On the Map
People of the Colonies
Facts on Acts
Terms, terms, terms
Name that Colony
100
What colony is #2?
New York
100
These two religious groups left Europe for the Americas to escape religious persecution
Pilgrims and Puritans
100
These were also known as the Coercive Acts.
Intolerable Acts
100
This religious group believed in gender equality, nonviolence, religious tolerance. They found a safe haven in Pennsylvania.
Quakers
100
This colony was named after Queen Elizabeth I
Virginia
200
What colony is #3?
Massachusetts
200
This Sons of Liberty member promoted the idea of “No Taxation without Representation"
Samuel Adams
200
Colonists dumped over 340 tea chests into Boston Harbor in retaliation for this act
Tea Act
200
This movement in the 1700s spread idea that reason & logic could improve society.
The Enlightenment
200
Roger Williams supported the separation of church and state in this colony, which he helped to start.
Rhode Island
300
What colony is #13?
Georgia
300
This Black sailor was one of three men who died in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
300
When this act was passed in 1765, colonists were taxed when buying paper goods.
Stamp Act
300
Competition over a fur trading empire in the Ohio River valley led to outbreak of this war with the French and Algonquian & Huron vs. the English and Iroquois League.
The French and Indian War
300
This colony’s original proprietors managed affairs so poorly that the government was overthrown in 1719.
South Carolina
400
What colony is #9?
Maryland
400
This Virginia lawyer's speeches inspired colonists to protest against the British government.
Patrick Henry
400
This act issued by British Parliament stated that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
Declaratory Act
400
This document was signed by male Pilgrim leaders as they traveled to American by ship. It was one of the first attempts at self-government in the English Colonies.
The Mayflower Compact
400
This colony was squarely on the frontier between British and French territories, and was the subject of lots of land disputes.
New Hampshire
500
What colony is #8?
Delaware
500
After an unsuccessful start, Jamestown did better under the leadership of this person.
John Smith
500
This act required colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering Act
500
In this arrangement, colonists who paid their own way to Virginia got 50 acres of land and could get an additional 50 acres for every person they paid to bring over to America.
Headright System
500
This colony was founded by a minister named Thomas Hooker in 1636. His “Fundamental Orders” document was the first to allow men who were not church members to vote.
Connecticut