Who is the person who led Bible studies which brought into question Puritan theology and divided the community in Boston. This person also helped to found the colony of Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchinson
100
What is a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
Boston Massacre
100
What is an economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
Mercantilism
100
What caused independence to be recognized, boundaries extended to Canada to the north, the Mississippi River to the west, and Florida to the south.
Signing the Treaty of Paris 1783
100
What is a contract given to someone to establish a colony
charter
200
Who wrote the first history of the American Revolutionary War based on notes she had taken.
Mercy Otis Warren
200
What war comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France.
French and Indian War
200
What is a trade developed between the colonies, England, West Africa, and West Indies as enslaved people were exchanged in the colonies for goods
Triangular Trade
200
Who is an American colonist who supported independence from Great Britain
Patriot
200
What is an agreement that established the idea of self-government and majority rule.
Mayflower Compact
300
Who is the founder of U.S. Navy and led raids on British vessels during the American Revolution.
John Paul Jones
300
What is the first permanent English settlement in North America established in 1607, significant because it became a profitable venture producing tobacco and using enslaved Africans
Jamestown
300
What is a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin
The Albany Plan of Union
300
What are the 1st battles of the war; (“The shot heard ‘round the world”), involved the engagement of British soldiers with colonial “minutemen”
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
300
What is the first representative assembly in the American colonies
The Virginia House of Burgesses
400
Who are two Enlightenment philosophers who wrote the separation of powers and believed that personal liberty could coexist with political order. They are responsible for influencing our Declaration of Independence.
Charles Montesquieu and John Locke
400
What British Parliament law; forbid the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains, Britain wanted a buffer zone between the colonists and American Indian tribes (reduce threat of violence), but the colonists wanted to settle the fertile Ohio River Valley
Proclamation of 1763
400
What is fundamental rights or natural rights guaranteed to people naturally, possessed at birth, instead of being granted by the government
Unalienable rights
400
What is a document drafted during the 2nd Continental Congress to formally declare independence from Britain. Written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by John Hancock
Declaration of Independence
400
What is a political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people
representative government
500
Who became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
500
What consisted of delegates from nine colonies. Drafted a petition to King Gorge III declaring that the colonies could only be taxed by colonial legislatures
Stamp Act Congress
500
a revivalist movement where preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield addressed large crowds of people.
The First Great Awakening
500
What is the turning point of the war with victory for the patriots, helped to convince France to join the colonists
The Battle of Saratoga
500
Who is the leader of Puritans that migrated to Hartford, Connecticut; influenced the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut