Leaders of Colonial America
Who is George Washington?
This final attempt to prevent war between the colonies and Great Britain was largely ignored by the King of England when the colonies sent it to him.
What is The Olive Branch Petition?
Philosophers from this period which featured scientific experimentation, encouragement of reason and logic and political questioning, were often inspirations for political documents.
What is the Enlightenment?
This British decree tried to pacify Native Americans and stop colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is The Proclamation of 1763?
The theory that trade generates wealth under which the colonies would supply England with raw materials to produce finished products.
What is mercantilism?
Native American who fought against British occupation after the French and Indian War.
Who is Chief Pontiac?
The location where the continental army suffered through a long, cold winter without proper food, ammunition and clothing.
Where is Valley Forge?
The addition that convinced the Anti-Federalists to ratify the constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights?
Document that was signed on July 4, 1776 and gave the United States independence from Britain.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
"Brown gold" which made the southern colonies profitable
What is tobacco?
Recognized the Minutemen as the Continental Army and printed money to pay for its troops
Who is the Second Continental Congress?
A revolt that protested the economic hardships and overtaxation of farmers by the government.
Who are women, African American and Native Americans?
Passed by the British to punish Boston after the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Implemented to raise money and limit the smuggling of foreign goods.
What is the Sugar Act?
The Enlightenment philosopher whose writing inspired the wording for the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?
What the two sides were fighting over in the French and Indian War
What is Land in the Ohio River Valley?
Agreement made by the Constitutional Convention in which each state had equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other.
What is the Great Compromise?
Law passed by British Parliament to make the colonists buy a stamp and put it on everyday items like newspapers and wills.
What is the Stamp Act?
Laborers who worked for a set period of time to pay off debts.
Who were indentured servants?
The French noble who helped the Americans finance the Revolutionary War
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
Battle where the Revolutionary War effectively ended.
What is Yorktown?
The set of laws that established the first government of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The primary sources of income for the New England colonies
What are shipbuilding, fishing and lumber production?