Colonies & Start of the United States

Colonies

100

How many original colonies were there?

13 Colonies

200

Which country created the Colonies?

Britain

300

Which of the following was NOT one of the first colonies?

- Pennsylvania

- Rhode Island

- Florida

- New York

Florida

400

Which group of colonies were mainly fishermen?

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

New England Colonies

Early America

100

What was the purpose of the "Join or Die" political cartoon?

To warn the colonies that they need to join together to defeat the British or die if they did not

200

Why did Britain raise tax on many goods?

Britain was broke from the French & Indian War, so they needed to raise taxes.

300

To punish the Colonists after the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the ______________ Acts.

Intolerable Acts

Random

100

What year was the first iPhone released?

2007

200

This is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.

Hawaii

300

What was the first Pixar movie?

Toy Story

500

Name the planets of the Solar System in order.

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Sorry Pluto

American Revolution

100

What 2 groups of people did the Colonists break into?

Patriots (wanted to break away from Britain) 

& 

Loyalists (loyal to British)

200

To protest the tax on tea, what did the Colonists do?

Boston Tea Party

(dumped 342 chests of British tea in the ocean)

300

List 2 specific reasons why the Colonists were angry at the British.

- Proclamation of 1763 (could not move West)

- Stamp Act, Townshend Acts (or any taxes)

- Quartering Act (people forced to live with British soldiers)

- Boston Massacre