Early Colonies
What was the colony called that vanished into thin air?
Roanoke
What was the name of Jamestown's governing body?
House of Burgesses
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The laws that the English passed to ensure they made money from colonial trade:
The Navigation Acts
What event does Sarah Phillips show up for in Massachusetts?
The Boston Tea Party
What was the first successful English colony?
Jamestown
What document did the Pilgrims sign when they landed in the New World?
The Mayflower Compact
What was the name of the governor that Nathaniel Bacon rebelled against?
William Berkley
Tax imposed to aid with molasses smuggling:
Sugar Act
Whose wife, Abigail, met Sarah with supplies and pamphlets for Boston
John Adams
What was an indentured servant?
Someone who worked for 6-7 years to work off their passage to the New World.
What is considered the first Constitution in America?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What was the name of the Patriot organization led by Sam Adams?
Sons of Liberty
All documents from Britain were taxed because of this act:
The Stamp Act
What was the meeting called that James went to record the colony's delegates in action?
First Continental Congress
Who were the early dissenters who came to the New World?
Pilgrims
1689 laws protecting the rights of the English subjects and Parliament:
The English Bill of Rights
What colony did Thomas Hooker settle?
Connecticut
Gave British officials the right to search colonists' houses or businesses for smuggled goods.
The Townshend Act
What was the name of the rider that Sarah went with to warn everyone that the regulars were coming?
Willaim Daws
Where did town meetings and assemblies usually meet?
Church/Common
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The British declaration that forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians.
What was the Native American chief's name in King Phillip's War?
Metacom
What were the Declaratory Acts?
The British Parliament had the right to make laws and taxes in the colonies.
What was James' headline on the Philadelphia Gazette newspaper about what happened at Lexington and Concord?
The Shot Heard Around the World!