Thomas
Colonies
Taxes
General Knowledge
Women
100

Thomas Payne was a ______________.

writer

100

Before they got off the ship, all men had to sign what?

Mayflower Compact

100

The sugar act taxed what kind of items?

molasses

100

Coronado and his soldiers hoped to find this when they were exploring.

Gold

100

What was George Washington's wife name or what was she known by?

Lady Washington

200

Common Sense was a _________________.

pamphlet

200

What are two things that the Native Americans taught the pilgrims to do?

catch fish

hunt deer

plant corn

200

The Townsend tax placed a tax on.....

paper

ead

glass

tea

200

How did the colonists get to the new world (North America)?

by cheese boat

200

What was the name of the teenage girl spy that helped the soldiers and colonists?

Dicey Langston

300

The Declaration of Independence was written by ____________ ______________.

Thomas Jefferson

300

True or False?


The pilgrims moved to America for religious freedom?

TRUE

300

The Stamp Act taxed.......

anything paper

books

cards

pamphlets


300

Who wanted to find a route to China but instead ended up in North America?

Henry Hudson

300

How did the women assist during the war?

They assisted with medical needs of soldiers and provided meals. 

400

Thomas Jefferson was the __________________

Secretary of State

400

The celebration meal the Pilgrims had is remembered on a holiday called?

Thanksgiving

400

What was the Boston Tea party?


Who lead it and who did they dress up as?

It was how the colonists got even with the British by dressing up as NATIVE AMERICANS and throwing boxes and boxes of tea into the ocean.

400

What are two things the Great Plains tribes used bison for?

food

clothing

covers for tents

400

What was the name of the law that said people had to allow soldiers to sleep in the house and they had to provide food for soldiers. 

Quarter Act

500

Thomas Jefferson wanted the capital to be in the ______________.

South

500

PENN started a colony called________________.

Pennsylvania

500

The colonists wanted to be represented and be a part of making decisions about taxes that would affect them. They had a phrase they said over and over. WHat was that phrase. 

No taxation without representation.

500

The native americans adobe walls were covered in ____________.

Yellow soil that explorers thought was gold

500

How did women make a huge impact on the taxes the British were implementing?

They stopped buying certain products like tea. Instead they started boiling pine needles. They refused to buy certain products and that was called a BOYCOTT.