U.S. History 8th Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz

Question 1

A 1770 conflict between colonists and British troops, in which 5 colonists were killed.

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 2

What was an army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency?

Accepted Answer

Militia

Question 3

What was the 1773 protest where colonists, dressed as Indians, dumped tea into Boston Harbor?

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 4

A 1774 meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from 12 colonies to discuss the Intolerable Acts.

Accepted Answer

1st Continental Congress

Question 5

British law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 6

What was the 1765 British law that placed new duties on legal documents and taxed newspapers?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 7

Proposal to create one government for the 13 colonies during the French Indian War.

Accepted Answer

Albany Plan of Union

Question 8

British law passed in 1767 which taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea.

Accepted Answer

Townshend Act

Question 9

Government process of charging a fee on goods, products, people and/or activities.

Accepted Answer

Taxation

Question 10

A 1763 peace treaty between Britain and France that ended the French & Indian War.

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 11

The first battles of the Revolution and they signaled the start of the Revolutionary War.

Accepted Answer

Lexington & Concord

Question 12

Colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute's notice were called what?

Accepted Answer

Minutemen

Questions 12