I Dissent!
Banished from Massachusetts in 1636, founds the colony of Rhode Island.
Roger Williams
Founded by Quaker William Penn
Pennsylvania
Developed a theory that the laws of physics as an attempt to impose order on the mysterious universe
Isaac Newton
How many years did it actually last?
Nine. 1754 - 1763
Actual representation in Parliament
Holds private meetings in their home, attended by both men and women; believed that God communicates directly to individuals - no minister is necessarily required.
Anne Hutchinson
Founded as a barrier to Spanish Florida, inially planned as a feudal society with hereditary nobility.
Carolina
Founder of Pennsylvania's library system, author of Poor Richard's Almanac.
Ben Franklin
Which side were Native Americans on in the war?
Both the French and the British sides - whoever they thought might offer them a better future, free from the threat of future colonization, or at least they'd be on better terms.
Reduced an existing tax on imported molasses - it was an attempt to boost the productivity of the crop this act is named for.
Sugar Act
Controversial and significant newsmagazinepiece published in the past few years in affiliation with The New York Times; goal is to link today's racial strife to the legacy of enslavement that is a detriment to us all, espeically the African American community.
The 1619 Project
A spin-off that began, as did Rhode Island, as a settlement for those kicked out of Puritan Massachusetts
Connecticut
Follower of liberalist teachings, he believed in individual rights and the consent of the governed.
John Locke
What was the name of the treaty that ended the war and decided the terms of peace?
The Treaty of Paris (1763)
Direct tax on printed materials - from trading cards to court documents
The Stamp Act
In what town and colony were trials held to prosecute people, mostly older women, accused of witchcraft
Salem, Massachusetts
Founded in 1733, first meant to be used partially as a prison colony.
Georgia
A believer in women's right to be educated, she wrote A Vindication on the Rights of Woman in order, partially, to assert that right.
Mary Wollstonecraft
As part of the terms of the treaty that ended this war, which colony is given to Britain by Spain?
Florida
Men who resisted the Stamp Act by distributing pamphlets, openly discussing their dissent, and sometimes - allegedly as a last resort - created a scene (burning a fake tax collector in effigy, for example, or the Boston Tea Party) were likely involved in this organization
the Sons of Liberty
Farmers want access to more land, but in an effort to keep peace, they are forbidden from continuing to push West. A leader comes along who attempts to unite them in protest against the British crown. Who was he?
Founded as an agricultural colony in 1670, its population grew through the use of the headright system.
Carolina
Religious belief system that was fairly shortlived, but centered on the idea that after God created the universe, he withdrew, leaving it to function through scientific laws, with no divine intervention.
Deism
1763 Native American rebellion begun, in part, by the Native American prophet Neolin, who urged his people to reject European technology, trade, and clothing and to drive the British from their newly conquered territory.
Pontiac's Rebellion (Pontiac was an Ottawa leader influenced by Neolin's teachings)
The Daughters of Liberty found a space for womens' activism through creating their own clothing to boycott the import of cloth from England. This clothing became a political statement because of its simplicity. What was it nicknamed?
Homespun