Terms 1
The name of the newspaper that Ben Franklin used to print and spread his revolutionary ideas like the Albany Plan of Union.
Pennsylvania Gazette
Name of the British government
Parliament
This is an unofficial army of citizens that come together to fight:
Militia
Great Awakening preacher who preached in fields through the southern colonies, using guilt as his motivating emotion.
George Whitefield
Which European country came for God, Gold, & Glory and was the 1st to come to the New World?
Spain
Economic policy where the mother country profits from its colonies raw materials.
Mercantilism
This conflict led to the English colonists leaving the O.R.V. and drawing the Proclamation Line.
Pontiac's Rebellion
Who lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and who led them?
Puritans; John Winthrop
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Patriots who used any means necessary (protests, violence, threats) to resist English rule.
Area of land that the French & Indian War was fought over:
Ohio River Valley
This was made by the colonists and sent to the king as the last attempt at peace during the 2nd Continental Congress.
Olive Branch Petition
What was the first representative legislature in the colonies? It was located at Jamestown
House of Burgesses
Who helped establish the colony of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
Father of Pocahontas...
Powhatan
Which colony was established as a "religious utopia" and a "holy experiment" by William Penn?
Pennsylvania
This act was given by the king of England, basically saying to the colonies, "You work for us and you belong to us".
Declaratory Act
System in which English settlers could bring over their indentured servants in exchange for land in the colony which they could work on.
Headright System
This person was the hypeman for the colonists leading up to the American Revolution. This person said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Secret meeting of the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia to discuss how to respond to British taxes and especially the Intolerable Acts.
Continental Congress
1st battle of the American Revolution is called:
Battle of Lexington & Concord
A system where a person could bring 50 other settlers to New Netherlands and receive an acre of land in exchange. It was a way in which more people were brought to the colony.
Patroon System
This was made after there was constant fighting between the colonists and Natives, and it declared that colonists were not to settle past a certain boundary.
Proclamation Line (1763)
This person taught the Separatists how to farm...
Squanto
This person brought tobacco to Jamestown and married Pocahontas.
John Rolfe
This is the fort which was built in what would become TN during the French & Indian War.
Fort Loudon