Lucky Thirteen
Government Business
Dollars & Cents
People & Places
I'm Not Happy!
100
This colony was originally established to be a buffer between Spanish Florida and the other English colonies.
Georgia
100
According to the Fourth Amendment, the government has to get one of these to protect us from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Search Warrant
100
This region's economy was based on shipbuilding, fishing, whaling and trade, because of its dense forests, swift rivers, and natural harbors.
New England
100
Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered to be the Turning Point of the American Revolution?
The American victory convinced the French to help the United States against the British.
100
This amendment was added to the Constitution to address the colonial grievance concerning quartering troops in homes.
The Third Amendment
200
Quakers escaping persecution in Europe settled in this colony.
Pennsylvania
200
The Pilgrims wrote this document to govern Plymouth Colony in 1620
Mayflower Compact
200
This region was known for its long, hot growing season, fertile soil and cash crop plantations.
Southern Colonies
200
This young Virginian was picked by a small committee to write the draft for the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776.
Thomas Jefferson
200
This amendment was added to the Constitution to address the grievance that the King had denied many colonists of the benefits of Trial by Jury.
The Sixth Amendment
300
Lord Baltimore established this southern colony as a safe place for Catholics.
Maryland
300
How did the the distance between Great Britain and the colonies and slow communication between the two affect the American colonies?
It contributed to the development of self-government. (Colonists had to make timely decisions, themselves.)
300
What was the main factor that led to the expansion of this system of trade in the 1700's?
Labor demands of cash crop plantations drove the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
300
He established Connecticut and helped write its constitution which promoted religious & political freedom.
Thomas Hooker
300
How did the passage of the Stamp Act (1765) lead to the American Revolution?
The Stamp Act created a tax on paper products. The colonists didn't get to vote on this, and they had to pay the tax in silver coins.
400
Roger Williams founded this colony on the principle of religious freedom after he was expelled from Massachusetts.
Rhode Island
400
This document created an elected assembly for the new colony of Connecticut and helped establish a tradition of self government in America.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
400
The Sons of Liberty threw thousands of dollars of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of this -
Taxation Without Representation
(Unfair Taxation)
400
The King used the Appalachian Mountains in his Proclamation of 1763. Why did his Proclamation anger the colonists and lead to the American Revolution?
The colonists were not allowed to expand west of the Appalachian Mountains even though they had fought a war to control that land and some were promised land in the Ohio Country as payment.
400
These acts were passed by British Parliament to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
The Intolerable Acts (1774)
500
The first shots of the Revolution were fired in this colony in 1775.
Massachusetts
500
What original Virginia institution (which first met in 1619) served as a model for other colonial legislatures?
The Virginia House of Burgesses (1619)
(It was the first elected assembly in the colonies.)
500
This physical geographic feature helped port cities like Boston & New York City access markets and grow rapidly.
Natural harbors on the Atlantic
500
Why is John Paul Jones considered to be the Father of the American Navy?
John Paul Jones won important victories at sea against the British during the Revolution.
500
How did mercantilism and British taxation lead directly to the American Revolution.
Mercantilism dictated to the American colonists what they could buy, who they had to buy it from and how much they would pay. The British also taxed the colonists without their consent. The Americans believed this violated their rights as Englishmen.