Boston Massacre
Founding Documents
Vocabulary
Spanish Colonies
English Colonies
100

The date the Boston Massacre occurred on

What is March 5, 1770?

100

This document established our government and the separation of powers

What is the US Constitution?

100

Led to Missouri being admitted as a slave state, pushing the slavery issue as something to deal with

What is the Missouri Compromise? 

100

This current day country was the only area controlled by Portugal

What is Brazil?

100

This settlement was found abandoned and was an English failure

What is Roanoke?

200

The Boston Massacre occurred due to several of these policies from the British

What are the British Acts/Taxes?

200

Established ten rights for American citizens

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

A fight over the Ohio River Valley

What is the French and Indian War?

200

This replaced the rule of conquistadors in the Americas

What is the Council of the Indies?

200

This was the first truly successful settlement in the North American colonies.

What is Jamestown?

300

The name of the captain in charge of the British troops?

Who is Thomas Preston?

300

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

What is the Declaration of Independence?

300

This intellectual movement led to revolutions around the world, including the United States.

What is the Enlightenment?

300

These three goods pushed the Spanish into colonizing the Americas

What are gold, silver, and sugar?

300

These cash crops would be the main source of income for the southern colonies

What are tobacco, indigo, and rice?

400

He created the engraving that featured the Boston Massacre

Who is Paul Revere?

400

These documents provided many of the opinions and ideas of the founding fathers

What are the Federalist Papers?

400

A business owned by many individuals during the colonial era

What is a joint-stock company?

400

This group became more urban in the Americas after Native American resistance and depopulation

What is the Catholic Church?

400

The colonies started with this form of labor before participating in the slave trade.

What is indentured servitude?
500

The name of the one person who died in the Boston Massacre.

Who is Crispus Attucks?

500

The incredibly weak system of government that the United States used after the Revolution

What are the Articles of Confederation?

500

This group stayed on the side of England during the war

What are loyalists?

500

This was the first labor system in the Spanish American colonies

What is encomienda?

500

These were the main forces in the economies of the New England and Middle colonies

What is trading and agriculture?

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