Vocab
What was the House of Burgesses?
Democratically elected government representatives.
What is the Stamp Act?
Tax that required royal stamps on all forms of paper.
Who was George Washington?
What happened in the Battle of Trenton and Princeton?
Long growing season, plantations; slavery.
What is a boycott?
Refusing to buy British goods.
What is the Tea Act?
It was a tax on tea; led to smuggling of tea and the Boston Tea Party.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
What happened in the Jamestown Colony?
Colony nearly died out; Colonists searched for gold without any regards to growing food.
What is mercantilism?
When a country uses their colonies to many money.
What are the Quartering Acts?
Acts that forced Colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Colonists who staged rebellions to fight against the Britishl.
What happened at the Battle of Saratoga?
It was the turning point of the war; Colonists gained momentum and the French joined the war.
Describe the Plymouth Colony.
Laws were strict with harsh punishments; based on the bible.
What is a loyalist?
A colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.
What is the Intolerable Acts
Response to the Boston Tea Party; closed the port of Boston, banned town meetings.
Who was General Cornwallis?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Describe the geography and economy of the New England Colonies.
Rocky coastline, longer winters, limited agriculture. Economy based on ship building, whaling, trade, and fishing.
What is a Puritan/Pilgrim?
A person who left England to escape persecution.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Series of taxes passed by Parliament from 1767-1768 to pay for the governing of the colonies.
Who was Squanto?
Native who helped Puritan and native relations.
What happened in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Even though they lost, it was a moral victory for the Americans; showed them and Great Britain they had a chance of winning the war.
What happened to the Roanoke Colony?
Founders went back to England for supplies. When they arrived back, the colony was deserted with the word "CROATOAN" carved in a tree nearby.