True or False: Native Americans are not considered immigrants.
True
100
What cash crop made the first southern colonies rich?
Tobacco
100
What country had trouble controlling the American colonies because they were over 3000 miles away?
England (Britain)
100
John Winthrop wanted his society in the Massachusettes Bay Colony to be:
A "city upon a hill" that would be a model for the rest of the world to follow.
100
What were the three main reasons explorers wanted to reach America? (The 3 Gs)
God, Glory, and Gold
200
How were the "first people" able to get to North America?
They walked across the land bridge in search of food.
200
The first English settlement was called ______________.
Jamestown
200
What did the colonists do to show they were unhappy about the TAX ON TEA?
They threw a ship load of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor.
200
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" which stated that it was obvious that colonists should seek independence from Britain?
Thomas Paine
200
An exchange of goods, ideas, people, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean is called _______________.
The Columbian Exchange
300
Christopher Columbus contributed to the start of ___________ using Native Americans.
Slavery
300
Why did the Pilgrims create the colony in Plymouth, Massachusettes?
They wanted religious freedom.
300
Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered to be the turning point in the Revolution?
France agreed to join the colonists in their fight against Britain.
300
Who drew the famous picture of the Boston Massacre which motivated the colonists to unite against the British army?
Paul Revere
300
Which part of the English Colonies was most dependent on indentured servitude and slave labor?
Southern Colonies
400
What helped the Pilgrims survive their first year at Plymouth?
Native Americans taught them to plant crops and hunt on the new land.
400
The colony founded by William Penn and the Quakers on equality and religious tolerance was called...
Pennsylvania
400
Who smuggled goods into America and boycotted British goods as ways to protest against the British?
Colonists
400
This man trained the settlers to farm and work, thus saving the colony from early devastation.
John Smith
400
The document that OFFICIALLY gave the colonies their independence was called _____________.
Treaty of Paris
500
She was a Native American who assisted English colonists during their first years in Virginia and married John Rolfe.
Pocahontas
500
What kind of people were used to work on farms in the colonies who could gain their freedom by working off their debt from their trip to the American colonies?
Indentured Servants
500
What did the British government do in reaction to the Boston Tea Party?
They passed the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonists in Massachusetts.
500
What political group harassed tax collectors to prevent them from taking money? (hint: Three words)
Sons of Liberty
500
The primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to:
Explain why colonists wanted to break away from British rule. (the breakup letter)