Colonial to Revolution Review

• Who led the colonization efforts at Roanoke?

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• What happened to the colony at Roanoke?

• 1st time – half starved

• 2nd time – mysteriously disappeared

• What was one of Bacon’s complaints against Governor Berkeley?

• No say in govt., no protection against Indians

• What ended Bacon’s Rebellion?

• The death of Bacon

• What did the most to shape the growth of New France?

• Fur trade

• Why did Jamestown nearly fail?

• Swampy site, greed, lack of knowledge/experience

• Who led the Jamestown colony?

• John Smith

• Why did the Puritans migrate to New England?

• To escape religious persecution

• What were two reasons the British were interested in colonizing America?

• To find riches, to establish new markets, homeland too crowded

• What effect did the British policy of salutary neglect have on the colonies?

• It allowed them economic freedom

• What was the Middle Passage?

• The trip on which slaves were taken from Africa to the New World

• Who is remembered for writing a vivid account of the Middle Passage?

• Olaudah Equiano

• What was the name of the Indian leader that united various tribes in a war against the Americans?

• King Phillip (Metacom)

• What was the Great Awakening?• a series of religious revivals in the British

colonies• What effect did the increase in the

production of staple crops like tobacco and rice led to in the colonies?

• An increase in the number of slaves needed to work on plantations

• What is a trading system that makes money for the mother country?

• Mercantilism

• What caused the American colonists to move further west into Indian lands?

• A land shortage in the original colonies

• What effect did the Great Awakening have on the colonies?

• It made religion more democratic

• What was a major effect of the French and Indian War?

• France turned Canada over to Britain

• What was the Act that cut the duty on foreign molasses in half, hoping that this would encourage Amers to buy more and thus pay more Brit taxes?

• The Sugar Act

• What was the Act that placed tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal docs, most other printed materials

• Stamp Act

• What was wrong with the Salem Witchcraft Trials?

• They were based on false accusations and evidence

• What was the purpose of both the Sugar and Stamp Acts?

• To raise money for Britain• What was the Quartering Act?• It required colonies to provide housing and

supplies for Brit. Troops that remained in Amer. after Fr and Ind War

• What was a direct result of the Intolerable Acts?

• The calling together of the First Continental Congress

• What were the first battles of the Revolutionary War?

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• What battled convinced France to become allies with the Americans?

• Battle of Saratoga

• What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• What movement in Europe greatly influenced TJ?

• The Enlightenment

• What are natural rights?

• rights belonging to all people because they are human

• How did America overcome its disadvantages to win the war?

• they had the desire and determination to outlast the British

• What complaint did many colonists have about the taxes they paid?

• They were taxed w/out representation

• What did the First Continental Congress do?

• Called for the formation of colonial militias

• What effects did the victory of the Americans in the Revolution both in America and abroad?

• the spread of the idea of liberty

• What was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine?

• Common Sense

• What were the men that the British hired to fight the Americans called?

• Mercenaries, or Hessians

• What foreign country greatly aided the colonists economically during the Revolution?

• France

• What was the document that ended the Revolutionary War?

• Treaty of Paris

• What was someone who was contracted to work for a master for a set period of time called?

• Indentured servant