Describes a people group that is constantly on the move looking for food and resources.
Nomadic
100
The name for the northern colonies.
What is New England Colonies
100
A colony plagued by disease, Indian attacks, and poor leadership. If not for John Smith, this colony probably would have not survived.
What is Jamestown.
100
Colonists could not settle West of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is The Proclamation of 1763
100
Hungry, cold, "naked", sick, ill-prepared and ill-supplied.
What is The Continental Army at Valley Forge
200
People who hoped to purify the Anglican church.
What is The Puritans
200
Colonies controlled directly by the King.
What is Royal Colonies.
200
Reasons the English came to America.
What is Land ownership, jobs, political freedom, religious freedom, adventure, etc...
200
Search Warrants
What is Writs of Assitance
200
The Commander of the Continental Ary
Who is George Washington
300
The local army.
What is The Militia.
300
The colonies called the "Bread Colonies".
What is The Middle Colonies.
300
The Colony where the Pilgrims settled.
What is The Plymouth Colony.
300
Placed duties on sugar, molasses, coffee, silks, and indigo
What is The Sugar Act
300
The location of British Surrender.
What is Yorktown
400
People who came with their families to America. They often could not pay their own way so they relied on the generosity of a family member or they agreed to work for a wealthy business owner.
What is Redemptioners.
400
Colonies given to an individual by the King to govern as the individual saw fit.
What is Proprietary Colony
400
Description of the 10 years in which around 10,000 people came to America.
What is The Great Migration
400
Men, dressed as Indians, sneak onto British ships and dumped all the tea aboard.
What is The Boston Tea Party
400
The primary writer of the Declaration of Independance
Who is Thomas Jefferson
500
A government official who settled disputes, tried crimes, collected taxes, recorded deeds, and sometimes conducted elections.
What is Justice of the Peace
500
Colonies where money crops where the greatest source of income and where slavery was prevalent.
What is The Southern Colonies.
500
The Ideal Colonial Family
What is Patriarchy
500
Acts given in response to the Boston Tea Party. They included the Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act.
What is The Intolerable Acts.
500
His most famous words were, "The British are coming, the British are coming!"