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4. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded

5. 1607

7. Agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed.

8. Mayflower Compact

10. A member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence.

11. Sam Adams

13. The King of England who disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies.

14. King George III

16. He Founded Georgia as a haven for English debtors.

17. James Oglethorpe

19. Policy that said the Colonies existed to benefit England

20. Mercantilism

22. Laws designed to enforce Mercantilism that required all goods shipped out of the Colonies to be sold to England

23. Navigation Acts

25. The tax placed on legal documents, newspapers, playing cards and dice

26. Stamp Act

28. Placed a tax on glass, paper, paint, lead and tea

29. Townshend Acts

31. Acts that closed the port of Boston, outlawed town meetings, allowed British officials accused of crimes to be tried in England and enacted a new quartering act.

32. The Intolerable Acts

34. Puritans in Massachusetts governed their colony with this. A group of male church members elected to make decisions for what was “generally” best for the colony

35. General Court

37. Plan of government used by Thomas Hooker in Connecticut. It gave all male property owners the right to vote and limited the power of the Governor.

38. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

39. The first representative assembly in the New World.

40. The Virginia House of Burgesses

41. Law in Maryland that allowed all Christians t practice their religion freely

42. Maryland Toleration Act

43. Series of laws in the Southern Colonies that set out rules for the behavior of slaves and ensured that slaves were treated as property

44. Slave Codes

45. He wrote the Declaration of Independence; became the 3rd President of the United States and in 1803, purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States.

46. Thomas Jefferson

47. He was the leader of the Continental Army who became the first President of the United States.

48. George Washington

49. He wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve.

50. Thomas Paine

51. He was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to Constitutional Convention.

52. Ben Franklin

53. He was arrested and charged with libel for printing an article in a newspaper that was critical of the governor of New York. Today the Bill of Rights protects the press from arrests like this.

54. John Peter Zenger

55. These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War.

56. Lexington and Concord

57. This petition was a last minute attempt to avoid war with England. In it the Colonies declared their loyalty to the King and asked him to repeal the Intolerable Acts.

58. The Olive Branch Petition

59. This document listed 27 grievances the Colonies had against the King of England

60. The Declaration of Independence

61. This battle is known as the turning point of the Revolutionary War

62. Saratoga

63. This was the final battle of the Revolutionary War. General Cornwallis surrendered to Americans after retreating to the sea and being caught between the Continental Army and the French Navy

64. Yorktown

65. This area, across the Appalachian Mountains, was claimed by both England and France. Conflict over this area led to the French and Indian War.

66. The Ohio River Valley

67. Ben Franklin proposed a plan for the Colonies to unite in response to the French and Indian War.

68. The Albany Plan of Union

69. He became famous for his heroism in the French and Indian War.

70. George Washington

71. Treaty that ended the French and Indian War and marked an end to French power in North America.

72. The Treaty of Paris

73. This law forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War. This land was promised to the Colonists by the King in exchange for their help in fighting the French.

74. The Proclamation of 1763