13 Colonies
What colony became the first state?
Delaware
What country/ group of countries settle most of the colonies?
British/England
Who was the traitor during the American Revolution?
Benedict Arnold
(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
French and Indian War
The first battles of the American Revolution in 1775. British soldiers tried to take colonial weapons, and fighting broke out—"the shot heard 'round the world."
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What colony was settled for Catholics?
Maryland
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the American sailor (basically a pirate) that annoyed the British?
John Paul Jones
protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
A law that put a tax on paper items such as newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents. Colonists had to buy a special stamp to show they paid the tax.
Stamp Act
What colony was settled for the Quakers?
Pennsylvania
Who started the colony of Pennsylvania?
William Penn
What river did Washington cross before the Battle of Trenton?
Delaware River
1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea Party.
Tea Act
A group of colonists who protested British taxes. They sometimes held marches, boycotts, and even secret meetings to fight for colonists' rights.
Sons of Liberty
What mountain range did most of the colonies territories end?
Appalachian Mountains
What was Metacomet's British name?
King Philip
This battle was the end of the American Revolution.
Battle of Yorktown
British laws that put taxes on things the colonists imported, such as glass, paint, paper, and tea. Colonists protested these taxes too.
Townshend Act
An event in 1770 where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people. Colonists used it as proof that the British were treating them unfairly.
Boston Massacre
Who lived in North American before the Europeans?
Native Americans
Who was the name that started the colony of Georgia?
John Oglethorpe
What treaty was signed that ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
A British law that put a tax on sugar and molasses coming into the colonies. It made colonists angry because they had to pay extra money without having a say in the government.
Sugar Act
Harsh laws passed by Britain to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party. One law closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for.
Intolerable Acts