200
Who is Pocahontas?
A Powhatan Indian girl, married John Rolfe, helped create peace between the Indians and the colonists.
200
What is the middle passage?
The part of the triangular trade that transported slaves.
300
What are the Committees of Correspondence?
These were the meetings that were quietly created right before the revolution, so the colonists could plan their responses to the British's moves.
300
What is commercial farming?
Farming, so that you can sell what you produce.
300
What is pacifism?
The belief that it is wrong to use violence/war to settle arguments.
300
What is salutary neglect?
When you know that the law is being broken, but you don't do anything about it.
300
Who is Sam Adams?
The biggest leader of the Sons of Liberty and he promoted non-violent acts of freedom. He played a major role in the independence.
400
What is subsistence farming?
Farming just enough to survive.
400
Who is James Otis?
He was a lawyer in Massachusetts, and had strong views against the British policies.
400
What is theocracy?
The Puritan government-- God is above all.
400
What are minutemen?
The colonial "army" men that had to be ready to fight whenever.
400
What is the Sugar Act?
This act replace the Molasses Act to just a tea on sugar, the British lowered the tax hoping there would be less smuggling.
500
What are Continentals (currency)?
Worth practically nothing, no one accepted it in the colonies, the colonial soldiers were paid in it.
500
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
Ben Franklin wrote this document, it united the Colonists and the Native Americans-- it was a peace treaty.
500
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This document ended the War with England on one side, and America + all its allies on the other side.
500
Who is John Adams?
The first vice president of the US, and the second president.
500
What is the Tea Act?
Tax that was created to help the British East India company make money-- the British allowed BEI to sell non-taxed tea.






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