Important Events
Important People
Types of Conflict
All about the Colonies
Interesting Facts
100
Fourth Day of the Seventh Month Two Hundred Fifty Years Ago This was Adopted
Declaration of Independence
100
Tyrannical, Money hungry, Power Hungry Throne Sitter
King George III
100
A disagreement between two or more individuals
Interpersonal Conflict
100
The Pilgrims settled in this group of colonies
New England Colonies
100
In 1681, William Penn founded this colony
Pennsylvania
200
Such a travesty that five people died on that cold March 5th night in 1770.
Boston Massacre
200
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston contributed ideas, but this brilliant 33 year old provided a majority of the ideas and writing for the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
200
A disagreement or conflict between two or more countries
International Conflict
200
The Breadbasket Colonies
Middle Colonies
200
The longest section of the Declaration of Independence is a list of this number of complaints against King George III
27
300
"Man overboard!" ..... "Wait, nevermind, that was tea!"
Boston Tea Party
300
American Ambassador to France that helped get France to help the colonies during the American Revolution, this brilliant individual also created a plan for a new government.
Benjamin Franklin
300
A disagreement between members of one group
Intragroup Conflict
300
Religion was prominent in these colonies
All --> New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
300
This number of brave men signed the Declaration of Independence
56
400
Forced on the Colonists by the King in 1765, this special thing for newspapers, wills, and more caused a bigger divide.
The Stamp Act
400
Bird feathers and excruciatingly hot tar were paired together for people of this profession
Tax Collectors
400
A conflict over one country refusing to sell a resource (example: oil) to another country
Economic Conflict
400
Tobacco, indigo, rice, sugarcane, and cotton were all crops that grew well in these colonies.
Southern Colonies
400
Benjamin Franklin first used this political cartoon in 1754 during the French and Indian War. This other famous American used it 20 years later to spark unity among the colonies
Paul Revere
500
Four days after the adoption of the significant paper that eventually led to the freedom of Colonists, this rang out to bring people to Independence Hall.
The Liberty Bell
500
Thought to be the first Colonist killed during the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
500
A disagreement over the choice and practice of differing religions.
Cultural Conflict
500
This group of people in the New England Colonies thought it was important for everyone to be able to read
Puritans
500
92,000 lbs. of tea was dumped in Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party. That's about 3/5 the weight of what?
Space Shuttle
(160,000 lbs. average)