Colonial Life
This was the main cash crop grown in Virginia’s early economy.
What is tobacco?
John Winthrop used this phrase to describe a model Christian community for others to follow.
What is a “City upon a Hill”?
This war left Britain in debt and led to new colonial taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
This author’s pamphlet Common Sense argued that monarchy was corrupt and independence logical.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This was the first written plan of government for the United States, adopted in 1781.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
These laborers worked for a set number of years to pay for passage to the New World.
What are indentured servants?
This group wanted to reform, not break away from, the Church of England.
Who are the Puritans?
This law forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This English philosopher’s ideas about “life, liberty, and property” influenced the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
This uprising of farmers exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
He helped the Jamestown colony survive through discipline and trade with Native peoples.
Who is John Smith?
These Catholic missionaries sought to convert Indigenous peoples across New France.
Who are the Jesuits?
This act taxed printed materials and outraged colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
This Boston silversmith created a famous engraving depicting the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
This political philosophy emphasized rule by the people through elected representatives.
What is republicanism?
This confederacy of Native nations used consensus government and unity to make decisions.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
This oral constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy promoted unity and harmony.
What is the Great Law of Peace?
This phrase expressed colonists’ frustration with being taxed by a Parliament where they had no voice.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
This phrase from Enlightenment thought means that governments gain authority from the people.
What is “consent of the governed”?
This term described the idea that women should raise virtuous citizens to sustain the republic.
What is Republican Motherhood?
Signed aboard a ship, this agreement created a “civil body politic” for the good of the colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This economic system viewed colonies as existing to enrich the mother country through controlled trade.
What is mercantilism?
This secret organization led boycotts and protests against British taxes.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This form of communication used emotion and imagery to persuade colonists to support independence.
What is propaganda?
Under this English legal principle, a married woman lost her property and legal identity to her husband.
What is coverture?