History Word of the Day
laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
Indentured Servants
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
New England Colonies
This was the first group of people that were forced to work for the Spanish in mines digging for silver.
Native Americans
Name the three major powers that fought against each other in this war.
France, Great Britain, and Iroquois Confederacy
The King of Great Britain
King George
people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes; a person who is opposed to the use of violence
Pacifists
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Middle Colonies
This Spanish priest who pleaded for the protection of Natives, suggested African Americans be used as slaves instead.
Bartolome de Las Casas
Name the disputed territory that was competed for in this war.
Ohio River Valley
This helped remove a source of conflict with Native Americas and kept the colonists on the coast. This angered the colonists when they were told by the King they could not move west past the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of1763
to mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs
Persecuted
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland.
Southern Colonies.
This was the trip across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to take.
Middle Passage
This is the name of the native group that was caught in the Middle of this conflict.
Iroquois Confederacy
Due to the financial problems of Great Britain, the British Government planned to tax this group of people.
Colonies or colonists
in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits
joint stock company
These are the two main crops grown in the Southern Colonies
Tobacco and Rice
This was the most commonly used torture device on slaves. The sound would actually make a sonic boom and pieces of flesh would be torn off.
Whip
This is the name of the young Virginian who was sent to the disputed territory in spring of 1754.
George Washington
These are legal documents that allowed custom officers to enter any location in search of smuggled goods.
Writs of assistance
group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government
Iroquois Confederacy
Colonial Education was very important in the colonies as most parents taught their children to read this book.
Bible
These are the three groups of people in the colonies that were against slavery. Name one.
Quakers, Mennonites, and Puritans.
This is the name of the small fort that was set up by the young Virginian and came under attack.
Fort Necessity
Passed by Parliament in 1764, it lowered the tax on molasses the colonists imported.
Sugar Act
system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
Representative Government
This is the term that describes a movement in the 1700s that spread from Europe to the American colonies promoting reason, science, and freedom of thought.
The Enlightment
When ships left the British Colonies for Great Britain and Europe, these were the products shipped
Rice, tobacco, indigo, and furs.
This was the "Plan" created by Ben Franklin that called for a united colonial government.
Albany Plan of Union
Describe what the Act, passed in 1764 allowed custom officials to do.
a.) Seize goods without going to court.
rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people
Slave Code
Within the colonies many newspapers in colonial cities such as Boston and Philadelphia carried political views and often faced censorship. Due to this censorship this freedom became an important issue in the colonies.
Freedom of Press
What were the two products that were shipped from the West Indies to the British Colonies?
Sugar and Molasses
This is the turning point of the War in America. Name this turning point.
When William Pitt was named Prime Minister of Great Britain
These are the only two European Powers left in North America after the war.
Spain and Great Britain
pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe
Triangular Trade
This is the term that describes the strong religious revival that took place i the 1740s in the colonies.
The Great Awakening
This is the term that is used to describe where humans could be bought, sold, inherited, or traded. This includes children.
Chattel Slavery
This is the name of the treaty that ends the War in North America
Treaty of Paris
This is the name of the Ottawa Chief who convinced tribes to attack British forts
Pontiac