Day 1 Material
Roanoke was a successful colony.
True or False
False
This nickname was given to the Middle Colonies because they grow crops such as wheat, rye, and barley.
What is "Breadbasket" Colonies?
This act put a tax on sugar, coffee, cloth, indigo, and wine.
What is the Sugar Act?
This person was responsible for writing the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This colony was England's first attempt to settle in North America.
What is Roanoke?
This is the name given to a crop which is grown to sell for money.
What is a cash crop?
The Stamp Act put a tax on anything printed on this.
What is paper?
The Declaration of Independence stated that all people were born with these three rights that can never be taken away.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This person was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This leader of the Jamestown Colony made the rule for his colonists "He who does not work, does not eat"
Who is John Smith?
These two major cities were located in the Middle Colonies
What are New York and Philadelphia?
This act said that the colonists could only buy tea from ONE British tea company.
What is the Tea Act?
The purpose of this document was to explain why the colonies wanted to break away from Great Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This famous rider rode his horse from Boston to Lexington to warn the Minutemen that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
The Pilgrims who reached Plymouth in 1620 were seeking this.
What is religious freedom?
The economy of the Southern Colonies centered around large farms called this.
What are Plantations?
This event leading up to the American Revolution left five colonists dead and increased tension between British soldiers and colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was the date in which the Declaration of Independence was voted on and approved by the Second Continental Congress.
What is July 4, 1776?
This person's role in the revolution was to try to convince France to help the Americans in the war against Britain.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This document was written by the Pilgrims before they got off the Mayflower. It outlined how the Pilgrims would govern themselves.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This is an example of a cash crop.
What is tobacco, rice, indigo, or cotton?
This group of colonists often organized and led protests against the British Government.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired during this battle.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This is Patrick Henry's most famous quote.
What is "Give me liberty or give me death"?
The Jamestown colonists faced many hardships trying to settle in North America including these (two examples).
What is dirty water, bad farmland, lazy colonists, mosquitoes, and disease
These unpaid and often mistreated workers made up most of the work force on a plantation.
Who are slaves?
During this event, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
Despite a loss in this battle, the Americans were encouraged because they fought well against the best the British had to offer, even with limited ammunition.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet which encouraged colonists to declare independence.
What is Common Sense?
These are two reasons why the New England colonies were a bad place to farm.
What is rocky soil and cold climate/short growing season?
These are the five Southern Colonies.
What are Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party, the British Government unbearable acts which the colonists named this.
During this battle, George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night to surprise attack a group of German soldiers.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
This person was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston.
Who is Samuel Adams?
These are the four New England Colonies
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?
This event put Britain in a lot of debt during the time leading up the the American Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
A patriot was a colonist who supported this idea.
A loyalist was a person who remained loyal to this country
What is independence and Britain
The Battle of Saratoga was considered a turning point of the American Revolution because it convinced this country to join the Americans in the fight against the British.
What is France?
This person signed the Declaration of Independence with his large signature. He was also president of the Second Continental Congress.
Who is John Hancock?
These are the four Middle Colonies.
What are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
The British Government made this group of people responsible for paying their debt after the French and Indian War.
Who are the American Colonists?
Part of the Intolerable Acts said that all colonists had to quarter British soldiers. In this situation to "quarter" means to provide British soldier with these.
What are food and shelter?
These two hardships were examples of the many difficulties the Continental Army faced during the Winter at Valley Forge.
What is sleeping on the cold ground, not having shoes, limited food, and disease?
The event being shown in this picture.
What is fishing, whaling, and lumber?
This action taken by the British Government made the colonists very angry because it said that no colonists could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The colonists were known for using this phrase in their protests which meant that they felt they should not be taxed without representation in the British Government.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
During the Winter at Valley Forge, George Washington wrote many letters to Congress trying to get them to send these two items.
What is more food and new uniforms?
The reason this picture was printed was to convince people to join this side of the conflict between Britain and the American Colonies.
Who are the patriots?