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100

A British tax on legal documents, newspapers, and other printed materials in the American colonies, leading to widespread protests.

what is the stamp act

100

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

100

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

100

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 

100

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 

200

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


200

Colonial militia members who were known for their readiness to fight at a minute's notice during the American Revolutionary War.

who are minutemen 

200

A British law that required American colonists to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.

quartering act

200

British General who surrendered to American forces at Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.

who is cornwallis 

200

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

300

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 

300

A location in Virginia where British General Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.

what is yorktown

300

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

300

An early English settlement in present-day North Carolina that mysteriously disappeared, known as the 'Lost Colony.'

what is roanoke

300

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

400

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 

400

A British law that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, angering many colonists.


what is The Proclamation of 1763

400

A historical trade route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that involved the exchange of goods, slaves, and diseases.

Triangular Trade/Colombian Exchange

400

The King of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War, known for his policies that angered the American colonists.

who is king george III

400

English explorer who played a key role in the establishment of the Jamestown colony in Virginia.

who is john smith 

500

A small landowner who cultivated his own land, often without the need for slave labor, in contrast to larger plantation owners.

who is Yeoman

500

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

500

The winter encampment of George Washington's Continental Army in Pennsylvania, where soldiers faced harsh conditions and shortages.


what is valley forge 

500

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

500

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

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