American Revolution
The 13 American colonies were part of this European empire.
What is the British Empire?
The number of estates in the Estates General.
What is 3?
This group came to America for religious freedom and landed in Massachusetts.
Who are the Pilgrims?
Colonists used this famous phrase to argue against paying taxes when they had no representatives in Parliament.
What is “No taxation without representation.”
This estate paid most of the taxes.
What is the third estate?
The country the conquistadors were from.
What is Spain?
This Enlightenment thinker believed people had natural rights and could overthrow a government that failed to protect those rights.
Who is John Locke?
This King of France locked the third estate out of the meeting of the Estates General.
Who is King Louis XVI?
The first country to hire Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage.
Who are the Dutch?
This colonial organization voted to raise an army to defend the colonies against Britain.
Correct response: What is the Second Continental Congress?
After being locked out of the meeting of the Estates General the third estate met here.
What is a tennis court?
The ship the Pilgrims sailed on.
What is the Mayflower?
Written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted on July 4, 1776, this document announced that the colonies were breaking their ties with Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
2 reasons why the French economy was falling apart.
What were: war debts, rising prices, unemployment, and a bad harvest.
Led by William Penn, this religious group settled in Pennsylvania.
Who are the Quakers?