Key Terms
The Colonies
Events
D.O.I.
Begins with T
100

The person who headed the British Monarchy that the colonists wanted Independence from

Who is King George III?

100

This colonial region was most likely to have large plantations that grew cash crops.

What is Southern?

100
The King announced this which forced colonists off the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains and set the land aside for Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100

True or False: The Colonists viewed the British as Oppressive Rulers?

What is TRUE

100

This item was thrown in the Boston Harbor to protest the British monopoly on its sale

What is Tea?

200

Give 2 examples of everyday items that were taxed

What are tea, paper, printed goods, glass, anything imported.

200

This factor below was MOST responsible for determining economic activities in the colonies;

A) King George III

B) Geography

C) Religion

What is Geography?

200

This occurred when colonists started calling British soldiers names and throwing stones at them. 5 Colonists would end up being killed.

What is the Boston Massacre?

200

In BOTH the Declaration of Independence AND the Constitution, where does the power of the Government come from?

Who are the 'Consent of the Governed' aka THE PEOPLE?

200

Colonists protested these because they had no  representation in Parliament

What are taxes?

300

This costly war became a reason for the increases in taxes on the colonists

What is the French and Indian War (Seven Years War)

300

New York is located in this colonial region

What are the middle colonies?

300

The ___________ Act was imposed on the colonists of Boston, which is a direct motivation for the 3rd Amendment's creation.

What is the Quartering Act?

300

According to the D.O.I., what rights are given to ALL people that can never be taken away? Name AT LEAST TWO! (HINT: Unalienable rights - 3 of them)

What is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

300

The man who wrote Common Sense arguing for independence.

Who is Thomas Paine?

400

This all female group protested by organizing spinning bees to help colonists boycott british goods.

Who are the Daughters of Liberty?

400

This law created a boundary that prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains into the 'Indian Lands'

What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?

400

The western limit of the United States of America after winning the Revolutionary War

What is The Mississippi River? 

400

These groups were not truly considered in the Declaration of Independence, highlighting some hypocrisy of the 'American Revolution'. Name 3.

Who are Women, Native Americans, and Enslaved Peoples?

400

This Act, passed by Parliament, put a tax on glass, paint, and paper imported to the colonies from other nations

What are the Townshend Acts?

500

The colonies were used to send raw materials to G.B. who would then send back finished goods to the colonies to make a profit. This system is called...

What is mercantilism?

500

After the French and Indian war, G.B. began to pay far more attention to the colonies than they had previously, ending this policy.

What is Salutary Neglect?

500

The first shots of the American Revolution. "The shot heard 'round the world." (Name both battle sites)

What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

500

The place that the Continental Congresses met.

Where is Philadelphia?

500

What the signers of the Declaration of Independence could have been accused of. (HINT: A crime when you go against your country)

What is treason?