Colonies
What was the 1st permanent colony in America?
Jamestown
What is the name of the group of people who came to America seeking religious freedom?
Pilgrims/Puritans
What is a colonist who remains loyal to England and is opposed to war with England?
Loyalist
What is the name of the document that provided law and order to the Plymouth Colony? Hint: First attempt at self-government
Mayflower Compact
What is the phrase used by the colonists when England declares laws and taxes on them without their approval?
Taxation without Representation
What was the major reason European settlers settled in New England?
What is a colonist who is determined to fight the Bristish for independence?
Patriot
What was the assembly of representatives to give colonists some say in their government called?
House of Burgesses
To help pay for the debts caused by the French and Indian War, England established this law to stop the smuggling of molasses (which meant that England would not receive any tax money for the product).
What was the Sugar Act?
"Society of friends" that settled in the Pennsylvania colony
Quakers
What is a group of men who are willing to fight, but have no training, no uniforms, and must use their own guns?
Militia
What was the plan of government was the first written constitution in America?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This Act was put into place to tax almost all printed materials (everything from newspapers to playing cards).
What is the Stamp Act?
This colonist, a minster, and his followers were forced out of Massachusetts because he believed the government should not force people to worship in a certain way. He also believed it was wrong for settlers to take land away from the Native Americans (esp. Narraganset tribe).
Roger Williams
What is a refusal to buy items from a particular country?
Boycott
What document established the principle of limited government in 1215, in England?
Magna Carta
What were the three main cash crops in the southern colonies?
Tobacco, rice, and indigo
This series of Acts were put into place to tax all imported goods (goods coming into the colonies through the ports). Taxes had to be paid before the goods could be taken off the ship. The items on board the ships were things they could not make themselves.
What were the Townshend Acts?
What did John Winthrop want the colony of Massachusetts to be? Hint: He wanted them to be the model for other colonies.
City on a Hill
What is to cancel an act or law?
Repeal
What is the written document in which our laws and rights are expressed?
US Constitution