Causes of the Revolution
What was the name of the pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, that inspired skeptics to support the revolution?
Common Sense
As a result of the French and Indian war, which nation won, doubled the size of their territory in North America?
England
First British colony in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia
Jamestown
Tax on paper goods, which was the first direct tax on the North American British colonies, and increased criticism of the British government
Stamp Act
England and France were fighting over territory in the _____ River Valley
Ohio
Cash crop that allowed Virginia to flourish, and led to the importation of African slaves to work in Plantations
Tobacco
Year that King George III proclaimed that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains (Same year that the French and Indian War ended)
1763
What was the decisive battle that ended the French and Indian War?
Battle of Quebec
Puritan Pilgrims founded this colony in 1620
Plymouth
Following the French and Indian War, England required the colonies to provide housing and shelter, an unpopular law called the ______ Act
Quartering
What was the name of the British general who fought on the side of the British in the first battle of the French and Indian War, and would become America's first president
George Washington
As the population of the Massachusetts Bay colony grew, there was a wave of hysteria between 1692 and 1693 in witch 200 people were accused of being witches in what town?
Salem
As a result of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, the British soldiers retreated to which city
Boston
Name of the Native American group that refused to form a formal alliance with England during the French and Indian War
Iriquois
Name of Native American woman who helped the early Virginia settlers survive
Pocahontas