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What is John Smith Famous for?
Helped Jamestown/ Virginia Prosper
What Religious group founded Maryland?
Catholics
People who were loyal to the king were called
Loyalists
What act required colonist to house British soldiers and provide them with food.
Quatering Act
Describe the Intolerable acts?
Increased Government power & strengthened the quartering act
What is the term for a crop that is grown to make money
Cash crops
Describe the role of women in the 13 colonies?
They had no role in social life. Focused on domestic duties
Who wrote the declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the final battle of the revolutionary War?
YorkTown
What battle was the turning point of the revolutionary war?
Saratoga
Why did Britain and France go to war?
Land & the right to Trade
What is an Indentured servant?
People who work a certain amount of time to pay off a debt
Describe what the declaration of independence did?
Explained that the colonist wanted to break free from Britain
People who rebelled against the king were called?
Patriots
What religious group founded the Massachusetts by colony?
Puritans
Describe the proclamation of 1763
Banned settlements west of the App. mountains
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
What Religious group founded Pennsylvania?
Quakers
What was the protest where the sons of liberty destroyed 90,000 pounds of tea?
The Boston Tea party
What was common sense?
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
Describe the Tea Act
Gave the East India Company a Monopoly ( total control) on Tea
What Happened after the French and Indian War?
Britain was in a large debt & made the colonist pay it off through taxes.
Where did Washington and his army make winter camp?
Valley Forge
Which colony was founded for trade and farming? ( started out looking for Gold, but then began to farm Tabacco?
Jamestown
Why did the Boston massacre take place?
Colonist were protesting the acts passed & harassing British soldiers. The soldiers fired shots into the crowd killing 5 citizens