Daily Life
This was the most common job in the colonies
What is farming?
This was the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is July 2nd, 1776
This man led the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
This colony was the northernmost of the 13
What is Massachusetts?
This is an example of a right women didn't get that men got in the colonies
What is owning land, signing documents, and voting?
Colonists used this to write letters and documents
What are quill pens and ink?
The was the was war caused the British to start taxing the Colonists
What is the 7 years war?
This man wrote the pamphlet Common Sense to encourage independence
Who is Thomas Paine?
This colony had the most influence and power of the 13
What is Virginia?
This is how slaves gained their freedom in the colonies
What is buying their freedom?
This was the primary source of light for the Colonists
What is candles/oil lamps?
This was the first tax act imposed on the Colonists by the British
What is the Sugar Act?
This man was elected President of the 2nd Continental Congress
Who is John Hancock?
This region was known as the "breadbasket" colonies
What is the Middle Colonies?
This was the system where slaves were transported across the Atlantic to the colonies
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
This was the main heating source for colonial homes
What is a fireplace?
This act allowed British soldiers to search colonists’ homes and businesses for smuggled goods without a warrant
What are the Writs of Assistance?
This person created the famous Join or Die political cartoon
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This colony was the last of the 13 to form
What is Georgia?
This form of Christianity was highly against slavery
Who are Quakers?
This patriot movement was founded by Sarah Bradlee Fulton
What is The Daughters of Liberty?
This British court system, which had no juries, was used to try colonists accused of smuggling
What are Admiralty Courts?
This was the name of the treaty signed by the British in 1783 stating the US was its own country
What is the Treaty of Paris
This colony was founded at a save heaven for Cathloics
What is Maryland?
This method of farming with three crops grown together was created by the Native Americans and was taught to the colonists
What is the 3 sisters farming method?