Articles of Confederation
The ratio of votes required to pass laws and/or wage war.
9/13
Most enslaved women lived in this colonial region.
The Southern Colonies
Thomas Paine wrote this widely read pamphlet which called for unification over secession from Great Britain.
Common Sense
This act placed taxes on all printed paper.
The Stamp Act of 1765
This empirical philosopher most heavily influenced the Founding Fathers.
John Locke
The number of branches of government outlined in the Articles of Confederation:
200 points for the correct answer. 400 points for the name(s) of the branch(es).
What percentage of the witchcraft trials involved women?
80%
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
These acts declared colonists may be required to house and care for British soldiers.
The Quartering Acts
This lawyer turned politician defended the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre Trials and eventually became the third President of the United States.
John Adams
The ratio of votes needed to amend the Articles of Confederation.
13/13
This protestant denomination favored equality amongst men and women.
The Quakers
This was the title of a colonist whose passage to the new world was paid for by masters with the promise of a term of service to the master.
British Parliament increased taxes in the colonies in order to pay debts from this war.
300 points for naming the war, 600 points for naming an additional, alternative name for the war.
The French and Indian War
The Seven Years War
He was the British monarch at the time of the American Revolution.
King George III
According to the Articles of Confederation, who had the authority to levy taxes?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This Anglo-French legal term meant a women who was married and under the "cover" of her husband.
Feme-covert
This revival aimed to make Christianity more accessible to the common man and woman.
The Great Awakening
The "Shot Heard Around the World" was fired here, when British soldiers marched to capture arms and gunpowder from colonial militias.
Lexington & Concord
This man was a founding member of the Sons of Liberty and instrumental in early efforts to push back against British tyranny.
Samuel Adams
"The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of _________ with each other..."
friendship
Anne Hutchinson was excommunicated from Massachusetts by this Protestant denomination.
The Puritans
This was the first self-governing English colony in North America.
Virginia
This act declared British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies for any reason.
The Declaratory Act of 1766
This Founding Father owned at least 600 slaves and even fathered children with at least one of his slaves. And yes, he enslaved his own children.
Thomas Jefferson