Fancy Words
What is the lack of supplies resulting in huge price increase?
Scarcity
What map feature helps the reader understand what the symbols mean on a map?
Map Key or Legend
What was another name for the seven years war?
French & Indian war
What famous enslaved person became a published poet and encouraged independence and liberty?
Phyllis Wheatly
What document is a written plan of Government?
a Constitution
What economic term means to trade one good for another?
Barter
What continent were the 13 colonies located on?
North America
What River did Washington famously cross to surprise the british forces on Christmas Day 1776?
The Delaware
Who was commander of the continental Army?
George Washington
Whose signature famously stands out on the Declaration of Independence?
John Handcock
What is the term that means to betray your country or attempting to overthrow ones government?
Treason
What was the shapely colonial trade route called that contributed to the slave trade in early American history?
Triangular Trade
During the Boston Tea Party, protesters were disguised as what Native American tribe to hide their identity?
Mohawk
Who earned the nickname "Swamp Fox" for their hit and run tactic strategy during the revolutionary war?
Francis Marion
What famous document was signed and ended the French and Indian War? Must provide the date.
Treaty of Paris 1763
What is a formal agreement between countries often resulting in the end of a war?
Treaty
What land feature did General Cornwallis retreat to Yorktown on that contributed to the british forces being trapped and surrendering at the end of the Revolutionary war?
Peninsula
What is the long horrific journey that enslaved people were forced to endure before arriving in the new world?
Middle Passage
Whose famous last words after being captured as a patriot spy were " I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country!"
Nathan Hale
Who created and printed the political cartoon diplicting a broken snake that encouraged colonies to " Join or Die"?
Benjamin Franklin
What do you call the soldiers who were hired by a foriegn country to fight in a war?
Mercenaries
What map feature helps measure distance and size on a map?
Scale
Where was the first shot fired that began the Revolutionary War and what was it famously called?
Lexington, " The shot heard around the world!"
Who betrayed the Patriots in 1780 and became one of the most famous traitors in American History?
Benedict Arnold
What tax was issued by the king to pay back debt from the French & Indian War?
Stamp Act