A major crop in Virginia that was high in demand in the Old World
What is tobacco
100
Who were the Dedicated Puritans that broke away from the Church of England and were harassed out of England into Holland where they migrated from to avoid the Dutichification of their children?
Hint: they SEPERATED from the church of england
What is Separatists
100
The two largest immigrant groups to migrate to the US due to crop famine in their country.
What is Irish and Germans
100
The first bloodshed of the revolution.
What is the Boston Massacre
200
A religious movement of the 16th Century launched in Germany by Martin Luther and in England in 1530s when Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church.
It included Calvinism, Puritans, Separatists.
What is Protestant Reformation
200
The document stating that the people will submit to the will of the majority; self-government (1620)
Hint: Had to do with Mayflower and Pilgrims
What is the Mayflower Compact?
200
The religious revival held in the 1730's and 1740's to motivate the colonial America through speakers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield that used emotive spirituality to bring Americans together. This established a number of new Protestant churches
What is The First Great Awakening
200
Acts passed in 1774 that removed Massachusetts charter, restricted town meetings, and formed the new Quartering Act
What are the Intolerable Acts
300
Balboa was a Spanish Explorer who found which ocean?
What is the Pacific Ocean
300
The name of the war lead by King Philip and a group of Indians to fight against the colonists due to their unfair treatment as well as their loss of land. This war slowed immigration.
What is King Philip's War
300
Name the two tax supported or established churches.
What is the Anglican and Congregational Church
300
This Treaty ensured that the British formally recognized US Independence and granted generous boundaries stretching from Mississippi to west, Great Lakes, and Spanish Florida.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1783
400
This concept allowed Spanish governments to give Indians to colonists to Christianize them (slavery)
What is ecomienda
400
Due to the decline of religious devotion churches allowed this action for people who chose not to convert (ex: children of the first generation settlers); it decreased purity of church.
What is Half Way Covenant
400
Due to lack of colonial unity and defense during war, colonists met up in this Congress to keep Iroquois loyal to them. Sign of Colonial Unity
What is the Albany Congress
400
The Document by the 2nd Continental Congress which pledged loyalty and asked for peace and reconciliation that was sent to London (July 1775)
What is the Olive Branch Petition
500
Which indigenous group was taken from their home in Peru?
What is the Incans
500
This system made a landowner pay a laborer 50 acres of land.
What is the Headright System
500
The treaty that officially ended the French and Indian War
What is the treaty of Paris
500
The first law Britain passed on the colonies to raise revenue.