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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