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What was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
Jamestown
What were the three cash crops?
Tobacco, Rice, Indigo
What was the burning of Jamestown called?
Bacon's Rebellion
What governing document did the Pilgrims write?
Mayflower Compact
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
What colony was established for debtors and as a buffer?
Georgia
Who saved Jamestown by growing Tobacco?
John Rolfe
What group wanted to reform the Church of England and were also known for their strict moral code?
Puritans
What form of government is it where church and state are one?
Theocracy
Who was defeated at Fort Necessity?
George Washington
Where was the "shot heard around the world" fired?
Lexington
What was the colony of New Amsterdam renamed after the English took control?
New York
What was the region of conflict that the French and Indian War was fought over?
Ohio River Valley
The act that "grounded" Boston after the Boston Tea Party.
Hint: closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, put Boston under Martial Law.
Coercive or Intolerable Acts
Who was banished from Massachusetts for holding meetings in her home?
Anne Hutchinson
The battle of ______ was the major turning point in the French and Indian War
Quebec
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris 1763
Method of protest the Daughters of Liberty were known for
Boycott
What act gave Parliament the power over the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
Declaratory Act
Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
The place where the redcoats went to "seize the arsenal"
Concord
What was the name of the type of slavery that was used in the colonies?
Chattel Slavery
Who led a rebellion of Native Americans after the French and Indian War?
Chief Pontiac
What was the first written constitution in the colonies?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Who defended the Boston Massacre redcoats in court? Hint: His cousin was the leader of the Sons of Liberty
John Adams