Acts/Laws
a law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies; also called for harsh punishments of smugglers
Sugar Act
What is the name of the ocean between The New World (Colonies ) and Europe?
Atlantic Ocean
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which 5 colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed
Boston Massacre
Name of the new government after winning the Revolution
Articles of Confed.
What document replaced the AOC?
U.S. Constitution
Required colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies
Quartering Act
fertile soil and a warm climate allowed Southern Colonies to grow what?
Cash Crops-Cotton, tobacco, and rice
First battle of the Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord
List one accomplishment of the AOC
1. Independence
2. NW Ordinance of 1787
Name of the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims
Squanto
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which 5 colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed
Boston Massacre
What are the main 2 reasons Pilgrims left England for the "New World"?
religious freedom
better opportunities
Loyalists wanted _______________________ and Patriots wanted ____________________.
stay united with and fight for the British side
Independence from England
List one weakness of the AOC that is NOT the inability to tax
1. Foreign Affairs - No respect from foreign countries
2. Internal Conflicts - Shays's Rebellion
3. cannot raise army
Which future American political leader gained his military experience fighting in the French-Indian War and the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
Not Allowed to move past the Appalachian Mountains to avoid conflict with Native Americans after the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
To establish a settlement on a distant land and to rule it with the Mother Country where the settlers came from, is callled_____________?
Colonization
This was a signed document before going to war with England explaining why colonists wanted to be independent.
Declaration of Independence
set up a process to add new states in the Northwest Territory
Northwest Land Ordinance
What negative outcome happened to the British because of the French-Indian War?
Debt
First direct tax paid by the people of the colonies on all paper goods.
Stamp Act
What are the names of the 3 countries that wanted to colonize the NEW WORLD?
England, Spain, and France
Name of Treaty that ended the Rev. War and besides independence, what did the STATES also get?
Treaty of Paris
Chance to move westward...
What event proved that the Articles of Confederation was too weak and needed to be replaced
Shays Rebellion
When did the Pilgrims land at Plymouth, MA and what was the boat they sailed on?
1620
Mayflower