S, M, N Colonies
Enlightened Ideas
Life in the Colonies
British V. Colonists
Declaring Independence
100
This set of colonies had long, cold winters and rocky soil.
What is the Northern Colonies?
100
This was the 18th-century European and intellectual movement in which people began to change their views on the world and on society.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
This 1764 act put a tax on Rum, Molasses, and Sugar.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
This was the phrased coined by the colonists regarding not having a say in British Parliament, but having to the pay the taxes that they were enforcing.
What is, "No Taxation Without Representation!"
100
This was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
These were known as the "bread basket" colonies because of the large amounts of wheat, rye and corn that were harvested here.
What are the Middle Colonies?
200
John Locke is known for his ideals on THESE (include life, liberty, and property).
What are Natural Rights?
200
This war put the British in a large amount of debt. As a result, they decided to harshly tax the Colonists.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This image depicts an event that the Sons of Liberty used as propaganda to turn colonists away from the British and towards revolution.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
America's first attempt at self governance was called the ___________________.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
300
This set of colonies had the VA House of Burgesses.
What are the Southern Colonies?
300
The principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
What is Rule of Law?
300
This was a series of acts passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party (when colonists dumped 15,000 lbs. of British tea into the Boston Harbor).
What are the Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts?
300
This is the location of the first shots of the Revolutionary War.
Where is Lexington and Concord?
300
There are three parts of the Declaration of Independence. Name all three.
What are the Preamble, List of Grievances, and Conclusion.
400
The Pilgrims (aboard the Mayflower) landed in this set of colonies.
What are the Northern Colonies?
400
He believed people existed in a social contract in which the people give power to their ruler in exchange for protection. He would be okay with an absolute monarchy.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
400
This was the first legislative (law-making) assembly in the colonies and exemplified a representative democracy government.
BONUS: The Mayflower Compact is another example of self government in the colonies, but it practiced THIS type of government instead.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
BONUS: What is DIRECT democracy?
400
The Declaration of Independence was written to the King of Great Britain. This man's name was King __________.
Who was King George III.
400
This was when Massachusetts farmers rebelled against foreclosures on property. It led to the revision of our national government.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
500
Connecticut was one of the colonies here.
What are the Northern Colonies?
500
Baron de Montesquieu believed that government should have branches of government that separate powers. Name the three branches of U.S. government.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches?
500
An unwritten policy by the monarchy towards the colonies that provided opportunity for self rule to grow in the colonies.
What is Salutary Neglect?
500
The final battle of the Revolutionary War, where the colonists emerged victorious, took place here.
Where is Yorktown, Virginia?
500
This was the name AND author of the pamphlet that convinced many colonists that reconciliation with Britain was not possible, and that they should officially declare their independence.
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine