The English Colonies
Economic theory in which a country wants to maximize exports and reduce imports. The result was the creation of more colonies.
What is Mercantilism
Name for the route in the Triangle Trade in which millions of Africans were imported to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage
Prevented colonists from settling lands won by the British west of the Appalachian Mountains causing anger.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
Which document included John Locke’s idea that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government?
What is the Declaration of Independence
Who helped develop the Continental Army into a professional army through training?
Who is Baron von Steuben
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
What is the New England colonies?
These are all examples of:
town meetings, voting rights to male landowners, and the establishment of colonial legislatures.
What is colonial self-governance
This group was responsible for producing homespun goods as a means to protest British taxes.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty
The turning point of the revolution that allowed the colonists to gain the support of France.
What is the Battles of Saratoga?
What British General was forced to surrender at the Battle of Yorktown?
Who is General Cornwallis
Original border of the 13 colonies
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
A religious revival movement in the colonies that promoted revolutionary thought and resistance to traditional authority?
What is the Great Awakening
Name the author and document:
"...But examine the passions and feelings of mankind: bring the idea of reconciliation to the nature of man, and then tell me whether you can hereafter love, honour, and faithfully serve the power that has carried fire and sword into your land?"
What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Washington famously crossed the Delaware river in the middle of a winter storm to surprise Hessian forces on Christmas morning at this battle
What is the Battle of Trenton
Name the French aristocrat that supplied the Continental Army with resources
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
Which region of the English colonies was the most diverse?
What are the Middle Colonies
The name of the colonial government in Virginia that gave the colonists a sense of self-government.
What is the House of Burgesses
Four acts passed by Parliament meant to punish the colonists following the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts
With the support of the French navy, this battle sealed colonial victory in the Revolution
What is the Battle of Yorktown
Name the first two battles of the American Revolution (colonists lost)
What are Lexington & Concord
Which group was impacted the most when indentured servitude ended?
Who are enslaved Africans
An example of a new blended culture created by importing enslaved people in to North America.
What is African American, Creole or Gullah Geechee culture
A revolutionary group that conducted acts of protest following the French and Indian War. Samual Adams was one of the founding members
Who are the Sons of Liberty
Name the agreement with the following stipulations:
1. Great Britain recognized its former American colonies as an independent nation.
2. The western boundary of the new United States was to be the Mississippi River.
3. States would be encouraged by the Continental Congress to restore the homes, land and confiscated possessions back to Loyalists.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1783
Who were among the Committee of Five and what did they do?
Who are :
1 John Adams
2 Roger Sherman
3 Robert Livingston
4 Thomas Jefferson
5 Benjamin Franklin
Drafted the Declaration of Independence