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King of England during the American Revolution. He issued The Proclamation of 1763 that angered the colonists.
KING GEORGE III.
100
Document written in which the American colonists explain their reasons for wanting to separate/break-up from Great-Britain
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
100
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims came to the Americas on.
Mayflower
100
The first commander-in-chief or president of the new nation USA
George Washington
100
This region of the 13 colonies attracted Englishmen who wanted to get quick profits, developed large cash crop plantations (tobacco, indigo, cotton, rice) that relied heavily on the forced labor of African slaves; there were few towns.
Southern Colonies
200
Tax issued by Britain in 1765, on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. Colonists had to pay for a piece of paper affixed to documents or packages to show they had been paid.
Stamp Act
200
Someone that wanted to be free from British rule.
Patriot
200
The Patriot leader from Boston whose midnight rides warned of the British coming to Lexington and Concord.
Who is PAUL REVERE
200
Motto of the Revolutionary War (Patriots)
No taxation without representation (is tyranny)!
200
Tense relations between the British military and colonists that led to a confrontation on March 5, 1770, with colonists throwing snowballs, ice, and clubs at British troops, and ended with British soldiers shooting and killing five people.
What is the BOSTON MASSACRE
200
Populated by English Puritans who sought religious freedom when they arrived on the Mayflower in 1620, this region of the 13 colonies has mostly small farms due to dense forest, cold climate, and rocky, unfertile soil; its economy relied on fishing/whaling, and shipbuilding.
New England Colonies
300
This act put a tax that the colonists had to pay taxes on barrels of tea.
Tea Act
300
George Washington's decisive victory over General Lord Charles Cornwallis who surrendered; considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
300
On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a new name for what had been called the "United Colonies.” From now on they would be the _____ _____ of _________.
United States of America
300
Who won the revolutionary war?
The Colonists
300
True or False:
The British King needed the money from the colonists' taxes to pay for the French-Indian war he had won. (protecting the borders of the 13 British colonies)
TRUE
300
It was someone in the colonies who supported staying loyal to England.
What is a LOYALIST
400
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
400
Dressed as Native Americans, the Sons of Liberty protested the tax on tea by ...
Boston Tea Party/threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
400
What day was the DOI approved
July 4 1776
400
A colonist that did not takes sides during the American Revolution.
Neutral/neutralist
400
What is it called when people refuse to buy goods from a particular group or country?
A boycott.
400
One of the most diverse and tolerant region of the 13 colonies (with Dutch, French, Scandinavians and Germans settlers). Its fertile soil allowed cereals to be grown on large farms; the largest cities in the colonies are in this region.
Middle Colonies
500
Large British armies were sent in North America to defend the 13 English colonies in this 7-year long war, the F ____- I____ War. The $ spent made King George III request even more taxes from the colonies to repay the war debt.
French-Indians War
500
What are the Unalienable Rights seen in the DOI
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
500
The French - Indian War was fought between the _______________ and ________________ for the territories in North America.
The French and British
500
Lexington and Concord, are known as the first battles that led to the war between Britain and the colonies: it is the _______ ________ around the _______.
the shot heard around the world
500
Join or Die, the first political cartoon to encourage colonists to unite against the French and the Natives was created by B ____ F______ a Founding Father who was also a scientist and inventor. He's on the $100 bill.
Benjamin Franklin
500
The 3 regions of the 13 English colonies
New England, Middle, and Southern
600
The first meeting of the 13 colonies where they first discussed being United Colonies against the Intolerable Acts (taxes) imposed by the British.
1st Continental Congress
600
the number of colonists that died during the Boston Massacre
5 civilians
600
the right to self governance
sovereignty
600
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the ...
Declaration of Independence
600
The Declaration of Independence - the founding document of the United States - was adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in the city of P ______________.
Philadelphia
600
Diseases from Europe had a devastating effect on 90% of the _____ populations.
Native/Native American