Colonial Times 1
main reason why colonists came and settled in the New England colonies
religious freedom
middle colony settled by William Penn as a haven for Quakers
Pennsylvania
Who served as an American ambassador to France during the Revolutionary Period and convinced the French to be our ally in our fight for freedom from the British?
Benjamin Franklin
forced the port of Boston to close as punishment for the Boston Tea Party and forced colonists to house British soldiers
Intolerable Acts
result of a long rivalry between the British and the French due to competition for land in North America
French & Indian War
Puritans settled in this colony to get away from religious persecution
Massachusetts
Committees of Correspondence were set up to organize and communicate issues between colonists; this group was eventually led to the formation of what?
First Continental Congress
George Washington and his men crossed what river to surprise the Hessian mercenaries fighting with the British who were encamped at Trenton, NJ?
Delaware River
document written by Pilgrims while they were still on board the ship that brought them to the New World which established the use of town meetings where voters would make decisions based on majority rules
Mayflower Compact
law Britain passed to attempt to stop the colonists from expanding west of the Appalachian mountains after the French & Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
colonial group formed to show their dislike of British Rule; damaged British property, including government offices and homes of the wealthy British supporters; burned the British King in effigy
Sons & Daughters of Liberty
What name was given to the agreement among delegates to the Constitutional Convention that settled the dispute of representation in Congress by stating the lower house would be based on population and the upper house would be equal representation regardless of a states size?
Great Compromise
1st major cash crop of Virginia introduced by John Rolfe
Tobacco
the Virginia Company's legislative assembly
House of Burgesses
name of pamphlet where Thomas Paine called for the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain
Common Sense
What treaty ended the American Revolution granting America its independence from the British?
Treaty of Paris of 1783
New England colony founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson for individuals who left Massachusetts due to religious disagreements
Rhode Island
Maryland was named in honor of?
Which document warned European Nations to not settle or colonize in the western hemisphere? ("Don't settle; don't meddle").
Monroe Doctrine
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
colonists in Virginia were more concerned with finding this than food
Gold (riches)
first permanent French settlement North American established by Samuel de Champlain in 1608
Quebec
Where was the site of the Continental army's camp during the winter of 1777-1778 where General George Washington had Baron von Steubin train the army into an organized fighting force?
Valley Forge
What idea, first proposed by the philosopher Montesquieu, divides the authority to govern between different branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial?
Separation of Powers
Who was the English philosopher who wrote about "natural rights" that influenced many of America's Founding Fathers?
John Locke
this and the Enlightenment movements caused a general questioning of authority on the part of the colonists both religiously and scientifically during the Colonial Period
Great Awakening
What was the name of our first written constitution as a free nation whose weaknesses included no national unity, no difference in representation by population, and the government could not collect taxes?
Articles of Confederation
What is the name of the group that spoke out against the passing of the Constitution unless it consisted of a Bill of Rights?
anti-federalists
Chief who led a confederation of Native Americans against the colony of Jamestown; eventually negotiated peace with settlers
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