People
_____ was a Quaker leader who established a colony with the goal of fair government for all.
William Penn
_____ are crops that are continuously in demand.
Staple Crops
How did Parliament’s passage of the English Bill of Rights in 1689 affect England’s North American colonies?
Colonists became more interested in being governed by representatives they elected.
Several colonies decided to unite and formed the Dominion of New England.
The Great Awakening took place.
A movement to end slavery developed.
Colonists became more interested in being governed by representatives they elected.
“An Indian came to us from the chief, the great Powhatan, with the word of peace. He said that Powhatan greatly desired our friendship, and that chiefs Pasyaheigh and Tapahanagh wanted to be our friends. Powhatan said that we would be able to sow and reap our crops in peace or else he would make war upon our enemies. This message turned out to be true, for these chiefs have ever since remained to peace and continued to trade with us. We rewarded the messenger with many small gifts, which were great wonders to him.”
Why do you think Native American chiefs wanted to make peace with early English colonists?
Trade
The Brits issued the Sugar Act in 1764 to raise money after French and Indian War, how did the Colonists respond?
Samuel Adams founds the Committees of Correspondence to improve communication among the colonies.
_____ were colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years.
Indentured Servants
_____ was created in Massachusetts, these groups helped towns and colonies share information about resisting new British laws.
Committees of Correspondence
Which side did Native Americans take in the French and Indian War?
The British
The French
Different groups sided with each country
Native Americans did not fight in the French and Indian War
Different groups sided with each country
The Brits issue the Stamp Act of 1765 to tax paper items (newspapers, playing cards, licenses). How did the colonies respond?
They published a series of resolutions stating that the Stamp Act violates the rights of colonists.
_____ was one of the leaders of the Great Awakening; he urged sinners to seek forgiveness.
Jonathan Edwards
_____ is a political gathering at which people make decisions on local issues.
Town Meetings
Ideas about spiritual, social, and political equality arose in the colonies in the 1700s in a religious movement called:
Separatism
The Enlightenment
The Great Awakening
Puritanism
Great Awakening
The Boston Massacre in 1770 involved British soldiers firing into a crowd of colonists, killing five. How did the colonies respond?
Protest and brought soldiers to trial.
_____ was the daughter of the Powhatan chiefs whose marriage to colonists John Rolfe eased tensions between the Powhatan and the colonists.
Pocahontas
____ is a system of creating and maintaining wealth through controlled trade.
Mercantilism
What was the central issue in the dispute between Britain and its American colonies?
The restrictions Parliament placed on trade
The presence of British troops in the colonies
The colonists’ right to religious freedom
The power to tax the colonists
The power to tax the colonists
The Tea Act was passed in 1773; British teach was cheaper than colonial tea. How did the colonies respond?
_____ was the Protestant sect founded in England that believed salvation was available to all people.
Quakers
_____ are crops that were sold for profit.
Cash crops
_____ are people who move to another country after leaving their homeland.
1. Indentured Servants
2. Immigrants
Immigrants
The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767 that placed duties on lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. How did the colonies respond?
Boycotted Brit goods. Females create Daughters of Liberty to support the boycott. Samuel Adams wrote a letter arguing laws violated legal rights.