Name the three G’s of exploration
Gold, Glory, and God
The first successful permanent English settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
What country had best relationship with the Native Americans?
The French
John Locke said that all people were born with the right to….
Life, Liberty, and Happiness
How many people died at the Boston Massacre?
5
Who was the lawyer for the British soldiers involved with the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to to prevent colonists from crossing…
The Appalachian Mountain
He fought in the French and Indian War for the British and gained valuable leadership skills which would help him later in life.
George Washington
The Stamp Act placed taxes on…
Stamps, Contacts, Playing Cards, Legal Documents
Name of resistance group who opposed the British in Boston.
Sons of Liberty
Leader of Boston resistance group.
Samuel Adams
Major protest organized by the Sons of Liberty.
Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts were a British reaction to what colonial event?
Boston Tea Party
Where were the first shots (in combat) of the Revolutionary War fired?
Lexington and Concord
Where did the British surrender at the end of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Leader of the British forces during the Revolutionary War.
Cornwallis
Leader of the Colonial forces during the Revolutionary War
Washington
Cash crop that made the south boom during the colonial period
Tobacco
What country helped the colonist defeat the British in the Revolutionary War
France
People who wanted to remain under British rule in the colonies.
Loyalist
People who wanted to break away from the British crown.
Patriots
Who drafted the Declaration of Indp.
Jefferson
What state supported representation based on population at the Constitution Convention
Virginia
Describe the Quartering Act
Forced colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes
Came to the new world looking for furs
France
Came to new world looking for gold/riches
Spain
Country that established the Jamestown Colony
England
Colony of Quakers
Pennsylvania
Home of people released from debtors prison and acted as a buffer from Spanish territories
Georgia
Colony established by Catholics but tolerated others
Maryland
The Colonial Army spent a brutal winter here
Valley Forge
Washington Crossed the Delaware to attack here
Trenton
Turning Point of the Revolutionary War
Saratoga
Name weakness of the Articles of Confederation
No Army, No way to tax, No executive or judicial branch, No national money system
What was the Middle Passage?
The ocean journey that transported slaves from Africa to the Americas
Which city had a series of Witch Trials in 1692?
Salem
What is a bicameral legislature?
A legislature with two houses
This document represents the first attempt at self-government in the colonies.
The Articles of Confederation
