This document created the concept of a limited goverment
What is Magna Carta
100
The long growing seasons and mild winters are good for farming and help these colonies
What are the Southern Colonies
100
This act in required colonists to provide housing for soldiers
What is Quartering Act
100
The rebels that wanted their independence from Britian are called
What are Patriots
100
The shot heard around the world refers to this battle
What is Lexington and Concord
200
There was a shortage of workers on the Plantations in the south this led to the
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade
200
The first representative legislature in American was in the
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses
200
This radical document stated that only the colonial assemblies had the right to tax the colonists
What is Virginia Resolution
200
In this pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, Paine states that the colonies should break away from the British.
What is Common Sense
200
The negotitions after the battle of Yorktown resulted in this
What is Treaty of Paris
300
Due to the rocky soil and mild growign seasons the economy of the North was based on
What is trade
300
Benjamin Franklin attempted to unite the colonies agaisnt the French through this but was unsuccessful
What is Albany Plan of Union
300
These acts were a result of the Boston Tea Party and the British shut down the port of Boston
What is Coercive/Intolerable Acts
300
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are created to protect these and when they do not do this they need to change the government
What is Natural Rights
300
This battle was a turing point in the American Revolution and it secured our alliance with the French
What is Battle of Saratoga
400
The idea of the government is run by the consent of the governed comes from this document created by the pilgrims
What is Mayflower Compact
400
Under the policy of Salutary Neglect the Colonies were able to set up their own
What is governments
400
The taxes placed on the colonists were a result of this event which cost the British a lot of money
What is French and Indian War
400
This petition was sent to the crown by the colonists declaring they are still loyal to the King but not to Parliament. Ultimately it was rejected
What is Olive Branch Petition
400
In this encampment General Washington believed he would have no army by the spring
What is Valley Forge
500
The colonies exist to provide the mother country with raw materials and markets for finished goods is this policy
What is Merchantilism
500
The 13 Colonies are east of this geopraphic feature
What is Appalachian Mountain Range
500
On this date in history, British officials seized John Hanncoks ship which resulted in riots in Boston. As a result the crown sent 4,000 troops to Boston
What is June 1768
500
Common Sense helped more people become
What is Loyalists
500
During the war small pox broke out. General George Washington took a gamble to decrease the amount of deaths through