The Colonization of America
What is a Immigrant?
A person that moves to another country
What is "Taxation without Representation"?
Letting the colonists represent themselves in government to help decide what taxes they should pay.
What is a tax?
Money paid to the government for services.
What was the "shot heard round the world"?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord. (The Colonies challenged the strongest nation in the world!!)
What is a Colony?
A area or region that is settled and controlled by another country
What happened during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks, Angry Colonists, Redcoats firing on crowd, etc.
What does "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" mean?
Liberty is worth the struggle, worth the fight!
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The Colonists had taken a hill looking over Boston. It endangered the British position. They thought they had cannons!
Explain the "Rights of Englishman"
Rights given to "Englishman" from the king like citizenship, right to a trial, right to property, etc.
Why were colonists upset with the Stamp Act and the Tea Act?
Taxation without Representation!
What were the Intolerable Acts?
Cutting off Boston with Warships!
What were some Advantages and Disadvantages for the Colonists?
Adv: Fighting on their own turf, Strong ideals, Good leaders, Woods
Dis: Untrained troops, Low supplies, Small army, Tiny navy
On which side did George Washington fight on in the French and Indian War?
The British
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Dressing up as Native Americans, throwing tea overboard, etc.
Explain how tensions rose after the French and Indian to the Declaration of Independence.
What happened on Christmas day, 1776?
The crossing of the Delaware river!
Who won the French and Indian war and what did they get for winning?
The British. Land, Respect, Bragging rights, etc.
What was the Continental Congress? Who was in it?
Representatives from across the colonies who wanted better treatment from the king! (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin....)
What was the Declaration of Independence? Who wrote it?
A document proclaiming that the colonies were going to be independent. Mostly Jefferson (BF and JA too)
How did the Colonies win the war?
Yorktown, the forests, General Washington, The French, etc.