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Colonies
100
Author of the pamphlet titled "Common Sense" and colonist who inspired almost half the colonists into fighting for independence
What is Thomas Paine
100
cultural movement that brought immigrants to America
What is Enlightenment
100
Coercive Acts were refferred as this?
What is Intolerable Acts
100
another name for legislature
What is Parliament
100
New England Colonies
What is Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
200
Famous American who wrote the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson
200
Peaceful transfer of power when Parliament became more powerful than the King
What is Glorious Revolution
200
Britian could ship tea to America and not pay taxes
What is Tea Act
200
Ruled by a King or Queen
What is Monarch
200
Middle Colonies
What is New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
300
English writer who believed that all people had "natural rights"
What is John Locke
300
colonists dumped 342 chest of British Tea into the Boston Harbor
What is Boston Tea Party
300
Theory that a country's power is based on its wealth
What is Mercantilism
300
rights that Government cannot take away from you
What is Natural Rights
300
Southern Colonies
What is Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
400
French Philosopher who wrote "The Social Contract" and believed all men are created "equal"
What is Jean-Jaques Rosseau
400
Trade that sent rum to Africa from America, slaves to West Indies for sugar and molasses, sugar and molasses to United States to make rum
What is Triangular Trade
400
nobles forced King Henry to sing this document which allowed equal freedom under the law and right to a fair trial
What is The Magna Carta
400
another word for representatives
What is Delegates
400
One similarity among all 13 colonies
What is a constitution
500
Body of Government responsible for approving the Declartion of Independence
What is Second Continental Cogress
500
Battles at Lexington and Concord signalled the start of this famous battle in American History
What is Revolutionary War
500
Document drafted by the Pilgrims on their way to America which was a written plan of government
What is The Mayflower Compact
500
Quaker man who founded Pennsylvania
What is William Penn
500
American Independence was not "official" until approved by this body of legislature
What is British Parliament