7th ELA Ch. 8 Review

The colonists rebelled against the stamp tax from England.

Architecture during the colonial period varied greatly.

In 1963 Hawking was diagnosed with ALS, a debilitating motor neuron disease.

Babe Ruth’s talents allowed him to rise above the other players.

Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre became one of his most famous works.

Babe Ruth played baseball until 1935.

Many would agree that physicist Stephen Hawking was one of the most brilliant thinkers of the past century.

The bite-sized chocolates Hershey’s Kisses were named by Hershey.

Even when Ruth was forty-eight, the fans still cheered him when he walked onto the baseball diamond.

Paul Revere worked as an apprentice under his father at the Revere silversmith shop.

Due to complications from ALS, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking eventually lost his ability to speak.

ALS had previously afflicted professional baseball player Lou Gehrig.

One major difference between northern and southern colonial houses was the chimney location.

However, the colonists discovered that roofs made from wood were more practical than thatched roofs.

Most houses in the early colonies looked European.

The Sons of Liberty threw about $90,000 worth of tea into Boston Harbor.

Hershey then became interested in chocolate, an expensive treat for rich people.

A northern home often had the main chimney inside the house.

After his father’s death Paul assumed the leadership of the silversmith shop.

In 1936 he was added to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The fans spread his fame around.

Hershey’s father, Henry Hershey, was a big dreamer, but his lack of perseverance always left him unsuccessful.

Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time, served as a professor at the University of Cambridge for many years.