13 Colonies
Colonists and Puritans came to the New World (America) seeking?
Gold/economic gain and religious freedom
Who led the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
General George Washington
The Declaration of Independence emphasized that the government gets its power from the: A
A) Ascent of the governed B) Consent of the governed
C) Decent of the governed D) Present of the governed
B) Consent of the governed
Owning humans as property, central to the economy but opposed by American ideals.
Slavery
What did the British incur after the French and Indian War?
War debt
Daily life for most colonial families relied on which of the following:
A) Crafts/Trades B) Hard Work
C) Both A and B D) Neither A or B
C) Both A and B
Washington crossed the Delaware river and successfully attacked this British held town, giving the Americans a moral boost.
Trenton
What crop/plant expanded the use of slavery in the South?
Cotton
Formal statement that declared the colonies free; emphasized rights and liberties. (Hint: break-up letter with King George III)
The Declaration of Independence
The Stamp Act put a tax on what product?
Paper
The New England Colonies focused producing what two industries?
Shipbuilding and Fishing
The last battle of the Revolutionary War is named what?
Yorktown
Slavery was a contradiction of what two American ideals?
equality and liberty
Crispus Attucks
What happened at the Boston Massacre? How many died?
British soldiers shot into a crowd of protesters, 5 died.
The Middle Colonies mostly made/grew what?
Grains
Benjamin Franklin negotiated an alliance with what European country?
France
What rebellion showed the federal government's power to enforce laws and taxes?
The Whiskey Rebellion
The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts by closing Boston harbor and putting Boston under military rule, for what act of colonial defiance?
The Boston Tea Party
Plantations
Where did the Continental Army endure a harsh winter?
Valley Forge
What was the Treaty which officially recognized the United States as an independent nation, ending the Revolutionary War?
The Treaty of Paris of 1783
This war led to taxation and trade restriction being put on the colonies to pay for war debt.
The French and Indian War
What was the slogan the colonists used to protest against the British taxes?
"No taxation without representation"