Acts and Taxes
Wars
Other Facts
Colonies
Early Settlements
100

Passed in 1765, forced colonists to provide housing and goods to British Soldiers

The Quartering Act

100

Britain's reason for passing numerous acts/taxes

War Debt

100

Event which protested the Tea Act of 1773. Sons of Liberty threw tea into the Boston Harbor


The Boston Tea Party

100
This colony was established as a buffer zone between this territory and Spanish Florida. (Extra points if you can name other facts about this colony).

Georgia

100
Founded in Virginia in 1607 by wealthy men looking to find gold. Settled in marshy area along the Chesapeake Bay.

Jamestown

200

Passed in 1767, Colonists were forced to pay taxes on tea, glass, paper, lead, etc. Were also forced to only buy goods from Britain. 

The Townshend Acts

200

War that lasted from 1754-1763 in North America

French and Indian War

200

Secret patriotic group that organized protests and boycotts

The Sons of Liberty

200

Established by John Winthrop, and Puritans, as a "city on a hill". (Extra points if you can name other facts about this colony). 

Massachusetts Bay Colony

200

This group of American Indians originally lived in this area in Virginia, and helped colonists survive through trading goods and teaching farming techniques. 

The Powhatan Tribe

300

On same day Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament enacted these laws. Declared they had "virtual representation" in government. 

Declaratory Act

300

Another name for the French and Indian War

The Seven Years War

300

Saying Colonists adopted to voice their opinions about the Declaratory Act, and other taxes passed

No Taxation Without Representation

300

This colony was established by Thomas Hooker who had issues with Puritan politics. (Extra points if you can name other facts about this colony). 

Connecticut

300

This crop made Jamestown a profitable settlement. Discovered by John Rolfe, this crop was mass produced and widely popular in England. 

Tobacco

400

Passed in 1765, Colonists were taxed on every single paper document, diploma, playing cards, etc.

The Stamp Act

400

Name the victors and losers of the French and Indian War. (Extra points if you can name who gained land and who lost land). 

France- Lost

Spain- Lost

Great Britain- Winner

400

Woman in Massachusetts Bay who openly disapproved of Puritan teachings and strict laws. Helped establish Rhode Island. (Extra points if you can say what happened after she left). 

Anne Hutchinson

400

This colony was established by Quakers, specifically William Penn. Was given this colony by King Charles to pay off a debt to Penn's late father. (Extra points if you can name other facts about it). 

Pennsylvania

400
Name of the winter season from 1609-1610. Population declined rapidly, every two of three colonists survived. 

The Starving Time

500

Name items taxed from the Sugar Act

Sugar, wine, molasses, coffee, textiles/cloth

500

Name the three powers in North America before the French and Indian War (extra points if you can name other countries, or specifically name who owned what). 

Spain, France, Great Britain

500

Name ways that the Quakers were unique. How was their colony different than others?

Believed women could speak freely, religious tolerance, bought land from American Indians instead of stealing, were Pacifists, cultural melting pot.  

500

This colony was given by the Dutch after conflicts with the British. The territory was given to the Duke of York, and was named after his title. (Extra points if you can name other facts about it).

New York

500

Name the conditions/things in Jamestown which made it difficult for English settlers to live. 

Marshy land, dirty water, no knowledge of new world, unhealthy practices, later hostilities with natives, "the starving time", wealthy men unwilling to work.