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2. This was the reason England and other European countries established colonies abroad?

3. What was for economic profit?
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4. An often overlooked reason that Parliament repealed the Stamp Act?

5. What was the effect of colonial boycotts?
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6. This was the reason delegates from twelve of the states met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787?

7. What was to reform the Articles of Confederation?
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8. The geographic factor that caused the colonies to have to develop self-government?

9. What was the distance from England to the colonies?
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10. The “closed” economic system that forced colonists to buy from only British merchants?

11. What was mercantilism?
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12. The greatest of the “Bundle of Compromises” this one accommodated the desires of big and small states concerning representation in the new Congress ?

13. What was the Connecticut Compromise?
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14. The publication of this document convinced reluctant New Yorkers to vote to ratify the Constitution?

15. What was “The Federalist?”
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16. At this meeting, Ben Franklin’s proposed solution to trade problems and Indian attacks was practical but too far ahead of its time to be accepted. ?

17. What was the Albany Congress?
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18. John Adams turned this event into a diplomatic achievement with England by winning acquittals for most of the soldiers involved. ?

19. What was the “Boston Massacre?”
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20. It was where Sam and his sons of liberty followers mixed it up with water from Boston harbor.?

21. What was the Boston Tea Party?
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22. The last year of the critical period, it was also the year the new federal congress convened.?

23. What was 1789?
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24. It was the year the colonies met to “stamp out” the new tax?

25. What was 1765?
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26. This was the year King John gave in to the demands of his barons at Runnymede?

27. What was 1215?
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28. Its numbers totaling the average age of a new ninth-grader, this was the year in which the first permanent English settlement was founded ?

29. What was 1607?
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30. This was the date and year in which The Declaration of Independence was adopted?

31. What was July 4, 1776
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32. The fruit of knowledge pointed to this city, the place where the new federal congress convened in 1789 ?

33. What was New York city?
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34. Home to the first English settlement in the New World, this colony failed to show a profit and was seized by the king. ?

35. What was Virginia?
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36. Colonies worldwide heard the shots fired at these battles.?

37. What was Lexington and Concord?
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38. Home to the steak sandwich now, it was home to the Continental Congress in 1775?

39. What was Philadelphia?
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40. It was the city and colony Parliament decided to punish for spilling the tea…?

41. What was Boston Massachusetts?
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42. At the Constitutional Convention he stood up and proposed throwing out the confederation model of national government. ?

43. Who is Edmund Randolph?
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44. He died from Syphilis but not before declaring war on the rebel colonies?

45. Who was King George III?
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46. A true “Renaissance Man” he spent most of the time as colonial ambassador to Britain, teaching the “hotties” to fly kites in the dark. ?

47. Who was Benjamin Franklin?
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48. To the British he was a rebel traitor, to the Patriots, “The Firebrand of the American Revolution”?

49. Who was Samuel Adams?
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50. The author of the Declaration of Independence, this young lawyer’s shyness kept him off the dance floor. ?

51. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
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