The New World
Tea and Taxes
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Vocab
People
100
Who lived in America First?
Native Americans
100
What are taxes and what are they used for?
Extra money paid for good you buy
the government used the money to pay for public services.
100
What is this a picture of?
The American Flag
100
Means you are sure or certain about something, having no doubts
Confident
100
Who were the red coats?
The British Army
200
What country did many of the people who lived in the colonies originally come from?
Great Britain
200
What is the event called when the colonist dumped tea into the boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea party
200
Do we celebrate Americas independence on the 4th of July?
Yes!
200
People who do something without being told or paid to do it.
Volunteer
200
What type of work did Betsy Ross do?
She was a seamstress
300
What are the names of the first three english settlements in north america we learned about?
Plymouth
Roanoke Island
Jamestown
300
True or False:
The minutemen were men from the colonies that were ready for battle in a moments notice after paul revers ride.
Bonus: If false: who were the minute men?
True
300
The Liberty Bell
300
Means not controlled by others; Someone that can take care of themselves
Independent
300
Who was chosen to write the declaration of independence?
Double points: Why was he chosen
Thomas Jefferson
Bonus: He was a excellent writer!!
400
Why is Roanoke Island called the "lost Colony?"
It is called "the Lost Cplony" because the colonists mysteriously disappeared
400
How did the british colonies feel about being taxed?
Angry
400
What does "one if by land, two if by sea" mean
A signal used by the colonist: One lantern meant the red coats were coming by land and two lanterns meant they were coming by sea
400
Things that can be traded, bought or sold
Goods
400
What is the legend of Betsy Ross?
She made the first American flag at George Washington's request
500
How many british colonies were settled in north america
13
500
Who ruled the 13 british colonies?
The King of Great Britain
500
Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle is a national Symbol for the United States of America.
500
following one after another
Alternating
500
Was paul revers ride important? Why?
Yes!
He prepared the minute men for the redcoats
600
How many Stars were on the first american flag?
13
600
How did the King of Great Britain do in response to the Boston Tea Party?
He closed the ports do that no supplies could get in our out of the Harbor.
600
Double Points: Who made it?
The First Flag of the United States
Bonus: Betsy Ross
600
Means to have great difficulty or to work very hard tom complete something.
Struggled
600
Who was the commander in chief of the continental army
George Washington
700
______ are places where people move to live.
the english set up _________ up and down the east cost of North america.
Settlements
700
Why did the king decide to tax the british colonies in america?
they wanted to get some money back from having to spend money on protecting the colonies.
700
What is the name of our nations capital?
Hint: It was named after George Washington
Washington D.C.
700
Someone elected to represent a larger group of people in the government
Representative
700
Who warned the colonists that the red coats were coming?
Paul Revere
800
Name Americas 3 founding Fathers
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
800
Meeting of representatives from the colonies who got together to discuss what to do about Great Britain, Took place after the Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress
800
True or false:
The shot heard around the world started world war 2
Bonus: If false what is the shot heard around the world?
False:
It was the beginning of the war between the redcoats and the colonists: it started the revolutionary war.
800
a _______ is in charge of a meeting or a country.
President
800
Who was the inventor of bifocal glasses, the rocking chair, and the lightening rod?
Benjamin Franklin