Colonies
The first successful British settlement in the New World was:
Jamestown
The first of the 13 original British colonies was.
Virginia
The act imposed by the British on the colonies that required all imports and exports to go through England was the ___.
Navigation Act
What act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers
Quartering Act of 1765
The religious movement that took total power from the Catholic Church was
The Great Awakening
What crop caused Jamestown to be successful?
Tobacco
The second of the 13 original British colonies was
Massachusets
Colonies could ship raw iron to England, but couldn't make iron products
Iron Act
The act that placed a tax on paper products was called what?
Stamp Act
The Economic theory that a nation's power comes from accumulating wealth, especially gold and silver, is called:
Mercantile Theory
One negative outcome of the success of tobacco farming in Jamestown was
Slavery
The first Catholic British colony was
Maryland
What act banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
One of the major grievances the Colonists had against England led to the statement _____.
No Taxation without Representation
What helped colonists understand they had God-given rights, united the Colonies through shared religious experience, and prepared colonists mentally for ideas about freedom and resistance?
Great Awakening
During the “Great Migration,” nearly _______ people came to the New World.
20,000
The last of the 13 original British colonies was
Georgia
What allowed British officials to search colonial homes and businesses without specific warrants?
Writs of Assistance
The __________ were four harsh laws passed by Parliament in 1774.
Intolerable Acts
What native chief attacked colonists trying to move into the former French territories
Pontiac
The document that set guidelines for a government to be created later
The Mayflower Compact
The end of the ________ war caused Britain to need money.
French and Indian
What Act stated that colonies must obey the British government "in all cases whatsoever"?
Declaratory Act of 1766
What act banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
The group of revolutionaries led by Sam Adams, who dumped tea in Boston Harbor, was called what?
The Sons of Liberty