1. Chapter 12 Review

2. Sections of land ruled by other countries are called _____________________.

3. Colonies

4. A government run by elected officials is called a _______________________.

5. Representative Government

6. A border is called a _________________________.

7. Boundary

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

9. Slave Trade

10. Large farms are called ____________________.

11. Plantations

12. Something that is owned _________________________________.

13. Property

14. Freedoms that are protected by government laws _____________________________.

15. Rights

16. Wanting something is to _____________________________.

17. Demand

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

19. Enlightenment

20. Money people pay to a government is called a _________________________.

21. Tax

22. To manage is to __________________________.

23. Control

24. The killing of many people is called a ___________________________________.

25. Massacre

26. Freedom from being ruled by someone else is called _____________________________.

27. Independence

28. When something is announced it is ________________________________.

29. Declared

30. __________________________ are a group of soldiers.

31. Troops

32. An official agreement between countries is called a _____________________________.

33. Treaty

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

35. American Revolution

36. People chosen to speak and act for others __________________________________.

37. Delegates

38. An agreement by the Pilgrims was called the ______________________________.

39. Mayflower Compact

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

41. Continental Army

42. The first settlers in America came to_____________________________ in 1606.

43. Jamestown

44. Pilgrims settled in ______________________________ in 1620.

45. Plymouth

46. Puritans settled in _______________________________ in 1629

47. Boston

48. The people in Jamestown came to America looking for _____________________________.

49. Gold and Silver

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

51. Pilgrims and Puritans

52. The first Africans in America arrived in ______________________.

53. Jamestown

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

55. Plantations Property Rights

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

57. Continental Congress

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

59. Loyalists Patriots

60. The leader of the Continental Army was ___________________________.

61. George Washington

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

63. Declaration of Independence

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

65. France

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

67. Treaty of Paris Independent

68. African slaves were stolen and kidnapped by other ______________________________.

69. Africans