Chapter 3
Which region was known as the "bread basket" colonies?
Middle
What presidential Virginia soldier was sent to the frontier to tell the French to leave, but accidentally started a war instead?
George Washington
What event saw the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans and throw tea into Boston Harbor?
the Boston Tea Party
Forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
The Quartering Act
What law passed after Pontiac's War said that British colonists could not settle in the Ohio River Valley?
The Proclamation of 1763
What were the cash crops of the South?
tobacco, rice, cotton
What was the name of the plan written by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies against the French?
The Albany Plan of Union
What did the colonists call the clash between themselves and British troops that ended with the death of five Americans?
Boston Massacre
Put a tax on all printed material in the colonies, like newspapers and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
After the French and Indian War, what country lost almost all of its colonies in America?
France
What did the Pilgrims sign before they got off the ship that gave them a basic structure of rules for their colony. (Hint: It's named after their ship!)
The Mayflower Compact
What fort sat at the mouth of the Ohio River and was wanted by both the French and the English?
Fort Duquesne (Fort Pitt)
How did Great Britain plan to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War?
taxes
Shut down Boston Harbor until colonists paid for the Boston Tea Party, stopped representative government in Massachusetts, and gave the Ohio River Valley to Quebec
the Intolerable Acts
What is another name for the French and Indian War?
The Seven Years War
What new laws were a direct result of poor whites and free and enslaved Africans working together during Bacon's Rebellion?
Virginia slave codes
What Native American leader started a campaign against the British after the French and Indian War ended?
Pontiac
The Sons of Liberty often burned scarecrows dressed like tax collectors as a form of protest. What was this called?
effigies, or burning someone in effigy
Said that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies "in all cases."
What type of colony is owned by the King?
Royal
What type of worker was sponsored by someone else to come to America, then spent 7-10 years working for the sponsor to pay him back?
Indentured servant
What agreement ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris
What is another name for the Coercive Acts?
the Intolerable Acts
Which Act is an example of a direct tax?
The Stamp Act
FINAL JEOPARDY:
What colony was originally begun as a place that English debtors could have a fresh start?
Georgia