Colonization
What was the First Permanent English Colony?
Jamestown
Who founded the colony of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
A forms of resistance that was non-violent
Passive
Colonists had to buy a government stamp for almost every paper document.
Stamp Act
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1775 to sign this document
Declaration of Independence.
Who was the governor appointed by the Virginia Company?
George Yeardley
Dutch city of New Amsterdam became which city after the British took over?
New York
The passage that brought slaves to the Americas?
Middle Passage.
how did the Britain pay its large debts from the French and Indian War
taxes the colonies
why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?
Independence from Great Britain
who said to the colonies in Jamestown, "You don't work , you will not eat".
John Smith
It demonstrated how hysteria caused by fear and intolerance can lead to injustice
the Salem Witch Trials
It was the form of resistance were slaves run away?
Overt or open
Colonists had to pay taxes on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint, all of which they had to buy from Britain.
Townshend Acts
why was the Battle of Saratoga a significant event?
France join
the Mayflower Compact contributed to the establishment of which idea in the colonies?
self-government
What did the colonies of Rhode Island and Connecticut have in common?
founded for religious freedom.
It led to the growth of new Protestant denominations like Baptist and Methodist?
the First Great Awakening
Parliament passed this act in respond and punish the colonies after the Boston tea party?
Coercive Acts/ Intolerable
what factor made the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker (Breed’s) Hill unique?
fought before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
[He] was their interpreter and was a special instrument sent of God
Squanto
how were the goals of Great Britain different from those of France and Spain?
Great Britain allowed local governments.
What were the main reasons for the founding of Georgia colony?
Debtors and Buffer Colony
Why did the French and Indian War was a contributing factor to the American Revolution?
the British taxes on the colonies
According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the main purpose of government?
protect the natural rights