A British tax on legal documents, newspapers, and other printed materials in the American colonies, leading to widespread protests.
what is the stamp act
Refers to Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
what is jefferson
An economic theory that a nation's wealth is measured by its accumulation of gold and silver through trade, leading to colonial exploitation.
what is Mercantilism
A sculpture or model of a person that is publicly burned to express anger or protest, such as during acts of rebellion.
what is a effigy
The 1783 treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, recognized American independence, and established new borders for the United States.
what is treaty of paris
A labor system where individuals worked for a set period in exchange for passage to the American colonies, food, and shelter.
what is Indentured Servitude
Colonial militia members who were known for their readiness to fight at a minute's notice during the American Revolutionary War.
who are minutemen
A British law that required American colonists to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
quartering act
British General who surrendered to American forces at Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.
who is cornwallis
An act that imposed a tax on tea imported to the American colonies by the British East India Company, leading to the Boston Tea Party.
what is Tea Act/Tea Tax
A coordinated refusal by Boston colonists to buy British goods as a protest against British policies, such as the Stamp Act.
what is boston boycott
A location in Virginia where British General Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.
what is yorktown
A key turning point in the American Revolutionary War where American forces defeated the British, leading to French support for the colonists.
what is saratoga
An early English settlement in present-day North Carolina that mysteriously disappeared, known as the 'Lost Colony.'
what is roanoke
A Spanish labor system where Spanish colonists were granted land and Native American laborers in exchange for tribute and Christianizing them.
what is Encomienda System
A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party, also known as the Intolerable Acts.
what is the coercive acts
A British law that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, angering many colonists.
what is The Proclamation of 1763
A historical trade route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that involved the exchange of goods, slaves, and diseases.
Triangular Trade/Colombian Exchange
The King of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War, known for his policies that angered the American colonists.
who is king george III
English explorer who played a key role in the establishment of the Jamestown colony in Virginia.
who is john smith
A small landowner who cultivated his own land, often without the need for slave labor, in contrast to larger plantation owners.
who is Yeoman
Also known as Metacom, a Native American leader who led a war against English colonists in New England in 1675-1676, known as King Philip's War.
who is King Philip
The winter encampment of George Washington's Continental Army in Pennsylvania, where soldiers faced harsh conditions and shortages.
what is valley forge
Bacon was a colonial Virginia settler who led Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 against the colonial government's perceived injustices and Native American policies.
who is Nathaniel Bacon (+ causes of his uprising
Colonies in America that were granted to individuals or groups by the British Crown and had considerable autonomy in their governance.
what is Proprietary Colonies