Colonial Economy
Farther south and middle colonies had....
Better land and milder climate
did it in the spring
planting
Age of Reason
Enlightenment
proposed a way of colonial unity
Albany Plan of Union
Laws passed by Lord North and closed the port of Boston
Intolerable Acts
Tobacco, rice, and indigo were...
Cash crops
river provided a way to transport the rice
shipping
wrote two treaties of the government, duty of government to protect citizens' natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
ended the Seven Years' War
Treaty of Paris
What is the Declaration of Independence
written and signed document that declared our independence and established the 13 colonies as the United States
The main economic activity for the colonies in 1600s
agriculture
did it in the fall
harvesting
minister emphasizing individual's personal relationship with God
Jonathan Edwards
Allied with Great Britain
Iroquois League
What did the Declaration of Independence say
Creator above all earthly kings, all men created equal, endowed with unalienable rights and among these life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, governments instituted among men, deriving powers from the consent of the people, any form of government becomes destructive, right of people to alter or abolish it and institute a new gov.
As a result of this, many coastal towns became centers of shipbuilding.
Navigation Acts
getting it ready was hard work, it required
pounding
movement to bring people back to church
Great Awakening
He was against taxation without representation
Samuel Adams
How many violations of the king were listed in the Declaration of Independence
27
Name of horrific journey enslaved Africans made across the Atlantic
Middle Passage
they brought it to this house to drop it through a grating in the floor
winnowing
He set off to Philadelphia to be a printer
Benjamin Franklin
First time Parliament taxed Americans directly
Stamp Act
What were the five critically profound principles in the Declaration of Independence
All Men created equal, our rights come from God, every individual has the God-given right to live, be free, and own property, purpose of Gov. protect our God-given rights, when gov fails to protect our rights, we have the responsibility and duty to institute a new gov