Reasons for Colonization
What was England’s primary reason for sending colonists to Jamestown?
Economic
What was the main motivation for the Triangular Trade?
To make money
This was the first representative assembly in the colonies.
House of Burgesses
What is the name of the British act that forced colonists to house British soldiers?
Quartering act
What year did the colonists Declare Independence?
1776
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
Why did slavery take hold in the Southern Colonies?
The climate and geography made large, labor intensive plantations profitable
The King is not above the law
Expressed the idea that the governed have rights
Was the result of a conflict between the king and his nobles
The ideas above reflect which important document?
English Bill of Rights
The Boston Massacre was used as propaganda by the Patriots to convince colonists to fight for Independence. What is meant by Propaganda?
biased or misleading information, used to promote a particular point of view.
Where did “the shot heard around the world” take place?
Lexington and Concord
Name the colony founded as a refuge for Catholics.
Maryland
This region would turn to shipping and trading as major economic activities due to its poor soil and long winters.
New England
What are “unalienable rights?”
Right that cannot be taken away
The Townshend Acts were a series of new laws that punished New York for not abiding by the Quartering Act.
Which of the laws allowed British soldiers to search the colonists’ homes and businesses and seize any “smuggled” goods?
The Intolerable Acts
The turning point of the American Revolution was after which battle?
Battle of Saratoga
This colony was founded in order to reduce crowding in England’s debtor prisons and as protection against the Spanish
Georgia
This commodity made up most of the trade from Africa to the Western Hemisphere on the “Middle Passage” of Triangular Trade routes…
Slaves
This English philosopher’s ideas included one that says all mankind are born with natural rights. Among these rights are: “life, liberty and the right to own property.”
John Locke
Which of the forms of political protest were most effective (meaning the king listened/made changes to his policies) for the colonists?
Boycotting British Goods
his was the Continental Army’s winter camping spot. It was here that soldiers received military training and morale boosts from Washington?
Valley Forge
Why were Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Maryland founded?
Religious Freedom
This economic system was characterized by England’s strict control over the colonies’ trade…
Mercantilism
How did the Mayflower Compact contribute to the ideal of representative democracy?
Established the idea of self-Government.
The event in the picture lead to a series of Acts that the Colonists referred to as the Intolerable Acts. They were designed as punishments until the Colonists repaid the $$$ for tea.
What was the name given to these Acts by Parliament, and what are 2 of the punishments listed in them?
Coercive Acts- shut down ports of Boston, cancelled Boston Assembly, more Quartering Act
What were to 2 main effects of the Treaty of Paris 1783?
Britain recognized American Independence and the U.S. acquired land up to the Mississippi River