Vocabulary
Early Colonies
Type of Colonies
Revolutionary War Part 1
Revolutionary War Part 2
100
What is a person or a group of people's way of life?
Culture
100
Why were people kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Because they didn't follow Puritan rules
100
Name the 3 types of colonies
New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
100
Why did the British begin to tax the colonists?
To pay off the debt from the French and Indian War
100
What was the Quartering Act?
Law that colonists had to house, feed, and provide supplies for the British.
200
What was the transatlantic slave trade?
The forced migration of Africans from West Africa to the Americas
200
Who voted in the early colonies?
White men who owned land
200
Which type of colony had long winters and rocky soil
New England colonies
200
Why was the word "massacre" used to describe the Boston Massacre
It was used to unify all the colonies against the British (propaganda)
200
What does No Taxation Without Representation mean?
Colonists were upset that they didn't have representation in Parliament. Rally call for the colonists.
300
Define Colony
A settlement in a distant land
300
3 countries that claimed lands in the New World?
England, France, and Spain
300
Which type of colony had a mild climate?
Middle colonies
300
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Law not allowing settlers to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
300
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
400
Define revenue
Money collected through taxes
400
How were people educated in the early colonies?
They read the Bible
400
Which type of colony grew tobacco, rice, and indigo?
Southern Colony
400
Who were the Loyalists?
Colonists that supported the British during the Revolutionary War
400
Who were the Patriots?
Colonists that supported independence from Britain.
500
Define repeal
To do away or get rid of
500
What was the first document that created rules for a fair set of laws in the colonies?
Mayflower Compact
500
Which type of colony had lumbering and shipbuilding?
New England colonies
500
What is the significance of Lexington and Concord?
First battles of the Revolutionary War
500
What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?
Explain why colonists had disobeyed British laws
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