Life in the Colonies
What were the economic activities in the south?
farming
slavery
plantation system
In what act were the colonists forced to house British soldiers?
Quartering Act
What type of group threw snowballs at British soldiers?
Colonists
Which troops fight in Lexington?
Minutemen and British
what year was the Declaration of Independence created?
1776
Which states were in the new england colonies?
NH
MA
RI
CT
This act came less than a year after the Sugar Act. What is it?
Stamp Act
Who attacks the mob of colonists
Crispus
at what bridge in concord did colonists fight the British.
North
whose right is it to abolish or alter the government?
the people
What mountains would you find in the middle colonies regions?
Appalachian and Andoranda
On what event does Crispus attack
Boston Massacre
How many colonists die?
6 or 7
neither of those is correct only five colonists die
why were the british troops marching to concord?
to seize gunpowder and weapons
name the three unalienable rights.
life,liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
what two economic activities are the same for the New England colonies and the Middle colonies?
fishing and ship building
What act was enforced after the boston tea party?
Intolerable Acts
When the colonists were in a stand off with the British soldiers what do the colonists shout and tell the for the british to do.
FIRE!!!
how many minutemen were killed when the british rushed them in Lexington?
8 killed
what is the source of our natural rights?
God
True or False: Middle colonies rivers were easy to navigate.
True
In what Act was a British company allowed to sell tea at a low price?
The Tea Act
what happens to the gun that is knocked into by a colonist that was in a British soldiers hands?
it discharged/ fired
who won the victory in concord?
patriots- first victory
what is the purpose of government of the U.S. ?
to secure our natural rights