Colonies
Associated with the story of Pocahontas and part of the Southern Colony.
What is Virginia?
This was abolished as the Americans became citizens with a president.
What is the Monarchy?
Rode into the midnight yelling, 'the British are coming'
Who is Paul Revere?
This meant that younger sons of the nobility could not inherit their fathers’ estates.
What is the Law of Primogeniture?
The first direct tax ever levied by Parliament on the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This clergyman obtained a charter from England to form the colony where he promoted religious freedom.
Who is Roger Williams?
This was drafted between 1787/1788 but it did not protect the rights of women, Native Americans and blacks.
What is the Constitution?
Part of a group that opposed British rule and dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the harbour.
Who is Samuel Adams?
This movement displaced peasants during the British Agrarian Revolution and caused them to move to the colonies.
What is the Enclosure Movement?
This pamphlet roused nationalist sentiment as more and more colonists began to see themselves as Americans and not British citizens.
What is the 'Common Sense'?
This colony was founded by English nobles but bad politics caused a split into north and south.
What is North Carolina?
This group lost their land due to warfare.
Who are the Native Americans?
A famous scientist and writer that participated in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
People from the German speaking regions of Europe migrated because of this reason.
What is the oppressive policies of petty princes?
This group disguised themselves as Native Americans and threw 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor.
Who is the 'Sons of Liberty'?
Started as New Netherland but taken over and renamed by the English in 1664.
What is New York?
This allowed Americans to trade freely with other nations.
What is the end of Mercantilism?
He played a role in the Boston Massacre by encouraging the crowd to attack the main guard as a way of getting rid of the 'lobster backs'.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
People could not find work, artisans could barely earn a living and crops did not yield the desired amount because of this.
What is economic difficulties?
These acts were passed in 1774 to bring the American colonies under control.
What is the Coercive Acts?
The original name of this colony that was also associated with the first Thanksgiving.
What is Plymouth?
This group fought with the British but became fearful of persecution so they migrated.
Who are the blacks or loyalists?
Known as a traitor in the USA, he was given command of West Point but he gave information to the British on how to attack and defeat the fort on the Hudson River.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
In the 1630s, arbitrary rule by this person caused the migration of many Europeans.
Who is Charles I?
A letter to was sent to this monarch asking him to stop punishing Boston and restore peace between the colonies and Britain.
Who is King George III?