Colonization/Characteristics of Land
Events
Places/People
Acts/Laws
Miscellaneous
100

What were some reasons the Europeans wanted to explore North America?

(What is) G-religious freedom, fleeing persecution ,, G-economic opportunities, farming, trade, resources, land ,, G-political freedom, seeking more self-governance

100

BONUS: First group to stand up and show what their gun sounds like gets this point

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100

This was the first permanent English settlement in North America and was founded by the Virginia Company

(What is) Jamestown - 1607

100

The Stamp Act did what?

(What is) It required that all legal and commercial documents, such as diplomas, contracts, wills, newspapers, and playing cards, have an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid

100

This person is the most extra in class.

(Who is) Aiden, Macy, Isaac, Gabby, Addy, Christian, Ja'Cobi

200

What region is known for its natural harbors, logging, fishing, and rocky soil?

(What is) the Northern (New England) Region

200

This was a protest by the Sons of Liberty where they claimed "no taxation without representation" and tossed chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

(What is) The Boston Tea Party
200

This place was the landing spot for the Pilgrims who were seeking religious freedom 

(What is) Plymouth - 1620

200

This was also known as the Coercive Acts; it was the British reaction to the Boston Tea Party where they closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for.

(What is) the Intolerable Acts
200

Name all of the Bill of Rights

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300

A large farm or estate that specializes in a cash crop is known as...

(What is) The Plantation System

300

This was a massacre of American colonists on March 5th, 1770 where British soldiers shot into a crowd killing 5 people in Boston (Paul Revere created an image describing this event)

(What is) the Boston Massacre
300

Please explain what Anne Hutchinson, Pocohantas, and Eliza Pinckney are known for.

(What is) Religion, Communication, Indigo

300

Laws that required the return of slaves to their owners or gave the slaveholders the right to pursue and recapture runaway slaves is known as...

(What is) The Fugitive Slave Acts

300

What was the transatlantic slave trade?

(What is) European slavers transferred 12.5 million Africans onto slave ships and transported them to the Americas

400

Explain what Mercantilism is

(What is) a system by which a nation increases its wealth and power by obtaining gold and silver from its colonies. It includes a favorable balance of trade. The colonies become a source of raw materials for the mother country. The colonies are also expected to purchase manufactured goods from the mother country. 

400

This Battle was fought on American soil and known as the "Shot Heard Round the World," this was the start of the American Revolutionary War

(What is) The Battles of Lexington and Concord

400

This Colony was the first attempt by England to establish a permanent settlement in the New World. The colony was founded in 1585, but when a ship visited in 1590, the colonists had disappeared. The fate of the colonists remains unknown

(What is) Roanoke - 1585

400

What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?

(What is) First democratically elected legislative body in British North America was made up of delegates elected from each county in Virginia, this also held ideas and leaders that helped bring about the American Revolutionary War

400

Describe the French and Indian War

(What is) It was fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the Ohio River Valley, both sides wanted fur trade and westward expansion

500

What was the Plymouth Colony?

(What is) allowed self-governing churches with each congregation independent and electing its own pastor and officers

500

This was a revivalist movement where preachers spoke to groups arguing that people could earn their salvation with repentance and by studying the Bible.

(What is) The First Great Awakening

500

The Pilgrims/Puritans settled in this Colony

(What is) Massachusetts

500

This was where the colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains because Great Britain wanted a buffer zone between the colonists and American Indian tribes to reduce the threat of violence, but the colonists wanted to settle the fertile Ohio River Valley

(What is) the Proclamation of 1763

500

What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

(What is) It limited the government, it was the first written constitution in the Western world, and people had the right to elect governors, judges, and a legislature

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