chapter 12 review. sections of land ruled by other countries are called _____________________
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Chapter 12 Review
Sections of land ruled by other countries are called _____________________.
Colonies
A government run by elected officials is called a _______________________.
Representative Government
A border is called a _________________________.
Boundary
The business of buying and selling people is called a ________________________.
Slave Trade
Large farms are called ____________________.
Plantations
Something that is owned _________________________________.
Property
Freedoms that are protected by government laws _____________________________.
Rights
Wanting something is to _____________________________.
Demand
A European movement during the 1700’s that focused on people’s freedoms was called the
______________________________________.
Enlightenment
Money people pay to a government is called a _________________________.
Tax
To manage is to __________________________.
Control
The killing of many people is called a ___________________________________.
Massacre
Freedom from being ruled by someone else is called _____________________________.
Independence
When something is announced it is ________________________________.
Declared
__________________________ are a group of soldiers.
Troops
An official agreement between countries is called a _____________________________.
Treaty
The war American colonists fought against Britain was called the
____________________________________.
American Revolution
People chosen to speak and act for others __________________________________.
Delegates
An agreement by the Pilgrims was called the ______________________________.
Mayflower Compact
The American army that fought in the American Revolution was called the
____________________________________.
Continental Army
The first settlers in America came to_____________________________ in 1606.
Jamestown
Pilgrims settled in ______________________________ in 1620.
Plymouth
Puritans settled in _______________________________ in 1629
Boston
The people in Jamestown came to America looking for _____________________________.
Gold and Silver
The ________________________ and _________________________ came to America
looking for religious freedom.
Pilgrims and Puritans
The first Africans in America arrived in ______________________.
Jamestown
African slaves worked on _____________________________ and were
treated like _________________________ with no _______________________.
Plantations
Property
Rights
The meetings where delegates went to Philadelphia to discuss Britain’s actions during the American
Revolution were called _______________________________.
Continental Congress
The country was divided by people who did not want to fight Britain called
_________________________, and by people who did want to fight called ________________.
Loyalists
Patriots
The leader of the Continental Army was ___________________________.
George Washington
In 1776, Congress approved the _______________________________ which
explained why the colonies wanted to be free from Britain’s control.
Declaration of Independence
The country that helped the Americans against the British was ________________________.
France
In 1783, the British and Americans signed the ____________________________, making America officially __________________.
Treaty of Paris
Independent
African slaves were stolen and kidnapped by other ______________________________.
Africans