Social Studies Skills
Colonization
Causes of the Revolution
Revolutionary War
Important People
100
A diary entry by George Washington describing conditions at Valley Forge is an example of what type of source?
A primary source
100
Name one reason why people left Europe to come to the colonies.
Gold, God & Glory
100
What law said that the colonists couldn't expand past the Appalachian Mountains into the Ohio River Valley?
Proclamation of 1763
100
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
100
Who is credited with writing the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
200
A summary of the Battle of Yorktown on History.com is an example of what kind of source?
A secondary source
200
What was the first English colony in the New World and in what year was it settled?
Jamestown, 1607
200
This protest was a response to the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party
200
Which battle is seen as the start of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
200
William Penn was a Quaker who came to the New World to create a colony based on religious toleration. Which colony did he create?
Pennsylvania
300
Which social studies term deals with trade, production of goods, jobs, and wealth?
Economics
300
Describe the physical geography of the New England colonies.
Coastlines, forests, mountains, bad soil
300
The colonists used what slogan to protest what they believed were unfair British taxes?
No taxation without representation
300
The French decided to become allies with the United States following which battle?
The Battle of Saratoga
300
Plymouth Colony was settled in 1620 by which group of people?
The Pilgrims
400
The western border of the British colonies is defined by which mountain range?
The Appalachian Mountains
400
What nickname was given to the Middle Colonies as a result of their economic activities?
Bread Basket Colonies
400
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. . . . —Declaration of Independence, 1776 According to this quote, how do people get unalienable rights?
Given to them by their Creator/God.
400
Put these events in the correct chronological order. Battle of Yorktown Declaration of Independence Treaty of Paris Battle of Lexington and Concord Valley Forge
Declaration of Independence Battle of Lexington and Concord Valley Forge Battle of Yorktwon Treaty of Paris
400
Common Sense was a pamphlet arguing for American independence from Great Britain. Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
500
When your ideas and experiences change your opinion on a subject.
What is bias?
500
Draw the Triangle Trade.
North America/raw materials>>>England/manufactured goods>>>> Africa/slaves>>>>North America/raw materials
500
What was the purpose of writing the Declaration of Independence?
To give reasons why the colonists deserved independence.
500
What battle does this image show the result of?
Battle of Yorktown
500
The ideas of natural rights and the right to overthrow a government if that government is not securing your rights were important influences to the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote these ideas?
John Locke
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