Great Awakening/Enlightenment
The Great Awakening mostly focused on
Religious Devotion
Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, this document declared the America was now independent from Britain
The Declaration of Independence
What name was the French and Indian war also go by?
The 7 years war
This first permanent English settlement in North America was founded in 1607.
Jamestown
this event in 1770 resulted in the death of 5 colonists
The Boston massacre
The Enlightenment mostly focused on
Logic, Reasoning & science
This document written in 1787 starts with the words "We the People"
The United States Constitution
Who was the biggest threat to Britain in America
The French
Workers who agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for their passage to America were known by this term.
Indentured Servants
Who raced to warn the people of Lexington about the British troops heading there way
Paul Revere
Ben Franklin is associated with the ______________
Enlightenment
July 1775, the Continental Congress sent this final, peaceful petition to King George III in a final effort to avoid all-out war.
What treaty ended the French & Indian war
The treaty of Paris
Who founded the colony of Virginia?
John Locke
How much tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor
18,000 lbs
Who Preached the famous 1741 Great Awakening sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Jonathan Edwards?
The declaration of independence declares that all men have unalienable rights, they are______,______&____
life liberty and pursuit of happiness
Who were the real losers of the French & Indian war?
The Natives
What was the main reason for colony of Georgia to be founded?
A buffer between the Spanish owned Florida
Who owned the most land in North America before the French & Indian war?
The Spanish Empire
Individuals have a natural right to life, liberty &______
Property
this man was president of the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
The ________ made it illegal for the colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation Line
the smallest colony, founded by Roger Williams when he was kicked out of Massachusetts bay colony for advocating religious freedom.
Rhode Island
What was a common punishment given to British tax collectors
Tar and feathering