Colonial Regions
These colonies were known for their shipbuilding and fishing industries.
What is the New England colonies?
According to traditional theories, the first indigenous groups arrived in North America by this method.
What is by foot?
This 1764 act placed a tax on imported sugar and molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
The economic theory that a country's power is based on its wealth, leading to the establishment of colonies.
What is mercantilism?
One complaint listed in this document was the King of England taxed the colonists without giving them a representative in Parliament (no taxation without representation)
What is the Declaration of Independence?
These colonies were called the "bread colonies" for their vast grain production.
What is the Middle Colonies?
The social structure of most Native American tribes was based on these networks.
What is by clans and kinship networks?
This act placed a tax on all printed materials, including newspapers and even playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
The desired balance of trade for a country under mercantilism, meaning selling more than you buy.
What is more exports than imports?
One complaint the colonists described in the Declaration was the King got rid of their own colonial assemblies. Another word for a complaint is
What is a grievance?
The economy of these colonies was heavily based on large-scale farming of cash crops.
What are the Southern colonies?
The ruins of this ancient city demonstrate that some indigenous cultures had complex, planned societies before Europeans arrived.
What is Cahokia?
This 1770 street confrontation between colonists and British soldiers resulted in the deaths of five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This famous document maintains that governments should rule based on the consent of the governed. It is based on Enlightenment philosophies.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence was written to
What is explain the reasons why the colonists were declaring independence from England?
A crop that is raised primarily for sale rather than for a farmer's personal use.
What is a cash crop?
His primary motivation for sailing across the Atlantic was to find an easier trade route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This secret organization of colonists was formed to protest British taxes and protect colonial rights.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This term refers to the transfer of plants, animals, culture, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The war began with the "shot heard 'round the world" at these two locations.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This colonial region had the most enslaved individuals.
What is the South?
In the colonies, this practice became solidified and was tragically based on race.
What is slavery?
A series of punitive laws passed by Britain to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable/Coercive Acts?
An act that required American colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This European country provided crucial financial and military support to the Americans.
What is France?