Committees created in Massachusetts in the 1760s to help towns and colonies share information about resisting the new British laws _______________
Committees created in Massachusetts in the 1760s to help towns and colonies share information about resisting the new British laws Committees of Correspondence
Law passed by Parliament that set duties on molasses and sugar imported by colonists __________________
Law passed by Parliament that set duties on molasses and sugar imported by colonists Sugar Act
Refusal to buy certain goods ______________
Refusal to buy certain goods boycott
Document written by the Pilgrims that established general guidelines for self- government ________________
Document written by the Pilgrims that established general guidelines for self- government Mayflower Compact
Members of a Puritan Separatist sect that left England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas ______________
Members of a Puritan Separatist sect that left England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas Pilgrims
Required colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, pamphlets or licenses ______________
Required colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, pamphlets or licenses Stamp Act
Civilians serving as soldiers _______________
Civilians serving as soldiers militia
People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country __________________
People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country immigrants
Attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the Colonial government in Virginia ___________________
Attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the Colonial government in Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion
Pattern of trade that involved the American colonies, England and West Africa ______________
Pattern of trade that involved the American colonies, England and West Africa triangular trade
Wealthy merchant whose ship was taken by customs inspectors __________________
Wealthy merchant whose ship was taken by customs inspectors John Hancock
______________ was sent to defeat the French, surrendered at Fort Necessity during the French and Indian War
George Washington was sent to defeat the French, surrendered at Fort Necessity during the French and Indian War
Warned Minutemen of British raid _______________
Warned Minutemen of British raid Paul Revere (Samuel Prescott, William Dawes)
Was the daughter of Wahunsonacock, married John Rolfe _________________
Was the daughter of Wahunsonacock, married John Rolfe Pocahontas
“Give me Liberty or Give me Death” ______________
“Give me Liberty or Give me Death” Patrick Henry
A Quaker, given a charter by the King to start a colony west of New Jersey _________________
A Quaker, given a charter by the King to start a colony west of New Jersey William Penn
Took control of Jamestown and forced the settlers to work and to build better housing ________________
Took control of Jamestown and forced the settlers to work and to build better housing John Smith
Helped the Pilgrims to form good relations with the local American Indians ______________
Helped the Pilgrims to form good relations with the local American Indians Squanto
Was kicked out of Massachusetts and started Portsmouth because of the belief that God spoke to people without the Bible ________________
Was kicked out of Massachusetts and started Portsmouth because of the belief that God spoke to people without the Bible Anne Hutchinson
The Indian leader of the massive Indian Rebellion of 1763 __________________
The Indian leader of the massive Indian Rebellion of 1763 Chief Pontiac
Leader of Boston’s Sons of Liberty ______________
Leader of Boston’s Sons of Liberty Sam Adams
Black man killed in the Boston Massacre ___________________
Black man killed in the Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks
______________ warned England of the possible colonist rebellion
Ben Franklin warned England of the possible colonist rebellion
Workers on farms and plantations that had signed a contract in exchange for passage to the colonies ___________
Workers on farms and plantations that had signed a contract in exchange for passage to the colonies indentured servants
Someone that disagrees with the official opinion ________________
Someone that disagrees with the official opinion dissenters
Fishing, shipbuilding and whaling were a large part of the economy in which colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern) ________________
Fishing, shipbuilding and whaling were a large part of the economy in which colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern) New England
The first successful English colony in America was _________________
The first successful English colony in America was Jamestown
Apprentices and Master Craftspeople were found in what colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern) __________________
Apprentices and Master Craftspeople were found in what colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern) New England
Slaves were the main labor force in which colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern) ___________________
Slaves were the main labor force in which colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern) Southern
The colonial region described as having a harsh climate and rocky soil is (New England, Middle or Southern) ________________
The colonial region described as having a harsh climate and rocky soil is (New England, Middle or Southern) New England
England gained ________________ as a result of the Treaty of Paris
England gained most of Canada, all land east of the Mississippi (except for New Orleans) as a result of the Treaty of Paris
The two groups involved in the Boston Massacre were __________and _________
The two groups involved in the Boston Massacre were colonists and British soldiers
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were organized to _____________________
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were organized to protest what Britain was doing (their policies)
A vast ___________________ was created as a result of the Proclamation of 1763
A vast Indian Reservation was created as a result of the Proclamation of 1763
The last of the 13 colonies, it was started to protect the Southern colonies from raids by the Spanish in Florida ______________
The last of the 13 colonies, it was started to protect the Southern colonies from raids by the Spanish in Florida Georgia
_____________ won the French and Indian War
Britian won the French and Indian War
True or False: England went into great debt as a result of the French and Indian War _____________
True or False: England went into great debt as a result of the French and Indian War True
The _____________ Act said that the colonists could only trade with England
The Navigation Act said that the colonists could only trade with England
The colonial slogan “____ _________ ___________ ______” was created to protest the taxes from Britain
The colonial slogan “No Taxation without Representation” was created to protest the taxes from Britain
The _____________ Acts was the name the colonists gave to the Coercive Acts, which punished them for the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts was the name the colonists gave to the Coercive Acts, which punished them for the Boston Tea Party
The _____________ Act said that England had the right to tax the colonists even though they had just repealed the Stamp Act.
The Declaratory Act said that England had the right to tax the colonists even though they had just repealed the Stamp Act.
The _____________ Act was a tax on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
The Townshend Act was a tax on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
The British soldiers marched from Boston to Concord to ____________________
The British soldiers marched from Boston to Concord to capture the colonial guns and ammunition stored there
The Boston Massacre was given that name because ___________________
The Boston Massacre was given that name because they wanted to make the British look bad
The First Continental Congress met in 1774 in what city _____________
The First Continental Congress met in 1774 in what city Philadelphia