Declaration of Independence
What day traditionally celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
Extra credit: What year? (hint: Philadelphia has a sports team named after that year.)
the 4th of July
1776 (go Sixers!)
13
What war put England into a debt the King tried to pay for by taxing the colonies?
The French and Indian War
Most of the original settlers in the first two colonies--Jamestown and Plymouth Colony--
a. went back to England
b. became wealthy landowners
c. died
C. most died from hunger, disease, native attacks, and exposure (not enough shelter).
The name of the sailing route from Europe to Africa to the Americas is called...
the Triangle Trade
What city was the Declaration of Independence signed in?
Philadelphia
What colony was founded by the famous Quaker, William Penn?
Pennsylvania
Which popular drink and which tax on official documents and other kinds of paper were among the most unpopular with the colonists?
Tea nad stamps (the Stamp Act)
Most of the sugar produced in the colonies was sent to England as...
rum.
Europe to Africa to the Americas
What building was the Declaration signed in?
Independence Hall
What was the first English colony established in North America?
Virginia
What slogan came out of these taxes?
No taxation without representation.
The Puritans came to America for religious freedom.
Once here, they a) welcomed all religions, b) required everyone in the colony to follow their religion on pain of death, c) discouraged people of other religions from coming, but basically left them alone if they did.
B) Made a theocracy and brutally punished "heretics," or non-believers
True or false: Hundreds of slave rebellions happened across the Caribbean and North America.
True
What did the Declaration of Independence "declare"?
(Be specific)
Independence from Britain.
What two groups formed the first settlements in Massachusetts?
The Pilgrims and the Puritans
What "representation" did English citizens in England have that the colonists did not?
members of Parliament (their Congress)
Most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, which asserted that "all men are created equal" believed this applied to a) everyone, b) everyone but blacks and natives, c) only to white men with property.
C. not the poor and not women, as well as blacks (free or not) and native Americans (even if they were Christian converts).
True or false: Northerners did not own many slaves but did profit from the slave trade by buying and selling them and by owning plantations in the Caribbean.
True
What three things did the Declaration of Independence say government is meant to protect?
The life, liberty and pursuit of happiness (property) of its citizens.
What were the two main reasons English settlers came to America?
religious freedom and economic opportunities (to get out of debt or to get property and opportunity)
One famous protest that resulted in the killing of Crispus Attucks and other protestors was called...
Extra credit: Why is this ironic?
the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks was black
Who was the most famous and influential Philadelphian during the Colonial Period?
Ben Franklin
The main cash crops grown with enslaved people during the Colonial period of American history were:
sugar, rice, and indigo (a plant used for dye)
(Cotton did not become an important crop until after the invention of the cotton gin in the 1800's).