Unit 2 Part 1 Test Review

Tax

the money people have to pay a government

Revolution

a war against your own government

Alliance

an agreement between countries to help each other fight a common enemy

George Washington

Who was the first President of the United States?

Compromise

a way of settling a disagreement in which each side gets part of what it wants

Amendment

changes that are part of the Constitution

Cabinet

the group of people a president names to act as official advisers and head that departments of government

Frontier

the area on the edge of a settled region

Boston Tea Party

During what event did American colonists dress as Native Americans and dump British cargo into the Boston Harbor?

Stamp Act

Which tax made the American colonists pay more for things like paper products and letters?

Thomas Jefferson

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

False, it was George Washington

Horatio Gates was the general of the Continental Army.

True

The British controlled New York City for most of the American Revolution.

False, the Spanish gave them supplies.

After the Battle of Saratoga, the Americans signed a treaty with the Spanish.

True

There were more Loyalists in the Southern colonies.

True

The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution.

False, it gave the US access to any land east of the Mississippi river.

The Treaty of Paris gave control of Florida to the United States.