Settling America
What was the middle passage?
What was the name of the path that enslaved Africans traveled to get to the Americas?
Which General was famous for fighting in both the French and Indian War and American Revolution?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
Middle Colonies
Required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper used.
Stamp Act
What are the first 10 amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
What is one of the theories behind what happened to the colony at Roanoke?
Merged with Indigenous People
Died from hostile tribes or disease
Killed/taken hostage by the Spanish
What is another name of the colonists determined to fight the British for independence?
Patriots
Produced cash crops, rum, and seafood and had a mild climate
Middle Colonies
Placed a tax on popular items from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Act
What battle was famous for lasting over winter and involved Washington sailing down the Delaware River?
Valley Forge
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
Shots heard around the world
Lexington and Concord
Describe the Southern Colonies
Large plantations and relied heavily on slavery.
These acts were in punishment for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
What was the outcome of the Great Compromise?
Equal representation in the Senate and by population in the House
What was the name of the colony that settled in Virginia and was named after an English King?
Jamestown
Who was the first casualty of the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
Long cold winters, small farms
New England colonies
King George declared that the colonists could not live past the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
What two bodies make up the Legislative Branch?
House of Representatives and the Senate
The French and the Spanish
What did the Quartering Act do?
This act stated that the citizens in the colonies had to house the British soldiers.
What were the New England colonies?
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
This act led to the colonists being concerned about a monopoly due to British taxes.
What was the main purpose of the Federalist Papers?
To promote the ratification of the Constitution