CHAPTER 5 TESTBy:KeiraVivianaBrady

LESSON 1 VOCAB:In 1763 a long war between Great Britain and France came to an end. The British were in need of money so in 1765 Parliament lawmaking body decided to pass tax on 13 colonies. The colonists protested the british repealed or withdrew the Stamp Act in March 1766.The colonists got angrier and decided to join together to boycott. The colonists not to import things from Britain.

TERMS Stamp act: They used to tax newspapers, playing cards, and lawyers licences.

Townshend acts: They taxed glass, lead, paint, and tea.

EVENTS The events of the Boston tea party is that the group boarded a British ship and

dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor.

PLACES In December in 1773 a group of colonists that were angry about British tea

protested the tax in Boston Massachusetts.

As a result in December 1774 Patriots in Greenwich burned a load of tea from the British ship Greyhound.

PEOPLECharles Townshend had Parliament pass the townshend acts, which taxed lead, glass, paint, and tea.

William Franklin was the governor of N.J and he supported the British following the Boston Tea Party, but many of the people in his colony did not.

LESSON 2 EVENTSLess than a month after the battles of Lexington and Concord, colonial leaders met again in Philadelphia for the Second Continental congress.

This was the first Continental congress,delgates or represetatives attended from 12 colonies every colony exept Goergia.

VOCABULARY Before and during the American Revolution many loyalists lived in the colonies.

Loyalists were people that supported Britain during the American Revolution. Unlike the loyalists ,Patriots supported independence from Britain.The continental congress might not been ready for the revolution the members of the military in Massachusetts. They called themselves miutemen. Delgates , or representatives attended from 12 colonies.

TERMS The congress wrote letters of complaint and drew up a Declaration of Rights,wich

stated their main concerns and wishes.

The British passed the Quartering Act ,which allowed British to live in the homes of the people.

There was an offical army called the continental army.

PEOPLE George washinton was the first President of the U.S.

PLACES In the morning of April 1175 the British sent soldiers to Lexington Massachusetts

near Boston.

People objected and fought the British at lexington and later that day at Concord.

On September 1774 colonial leaders went to a meeting in Philadelphia

LESSON 3 VOCAB For treason ,or the betrayal of ones country or ruler.

PLACES On July 8 the declaration was read to the public at the Independece hall in

Phiadelphia.

PEOPLE Jhon Witherspoon was a lawyer and was one of the people who signed the

Declaration of Independence .

Ben Franklin was a member of the committee that prepared the Declaration.

Tomas Jefforson started the declaration of Independence.

TERM The Declaration of independenc listed the colonists com plaints against Great

Britain.