People
Who purchased a charter from the Massachusetts Bay Company?
Puritans
What was the first English Settlement
Jamestown
What was the first form/document of government?
Mayflpwer Compact
What was the main crop grown in the colonies?
Tobacco
What policy left the colonies alone? And Why was it discontinued?
Salutatory Neglect, To pay off debt from the 7 years war.
Who wanted to create a community that had religious tolerance?
William Penn
Boston Massacre
What was the Religious Revival in the 1740's called?
The Great Awakening
Why did the London Company loose their charter?
Mismanagement
What organization assumed government powers and took steps in conducting the war?
Second Continental Congress
Who changes the Massachusetts Bay Company to a political Unit?
John Winthrop
Where were the first shots of the war fired?
Lexington and Concord
What religious group did William Penn belong to?
Quakers
What organization was still considered primitive during this time?
Education
What was the proposal by Franklin for colonies to form a council?
Albany Plan of Union
Who did the Pilgrims elect to be governor in 1621?
William Bradford
What was the name of the first official organized cooperation between the colonies?
Stamp Act Congress
What allowed people/colonies to have to provide shelter to British Troops?
Quartering Act
In Europe, what was the new interest in science and demand for practical knowledge called?
The Enlightenment
Why was the Ohio River Valley important?
Large river system
Who was Britain's minister of war?
William Pitt
Why was growth in the colonies difficult?
Hard to expand and not large enough populations.
What agreement allowed Britain to gain Canada, Parts of Florida and land East of the Mississippi
Treaty of Paris
What forced the colonists to use British Ships?
Navigation Act of 1651
What was the group that watched over shops selling British goods?
Sons of Liberty