Colonial Regions
This region had rocky soil, a short growing season, and developed shipbuilding industries
What are the New England Colonies?
This route carried enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas.
What was the Middle Passage?
This war ended in 1763 and left Britain deeply in debt.
What was the French and Indian War?
Washington crossed this river before attacking Trenton
What is the Delaware River?
He wrote Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
This colony founder insisted on paying American Indians for their land.
Who was William Penn?
A colony known for religious tolerance and acceptance of many faiths.
What was Rhode Island?
This law forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This battle convinced France that America could win the war
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This Enlightenment thinker promoted natural rights and social contract theory.
Who was John Locke
Rich soil and a long growing season helped this region become known for cash crops
What are the Southern Colonies?
This policy allowed colonies to govern themselves with less British interference.
What was Salutary Neglect?
Colonists protested this tax by shouting "No taxation without representation!"
What was the Stamp Act?
The winter camp where Washington's army trained and became more professional.
What was Valley Forge?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The Dutch colony that became New York after England took control.
What was New Netherland?
Virginia's elected legislature established in Jamestown.
What was the House of Burgesses?
Groups that coordinated colonial resistance against British policies
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
This French military officer became a close friend of George Washington.
Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
The alliance with this country helped America defeat Britain
What is France?
These two rivers helped the Mid-Atlantic Colonies become major trade centers
What are the Hudson River and Delaware River?
This religious movement encouraged colonists to question traditional authority
What was the Great Awakening?
The Boston Harbor protest against British tea.
What was the Boston Tea Party
The final major battle where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This treaty officially recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What was the Treaty of Paris (1783)?