War
Vocabulary
First Colonies
Famous Persons
Politics
100

The leader of the American army called the Continental Army, he later became America's first president.

Who is George Washington?

100

Being on one's own; free.

What is independence?

100

This first capital of Virginia was named in honor of a the English king and stood until it was burned down by Nathaniel Bacon and his rebels.

What is Jamestown?

100

This thinker would write a Declaration of independence from Britain and go on to become America's 3rd President.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

Also known as rebels, or continentals, this ideology was based around the idea that America should be its own nation. 

What is Patriotism?

200

After the Battle of Saratoga, this nation officially allied with the Americans and helped the colonists defeat the mighty British Empire.

What is France?

200

A settlement built far away from the it's "mother" country.

What is a colony?

200

Colonists in Virginia struggled to make any profit until they started to grow this crop which became popular in Europe.

What is tobacco?

200

The colonists' list of grievances was sent to this man

Who is King George III?

200

Loyalists and others promoted this form of government, with one person ruling.

What is monarchy?

300
At this Battle the British Army and Navy captured a major American city, and sent the colonists.

What is the Battle of Long Island (New York)?

300

A type of Christianity that is not connected to the Catholic Church.

What is Protestant?

300

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by members of this strict religious group.

What are Puritans?

300

She felt that revolutionaries like her husband should've fought for the rights of women as well as men.

Who was Abigail Adams?

300

American revolutionaries tried to create this form of government, where people rule through their elected representatives.

What is a republic? or What is a democracy?

400

After the war the British and the Americans agreed to terms signing this document in 1783.

What is the Treaty of Paris?

400

This word means a system of beliefs; they often end in -ism or -ist

What is Ideology?

400

This first English colony in America disappeared by 1587, leaving only a single clue to indicate what happened to them: the word "CROATOAN" carved into a tree.

What is Roanoke?

400

His 1831 slave revolt was the most successful in slave rebellion in US History. Unfortunately for him it didn't end well.

Who was Nat Turner?

400

This nation eliminated its monarchy only ten years after America did.

What is France?

500

At this battle General Washington caught the British by surprise by sailing across the Delaware river on Christmas day and attacking their forces.

What is the Battle of Trenton?

500

This word means to officially put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).

What is Abolish?

500

This man successfully led the Virginia colony through it's early difficult years where it faced starvation and conflict with Native Americans under the chief Powhatan.

Who is John Smith?

500

This governor of New Amsterdam was the last Dutch governor before the English takeover? (He also has a high school named after him)

Who was Peter Stuyvesant?

500

In the 1770s the British East India Company used its influence to get this law passed by the British Parliament.

What is the Tea Act?

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