ATB 1
What is the name of the first permanent English settlement in America?
Jamestown
Why did parents in New England teach their children to read?
So they can read the Bible
What does Philadelphia mean?
brotherly love
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the European country that helped Americans in the Revolution?
France
What was the first book printed in America?
Bay Psalm Book
The Stamp Act of 1765 required colonists to:
Purchase government stamps for printed documents
What is the oldest European city in America?
St. Augustine
When did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
July 4, 1776
What agreement did the Pilgrim men sign before they got off the ship at Cape Cod?
Mayflower Compact
What was the official name for those who believed the Church of England should be purified?
Puritans
Which colony was known for its policy of religious freedom, providing refuge for Quakers, Baptists, Jews, and others?
Rhode Island
What did King George III issue that stated that Americans could not settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains?
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Where did Cornwallis surrender to Washington?
Yorktown
In October 1635, what did officials do to Roger Williams?
What was the first written constitution in the American colonies?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What event is known as the turning point that pushed the American colonies towards independence?
The Boston Tea Party
What group of Boston protestors dumped British tea into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty
What agreement did the Confederation Congress ratify that officially ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Beginning in 1643, what did the settlers of Virginia call their assembly?
House of Burgesses
Who was elected as governor of Plymouth Colony after John Carver’s death in 1621?
William Bradford
Who was the African American man who was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
Where did General Washington and his troops spend the cold winter of 1777-1778?
Valley Forge
Who led American forces in the "the West"?
George Rogers Clark
When English ships sailed into the harbor at New Amsterdam, what did the people of New Amsterdam do?
They refused to fight.