Who led the Virginia Rangers in the first battle of the French and Indian War?
George Washington
Who preached America's most famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Jonathan Edwards
Which colonies grew rice and indigo?
Southern
What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?
New England Primer
What act taxed legal documents?
Stamp Act
Who was the first poet of African descent in America?
Phillis Wheatley
Who is the author of Poor Richard's Almanac?
Benjamin Franklin
Which colonies, known as the 'bread colonies,' also mixed town and county governments?
middle
What was the Great Awakening called in Britain?
Methodist Revival or Evangelical Revival
What act required colonists to give housing and supplies to British soldiers?
Quartering Act
Who was the first professional musician and composer born in America?
William Billings
Who is the best-known missionary to the Indigenous tribes?
David Brainerd
Which colonies established a town government?
New England
What was the idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their mother country?
mercantilism
What agreement granted membership to unconverted descendants of church members?
Halfway Covenant
Who was the general of the British army during the French and Indian War?
Edward Braddock
Who was the most powerful voice of the Great Awakening?
George Whitefield
Which colonies were founded by the Anglican church?
Southern
What was the first regularly published weekly newspaper in the colonies?
Boston News-Letter
What act said the colonies were subordinate to Britain?
Declaratory Act
Who was a young Irish member of Parliament who defended the colonies?
Edmund Burke
Who helped introduce the smallpox inoculation?
Cotton Mather
Which colonies had Congregational churches?
New England
What was the paddle-shaped board with a printed sheet that was used by children to learn to read?
hornbook
What canceled all previous land grants?
Proclamation of 1763