Chapter 12 Review

Sections of land ruled by other countries are called _____________________.

Colonies

A government run by elected officials is called a _______________________.

Representative Government

A border is called a _________________________.

Boundary

The business of buying and selling people is called a ________________________.

Slave Trade

Large farms are called ____________________.

Plantations

Something that is owned _________________________________.

Property

Freedoms that are protected by government laws _____________________________.

Rights

Wanting something is to _____________________________.

Demand

A European movement during the 1700’s that focused on people’s freedoms was called the ______________________________________.

Enlightenment

Money people pay to a government is called a _________________________.

Tax

To manage is to __________________________.

Control

The killing of many people is called a ___________________________________.

Massacre

Freedom from being ruled by someone else is called _____________________________.

Independence

When something is announced it is ________________________________.

Declared

__________________________ are a group of soldiers.

Troops

An official agreement between countries is called a _____________________________.

Treaty

The war American colonists fought against Britain was called the ____________________________________.

American Revolution

People chosen to speak and act for others __________________________________.

Delegates

An agreement by the Pilgrims was called the ______________________________.

Mayflower Compact

The American army that fought in the American Revolution was called the ____________________________________.

Continental Army

The first settlers in America came to_____________________________ in 1606.

Jamestown

Pilgrims settled in ______________________________ in 1620.

Plymouth

Puritans settled in _______________________________ in 1629

Boston

The people in Jamestown came to America looking for _____________________________.

Gold and Silver

The ________________________ and _________________________ came to America looking for religious freedom.

Pilgrims and Puritans

The first Africans in America arrived in ______________________.

Jamestown

African slaves worked on _____________________________ and were treated like _________________________ with no _______________________.

Plantations Property Rights

The meetings where delegates went to Philadelphia to discuss Britain’s actions during the American Revolution were called _______________________________.

Continental Congress

The country was divided by people who did not want to fight Britain called _________________________, and by people who did want to fight called ________________.

Loyalists Patriots

The leader of the Continental Army was ___________________________.

George Washington

In 1776, Congress approved the _______________________________ which explained why the colonies wanted to be free from Britain’s control.

Declaration of Independence

The country that helped the Americans against the British was ________________________.

France

In 1783, the British and Americans signed the ____________________________, making America officially __________________.

Treaty of Paris Independent

African slaves were stolen and kidnapped by other ______________________________.

Africans