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1 His overly large signature on the Declaration of Independence was done to show the King how serious people were about freedom. His name is now used as a slang term FOR a signature.

John Hancock

He is the author of the Federalist Papers and a major factor in the formation of the new nation.

Alexander Hamilton

His “midnight ride” warned the colonists of English soldiers coming to take their guns.

Paul Revere

This General won numerous battles in the Revolutionary War and eventually became the new nation’s 1st President.

George Washington

He shares a name with “Costanza”, “Boy” and “Curious”… He shares a name with “Costanza”, “Boy” and “Curious”….and he was the King of England during this time period.

King George

Colony (now state) where Jamestown was established. 2 Colony (now state) where Jamestown was established.

Virginia

Of the 13 colonies, the only one it borders is South Carolina.

Georgia

Colony where Lexington & Concord, the initial areas of the Revolutionary War are located.

Massachusetts

Large colony to the south of New York; home to the Constitutional Conventions (Philadelphia)

Pennsylvania

Colony south of Virginia where Roanoke Island and the adventures of Sir Walter Raleigh became legend.

North Carolina

3 Group of Patriots organized by Samuel Adams to protest the Stamp and Tea Acts…..they eventually participated in the Boston Tea Party.

Sons of Liberty

A type of democratic government where people elect officials to represent them.

Republic

A name for an American that wanted freedom from England.

Patriot

A government where the power and laws are made by a single person called a king.

Monarchy

Citizens who prepared to fight the English Citizens who prepared to fight the English. They held drills and had their own weapons to protect their families and land.

Militia

4 Act that was designed to persuade colonists to help the British East India Company sell its tea.

Tea Act

Punishments for the Boston Tea Party, these Acts including closing the harbor to trade, the Quartering Act and others.

Intolerable Acts

Said no colonists could go west of the Appalachian Mts Said no colonists could go west of the Appalachian Mts. Made to make the Indians happy but also to control the colonists and make it easier to collect taxes.

Proclamation Act of 1763

Colonists were required to house and feed English soldiers.

Quartering Act

Direct tax on all printed materials in the colonies Direct tax on all printed materials in the colonies. All paper had to have an English seal on it.

Stamp Act

5 This effect was the official end to the American Revolution…..it was a signed document that showed the England surrender.

Treaty of Paris

This cause is the reason the English began taxing the colonists so heavily.

French & Indian War

This cause is the business relationship between England and the colonies that stated the colonies could ONLY trade with England.

Mercantilism

This effect actually involved 2 meetings in Philadelphia designed to set up a new national government.

Constitutional Conventions

This cause involved prominent thinkers who encouraged the colonists to rule themselves and told them that “reason is better than tradition”.

Enlightenment

Final Jeopardy Question The ideas of “trusting your faith” and the “power of unity” came from powerful speeches given by ministers during the _____________________.

Final Jeopardy Answer Great Awakening