Tax
What was the stamp act?
The British put a tax on all paper in the colonies
What colony only allowed puritains
Massachusetts
What was the event that kicked off the revolution
Boston Massacre
What colony was being run by the Duke of York
New York
Name 2 crops from the colonies
tobacco, indigo, rice,
What beverage did the British tax that really angered the colonists
tea
What colony was known for religious freedom
Rhode Island
What is the definition of a revolution
a forcible overthrow of government in favor of a new system
What was the smallest colony
Rhode Island
Who was the first president of the united states
George Washington
How did the colonists respond to a tax on tea
dumping tea in the harbor (Boston Tea Party)
What colony did Lord Baltimore start
Maryland
How did Thomas Paine spread the news about fighting against the British
political pamphlet common sense
What was the name of the group that was completely peaceful
Quakers
Why was Britain taxing the colonists (why did they say they needed the money)
For war
How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party
Punishing them with laws called the intolerable acts
what colony was more profitable North or South Carolina
South
What is the term for someone who uses unlawful violence for a political agenda
terrorist
What was the first planned city in the colonies
Philadelphia
Who is Americas oldest ally (this country helped us fight for independence and gave us the statue of liberty)
France
What did John Huges say in his letter to England about the colonists
That they were not loyal to the king and that if the British did not send people soon there would be a rebellion
What was the name of the lost colony
Roanoke
Explain triangular trade (think triangle/ what was being traded)
3 way trade between Europe, Americas, and Africa
What was the first official colony
Virginia
What did the colonists do to the houses of those still supporting the British
went in mobs and destroyed their property