13 Colonies
Early Government
Excise Taxes
Fun/Challenge
Road to Revolution
100
The geographic features of New England can be described as...
lots of natural harbors, rocky soil, cold winters and mild summers
100
The famous revolutionary slogan was "No taxation without...
Representation"
100
This act taxed Sugar and Molasses
Sugar Act
100
Maspeth High School's official mascot is....
The Argonauts
100
This Boston protest was an act of rebellion against the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
200
These colonies were known as the Breadbasket colonies
Middle Colonies
200
What was the first attempt at representative government in Virginia known as?
The House of Burgesses
200
This Act taxed paper products like newspapers and playing cards
Stamp Act
200
Who was President of the United States before Barack Obama?
George Bush
200
What British action caused American colonists to protest in the 1760s?
Laws passed by the British Parliament regulating colonial trade
300
Factors that influenced the economic development of the colonial South
Warm and wet growing seasons; fertile soil?
300
The first written laws and elected leader in the 13 colonies are known as the... (hint: Puritans in Plymouth)
Mayflower Compact
300
This Act made it mandatory for colonists to let British soldiers live in their home, and made colonists pay for their provisions
Quartering Act
300
Which state is highlighted below?
Pennsylvania
300
Colonists protesting the Stamp Act, Sons of Liberty forming to protest, the Boston tea party, and the passing of the Coercive Acts all led to WHAT war?
The Revolutionary War
400
How did the settlement of the 13 colonies effect Native American populations?
It caused a drastic decrease in Native Populations due to the spread of diseases like smallpox, and violence with the settlers
400
Colonies in New England hosted these as a form of self government
Town Meetings
400
This Act made it so that colonists couldn't print their own money
Currency Act
400
What Massachusetts town famously had "Witch Trials"?
Salem
400
What actions by the British government after the French and Indian War made the colonists want to fight for independence?
Being taxed without representation
500
What geographic feature did the British government use in 1763 as a boundary to restrict westward settlement of American colonists?
Appalachian mountains
500
The House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and New England town meeting are important because...
They represent colonial efforts at self-government
500
This Act taxed glass, lead, paint, and tea
Townshend Acts
500
The Native American tribe that originally lived on the land that is Maspeth, Queens was called...
Mespeatches
500
This British policy said that colonies should benefit the mother country, allowing Britain to control the colonies' trade to ensure that the colonies traded mostly with England
Mercantilism