Colonial Foundations & Labor
This 1607 Virginia settlement funded by a joint-stock venture survived the "Starving Time" thanks to tobacco.
What is Jamestown?
This 1763 decree prohibited British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Proclamation of 1763?
Enlightenment philosopher who authored "Two Treatises of Government", establishing natural rights to life & liberty.
Who is John Locke?
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army who presided over the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
April 1775 skirmishes known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" that launched the war.
What are Lexington & Concord?
This system granted 50 acres of land to investors for every worker whose passage to America they financed.
What is the Headright System?
This 1765 direct tax on printed paper triggered widespread protests and claims of tyranny.
What is the Stamp Act?
1776 pamphlet written by Thomas Paine arguing that monarchy was absurd and independence was necessary.
What is "Common Sense"?
16-year-old heroine who rode 40 miles through rain to alert New York militia of incoming British troops.
Who is Sybil Ludington?
July 4, 1776 document formally severing ties with King George III and outlining unalienable rights.
What is Declaration of Independence?
This 1676 revolt by frontier farmers led Virginia planters to shift heavily toward perpetual chattel slavery.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Protest in December 1773 where the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of British goods into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
French thinker whose "Spirit of the Laws" inspired dividing government into three distinct branches.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
African American hero of Bunker Hill commended by 14 officers for exceptional battlefield bravery.
Who is Salem Poor?
October 1777 victory in New York that served as the turning point, convincing France to join as an ally.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
John Winthrop envisioned this Massachusetts Bay Colony as a strictly reformed Christian model community.
What is a "City Upon a Hill"?
Punitive 1774 British laws that closed Boston Harbor and placed Massachusetts under military occupation.
What are Intolerable Acts?
Known as the "Father of the Constitution", he proposed the Virginia Plan and co-authored The Federalist Papers.
Who is James Madison?
Prussian officer who drilled and transformed the Continental Army into a disciplined force at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
America's first frame of government, created in 1777, which formed a weak "League of Friendship."
What are Articles of Confederation?
Economic system mandating that colonies exist solely to enrich the mother country through exclusive trade.
What is Mercantilism?
1765 legislation requiring colonists to provide food and housing to stationed British redcoats.
What is the Quartering Act?
Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights who refused to sign the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Who is George Mason?
Advocate who famously urged her husband in letters to "Remember the Ladies" in the new nation's laws.
Who is Abigail Adams?
1781 final major siege where Cornwallis surrendered after being trapped by Washington and the French Navy.
What is the Siege of Yorktown?