The English Colonies
Economic theory in which a country wants to maximize exports and reduce imports. The result was the creation of more colonies.
Mercantilism
Name for the route in the Triangle Trade in which millions of Africans were imported to the Americas.
Middle Passage
Prevented colonists from settling lands won by the British west of the Appalachian Mountains causing anger.
Proclamation of 1763
Which document included John Locke’s idea that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government?
Declaration of Indepedence
Mr. Connolly's favorite color
Grey
Religious freedom was the primary reason for the founding of which colonial region?
New England
A time in which the colonies were allowed to govern themselves if the colonies remained profitable to England.
Salutary Neglect
A direct tax on all printed material in the colonies.
Stamp Act
Ben Franklin attempted to gain alliances with which nation that was a rival with Britain?
France
The name of Mr. Connolly's dog.
Shug
Why did the plantation system develop in the Southern colonies and not the New England colonies?
Rich soil/long growing season/geographic factors
A religious revival movement in the colonies that promoted a sense of independence and resistance to traditional authority?
Great Awakening
Thomas Paine's pamphlet promoting independence.
Common Sense
Washington famously crossed the Deleware to surprise Hessian forces on Christmas morning at this battle
Trenton
The year Mr. Connolly graduated from high school.
2005
Which region of the English colonies was the most diverse?
Middle Colonies
The name of the colonial government in Virginia gave the colonists a sense of self-government.
House of Burgesses
Four acts passed by Parliament meant to punish the colonists following the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
The battle that seal colonial victory in the Revolution
Yorktown
Mr. Connolly's favorite food.
Pizza
Which group was impacted the most when indentured servitude ended?
Africans
An example of a new blended culture created by importing slaves in North America.
Creole or Gullah
A revolutionary group that conducted acts of protest following the French and Indian War. Samual Adams was one of the founding members
Sons of Liberty
Treaty which the British recognized the colonies as a free and independent nation. Established the western border as the Mississippi River.
Treaty of Paris, 1783
How many players are there in a standard American football team?
11