events
led to the coercive acts in 1774
Boston tea party
French explorer who set up the trading post of Quebec?
Samuel De Champlain
in what year was the founder of Rhode Island expelled from a colony for religious dissent?
1635
site of a colony founded by the quakers
Pennsylvania
passed by the British in an effort to raise money
the stamp act
worked to pay for their passage to America
indentured servants
in what year did colonists take an important step forward in representative government?
1619
why did the British prohibit the colonies from moving west f the Appalachian Mountains?
they wanted to keep colonies close to markets on the coast and they did not want conflict with native Americans
convinced French to provide aid to the Americans
Battle of Saratoga
famous American inventor
Benjamin Franklin
when was Philadelphia built?
1682
how did the middle colonies differ from the New England colonies?
they were culturally diverse, practiced religious tolerance, grew cash crops
set up a democratic civil government in Plymouth
Mayflower compact
what traditions did Thomas Jefferson draw upon as he wrote the Declaration of Independence?
the idea of limited government
what would have happened if slavery had been illegal in the colonies?
the triangular trade would not have developed
which English colony was the last to be established in America?
Georgia
what finalized the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
what happened in royal colonies under direct English control
colonists elected a assembly
the preamble in the declaration of independence states that people who wish to form a new country must
explain their reasons for doing so
why did the Spanish settle in North America
to keep others out of Spanish territory and to teach christianity to native Americans