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he was the first president, commander of American forces in the Revolutionary War
Who is George Washington
100
Early and bloody conflict between English colonists and Native Americans.
What was King Phillip's War
100
A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use.
What is cashcrop
100
The transatlantic system of trade, goods, people, and slaves between Africa, England, Europe, and the colonies.
What is Triangular Trade
100
An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by establishing a favorable balance of trade.
What is Mercantilism?
200
Inventor and example of social mobility.
Who is Ben Franklin
200
A rebellion in which landless rebels wanted harsher action against the Native Americans so more land would be available to the colonist.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
200
Puritan ministers allowed partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of the original Puritans.
What is Half-Way Covenant
200
War resulting from a long time rivalry between Great Britain and France's competition for territory in North America.
French and Indian War
200
A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine that had a big effect on colonists and pushed Americans to support gaining independence from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense
300
American Indian who is said to have prevented the execution of John Smith
Who is Pocahontas
300
The first permanent English colony in North America
What is Virginia
300
First legislative assembly in the New World
What is House of Burgesses.
300
It was a revival of religious feeling in the American colonies diring the 1730's and 1750's
What is The Great Awakening
300
Written by Thomas Jefferson in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared independence from Britain.
What is Declaration of Independence.
400
Inventor during the industrial revolution who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
Who is Eli Whitney
400
A mid-Atlantic colony, founded by the religiously tolerant Quakers led by William Penn.
What is Pennsylvania
400
Americans were forbidden from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
400
Closed port of Boston as punishment for Boston Tea Party and forced colonist to house British troops.
What is The Intolerable Acts
400
the first document to govern the United States
What is Articles of Confederation.
500
She was an American religious leader who was banished from Boston in 1637, for her religious beliefs
Who is Anne Hutchinson
500
A secret organization of American colonists opposed to British authority in Massachusetts
What are the Sons of Liberty.
500
The first ten amendments that added states' rights and individuals' rights to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights
500
Which two English philosophers influenced Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke and Montesquieu
500
U.S. foreign policy that stated further efforts by European nations to colonize North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression.
Monroe Doctrine