13 Colonies
Which England colony was the first to survive?
What is Jamestown
Why did the Pilgrims leave England for the New World?
What is religious persecution/religious freedom.
Name a colonial disobedience by the Sons of Liberty that illustrated frustration with British taxes.
What is Boston Team Party
What document did Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and a couple of others write to announce their separation from allegiance to the crown?
What is the Declaration of Independence
Fortune seekers , religious refugees, enslaved Africans, and the poor settled where?
What is Southern colonies.
How did the New England (Northern) colonies become economically sufficient?
What is lumber, ship building, whaling
What was the name of the trade route the colonists used to buy slaves in west Africa and sell and trade goods with Great Britain?
What is the Trans-Atlantic Trade Route
The British Parliament began to tax the colonist which was very upsetting. Name one of the tax acts that upset the colonist
What is Stamp act, Sugar Act, or Tea Act
What was the name of the committee that came together to decide on declaring independence from Great Britain?
What is the Second Continental Congress
English Colonies settled in New England through the Great Migration, where they planted many political self government) and religious traditions (Protestantism). What two agreements/contracts established self government and a constitution for the early colonies?
What is Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
After the Sugar Act of 1764, the colonists adopted this motto to spread their unhappiness with unfair taxes.
What is taxation without representation
This fight with shots fired on both sides happened because the British were encroaching on colonists to take their weapons and arms.
What is Lexington and Concord.
After the Boston Massacre the colonies got together in order to discuss and create policy in regards to British rule. This meeting of the colonies was called
What is the First Continental Congress
Mercenaries are what? And how are they related to this time period.
What is a person who fights for money and yes there were mercenaries from both sides.
What was the first colonial legislative body whose purpose was to make local laws and decision for their colony?
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses.
What helped the middle colonies to prosper?
What is wheat type crops and a climate of religious tolerance.
Though the British colonies were under British rule, they were a long distance away. This caused the colonies to develop their own
What is self-government
After the Boston Tea Party, Parliament and KG3 created more laws to restrict colonial freedom even more. What were these group of laws called?
What is the Intolerable Acts
The American Troops under General George Washington won this battle, where British General Cornwallis surrendered, ending the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown