The New World
The American Colonies
Laws and Taxes in Colonies
Beginning of the Revolutionary War
Vocabulary words
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countries sent explorers to find new __________.

land

100

Colonists had to find ________ to eat and build their own homes.

food

100

The king passed new _________ after the war.

laws or rights

laws

100

The colonists made their own American army.  Who was the American army leader?

George washington

100

What is freedom?

The ability to do what you want

200

People wanted to start a new life  in __________.

America

200

Who taught the colonists to find food and build houses?

Native Americans

200

Laws made the colonists pay ______.

food or taxes

Taxes

200

The colonists wanted ____________ from Great Britain.

freedom or rules

Freedom

200

What is a king?

a man born to rule a country 

300

People that came to live in the new country were called__________

colonists

300

What happened when more colonists came to start colonies?

Took over Native American land, Native Americans went to Europe, people decided they didn't like America

Took over Native American land

300

Colonists wanted to fight for their __________.

house or rights

rights

300

Paul Reevere rode on a ____ all night to the colonists the British were coming.

horse or car

horse

300

What is a right?

something a person is allowed to do, have, or get

400

What did people in other places call the new land?

America

Greece

Atlantic Ocean

America

400

What did the colonists have to keep order in the colonies?

cell phones, own rules and leaders, guard dogs

own rules and leaders

400

What did the colonists do about taxes?

protested or sang and danced 

protested

400

___________ could be ready to fight at a minute's notice

Minnutemen

400

What is a war?

an argument between countries or groups in which sides are taken

500

How did people get to the new land?

Drive cars, ride trains, or on a ship

on a ship

500

What was the name of the war that took land from Native Americans?

French and Indian War

500

How did the colonists protest?

eating corn, dumping tea, drawing maps

dumping tea into the ocean

500

What did the leaders of the colonies write?

Declaration of Independence

500

What is an army?

group of people who fight to keep a country safe