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In Europe, what was the French and Indian war known as?
The Seven Year Wars
Name one southern colony
Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, South and North Carolina
The enslavement of Africans was first legalized in which colony in 1641?
Massachusetts
Name one of the "Sons of Liberty"
Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Which Native American confederacy were the British allies with during the French and Indian War?
The Iroquois Confederacy
Those who settled in the Southern Colonies were mostly in what career?
Farming
In 1770, this colony possessed 40% of the slave population in the coloniea
Virginia
What are checks and balances?
Who was Chief Pontiac?
He was the chief of the Ottawa and led the Native American attack on the British at Fort Detroit
What was the primary reason the French and Indian War began?
The French and British were contesting land in the Ohio River Valley
The Middle Colonies had ideal climate and conditions for what?
Farming
How much land was given for each person in the headright system?
What is representative government?
The person who is ruling the people is one of the people and is elected by the people
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The 1763 Treaty of Paris did what?
Ended the War
Of the three colonial regions, this region was the most diverse with people from many different nationalities and backgrounds
Middle Colonies
What was the headright system?
A system where the head of the family would be given a grant of land
This colony created a toleration in 1649 to protect Catholics from persecution
Maryland
The Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from settling anywhere west of what landmark?
The Appalachian Mountains
This individual was sent by the Virginia governor to form a militia and drive out the natives from the contested land?
George Washington
What was the New England colonies' most abundant natural resource?
Forests/wood!
The southern colonies had an economy that relied on producing what?
Cash crops
What was the English document created in the year 1215?
The Magna Carta
This was enacted in 1764 and increased the tax on coffee, wine, and sugar
The Sugar Act