Exploration
What is Spain. (1 Throw)
This motivated many English settlers to establish colonies where they could practice their religion more freely.
What was escaping religious persecution (1 Throw)
What law prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is the Proclamation of 1763 (1 Throw)
Which (2) battles statrted the Revolutionary War?
What is Lexington & Concord. (1 Throw)
First casualty of the American Revolution at the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks (1 Throw)
What is France. (1 Throw)
In 1633, Lord Baltimore founded this colony:
What is Maryland (1 Throw)
The __________in March 1765 placed a direct tax on American colonists by requiring all paper goods—including legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, and dice—to be printed on special paper imported from London.
What is the Stamp Act. (1 Throw)
This was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
What is Yorktown. (1 Throw)
U.S. Ambassador to France that negotiated the Treaty of Paris of 1783
Who is Benjamin Franklin (1 Throw)
What is England. (1 Throw)
In 1636, Thomas Hooker founded this colony:
What is Connecticut (1Throw)
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain passed the ______________. These acts closed the port of Boston and replaced the colonial government with a royal governor.
What is Intolerable Acts. (1 Throw)
Which battle was considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
What is Saratoga. (1 Throw)
Father of the United States Navy and commander of the USS Bonhomme Richard.
Who is John Paul Jones (1 Throw)
What is to escape religious persecution. (1 Throw)
In 1644, Roger Williams founded this colony:
What is Rhode Island (1 Throw)
This British law required colonists to provide food, supplies, and housing for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
What was the Quartering Act. (1 Throw)
During the harsh winter of 1777–78, where did General Washington lead the Continental Army to endure and train for future battles?
What is Valley forge. (1 Throw)
Commander of the Continental Army who displayed important leadership
Who is George Washington (1 Throw)
This set forth the idea that colonists would agree to a government by majority rule.
What is Mayflower Compact. (1 Throw)
In 1620, this contract would set forth the idea that colonists would agree to a government by majority rule.
What is the Mayflower Compact (1 Throw)
What is causes of the Revolution. (1 Throw)
This Revolutionary War victory convinced France to support the American cause.
What was the Battle of Saratoga. (1 Throw)
Delegate and author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson (1 Throw)
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
What is limited expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains. (1 Throw)
This economic system shaped the relationship between Britain and its American colonies through trade, raw materials, and restrictions on colonial commerce.
What is mercantilism. (1 Throw)
These people supported ending the Stamp Act because they wanted to restore trade with the colonies.
Who were British merchants. (1 Throw)
Which event cost England a lot of money and caused the King to impose the Proclamation of 1763 on the colonies to help pay for its cost?
What is the French and Indian War. (1 Throw)
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness are known as?
What is Unalienable Rights (1 Throw)
American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and Indian War by paying?
What is Taxes. (1 Throw)
How did Abigal Adams encourage leaders to consider the rights of women?
What is wrote her husband a letter. ( 1 Throw)
This was how the British government believed closing Boston Harbor would hurt the colonies by stopping commerce and trade.
What is it would hurt them economically. (1 Throw)
What is the Battle of Yorktown. (1 Throw)
The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the
What is the Stamp Act (1 Throw)