Important Documents
This is the first form of self government in the New World, written in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This is the economy of the Middle Colonies.
What is trade and growing grain/wheat?
This is the religious group of the New England colonies.
What are the Puritans?
This was a religious revival in the colonies that contributed to the revolutionary spirit.
What is the 1st Great Awakening?
This is the location of the first shots of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This is the belief that all people must follow the law - Kings and peasants alike
What is the Rule of Law?
This is the economy of the New England colonies.
What is shipbuilding and fishing?
This is the only colonial region that did NOT come to the colonies for religious reasons.
What is the Southern colonies?
This is the name of the war that led to the British ending salutary neglect and exerting more control over the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This is the leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This document was written to convince other colonists to declare independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
This is the name of the southern colony that cultivated tobacco in Jamestown, making it a successful business venture.
What is the Virginia Colony?
This is the name of the leader of the Quakers, a diverse religious group who treated the Natives with respect and was against slavery.
Who is William Penn?
This is the name of the group who led protests against British taxes.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This is the name of the battle that convinced the French to ally with the colonists.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This is the document that stated the British colonists could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This is the system of using colonies to profit off trade, which mainly benefits the Mother Country alone.
What is Mercantilism?
This is the name of the sermon from John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay colony in the New England colonies.
What is "City Upon a Hill"?
This is the true reason the colonists had an issue with the British taxes.
What is 'they did not have representation in government'?
This is the last battle of the Revolutionary War, at which General Cornwallis will surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
During the 2nd Continental Congress, this document was drafted, which stated the new government would be limited and based on the will of the people.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Name the items sent along the Triangle Trade. (You must correctly list what was sent from each of the locations for credit.)
What is..
- The colonies sent raw materials to Europe
- Europe sent manufactured goods to Africa
- Africa sent slaves to the colonies
List the form of self government for each colonial region.
New England: Town Hall Meetings
Middle: Penn's Holy Experiment
Southern: House of Burgesses
This is the purpose of the Albany Plan.
What is ' to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War'?
This is the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and declared the U.S. an independent country.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?