The Colonies
Why did people come colonize the northern colonies?
For religious freedom
What is the Enlightenment?
A period when society was influenced by philosophies grounded in rational thought
What is the name of the travel between Africa and North America where enslaved Africans were transported? Describe the conditions of that travel
Middle Passage
What started the French and Indian War? What was it fought over? Who won the war?
Colonists expanding, French v England, England
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The British
What is a royal colony
A colony where the King of England chooses the governor
What is the Great Awakening?
A time when people got excited about religion and thought revolutionary thoughts like emphasizing the power of the people
What are the main 2 reasons that Native Americans on the east coast died?
Disease and War
Why did English start taxing Colonists?
They were broke because they paid for the French and Indian War
Why did the Battle of Lexington and Concord start?
General Gage came to Lexington and Concord to arrest Samual Adams and John Hancock
Identify and explain the style of government in the northern colonies
They use an elected assembly which is when one leader from every town comes to an assembly to choose the governor
Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers had the philosophy: "Government exists by the consent of the governed"
A - John Locke
B - Rousseau
C - Montesquieu
A - John Locke
What was the reason for the start of King Phillips War? How did the war end?
Colonists expanding, the colonists won
What is Salutory Neglect? Why and When did Salutory Neglect End
The policy of not enforcing taxes, it ended after French and Indian War
What was the result of the 1st Continental Congress?
A Declaration of Rights is sent to England
What is the economy of the middle colonies?
Staple crops and trade
What is Montesquieu's theory and how did it contribute to the American Revolution?
That government should be split into three branches and it made people not believe in the British Monarchy
What was the cause of the Pequot War? Who was it fought between? Who won?
Colonists expanding, colonists and native Americans, the colonists
What was the Boston Tea Party? What caused the Boston Tea Party?
Taxes on tea, colonists dressed up as native americans and threw tea in the boston harbor
What is result of 2nd Continental Congress
Massachusetts Militia, Olive Branch Petition
How do the northern colonies' relationship with England differ with the southern colonies' relationship with England
The northern colonies have a weaker relationship because the northern colonies have the people choose the governor and the southern colonies have the King of England choose the governor
Rousseau. A social contract says that people give up freedom and follow rules in exchange for saftey
Why did colonists typically win wars between colonists and Native Americans? Why did Europeans typically enslave Africans and not the other way around
Why were the intolerable acts passed? What were the 5 parts of the intolerable acts?
Colonists don't get canada, Massachusetts becomes a royal colony, colonists must house british soldiers (quartering act), British soldiers who commit crimes in colonies can be brought back to England for trial
Connect the Northern colonies political structure to the fact that the Revolutionary War started in the north and not in the south