The Colonies
Government
British Laws
Important Events
Vocabulary
100
The three categories the original 13 colonies are divided into
The New England, the Middle, and the Southern colonies
100
The law that helped to protect freedom of individuals and minority religions.
What is The Toleration Act of 1649?
100
The law that taxed sugar and molasses
What is The Sugar Act?
100
conflict between the British and the French.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This document ended the French and Indian War.
What is The Treaty of Paris?
200
The first English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
200
The English Bill of Rights did these two things:
What is reduced the power of the monarchy (king) and increased the powers of the people (Parliament)?
200
This law was passed as a way to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Rebellion against the governor of Jamestown because of his policies toward Native Americans.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
200
The first attempt at self-government in North America.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
Colony that tried to abolish slavery by limiting the size of land people could buy.
What is Georgia
300
The first colonial legislature in North America
What is the Virginia assembly?
300
This act allowed the British to sell tea directly to the colonists.
What is the Tea Act?
300
The population of this colony plummeted in 1609-1610.
What is Jamestown?
300
This system gave people land in exchange for bringing people to the colonies.
What is the headright system?
400
The colony given to William Penn by the King
What is Pennsylvania
400
Political movement that emphasized logic and reasoning
What is the Enlightenment?
400
The first time the British tried to tax the colonists directly.
What is The Stamp Act?
400
A crowd of sailors provoked British soldiers and caused this.
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
The united defense of the colonies during the French and Indian War.
What is the Albany Plan?
500
Colony where the climate was not suitable for slavery.
What is New England colonies?
500
Religious revival that brought people and ideas together.
What is the Great Awakening?
500
These laws were passed because of the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
This event demonstrated how unhappy the colonists were with British laws.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
500
What colonists did to undermine British laws on tea and sugar.
What is smuggle goods illegally?
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