Early Colonies
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
What was the main reason people came to the colonies?
Land, opportunity, or religious freedom
What two countries fought in the French & Indian War?
Britain and France
What act placed a tax on printed materials?
Stamp Act
What 1770 northeastern event was used as propaganda by colonists?
Boston Massacre
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
What was the economic system in which colonies existed to benefit the mother country?
Mercantilism
What river valley was the main area of conflict during the French & Indian War?
Ohio River Valley
What act taxed glass, paint, and tea?
Townshend Acts
What event saw colonists dump tea into Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
What colony was founded for religious freedom by the Pilgrims
The Middle Colonies were known as the “___ Colonies
Breadbasket
Who gained control of Canada after the war?
Britain
What act forced colonists to house British soldiers?
Quartering Act
What did the colonists boycott to protest taxes?
British goods
What group of colonies focused on trade, shipbuilding, and fishing?
New England Colonies
What was the name of the first elected assembly in the colonies?
House of Burgesses
What did Britain issue to stop colonists from moving west of the Appalachians?
Proclamation of 1763
What group was formed to organize boycotts and protests against British policies?
Sons of Liberty
What economic system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Triangular Trade
What crop saved Jamestown’s economy?
Tobacco
What system brought people to the colonies in exchange for work to pay off their trip?
Indentured servitude
Why did Britain begin taxing the colonies after the war?
To pay war debt and defend colonies
What was the colonists’ main complaint about taxation?
No representation in Parliament
What famous phrase summed up colonial anger toward taxes?
“No taxation without representation"