Committees created in Massachusetts in the
1760s to help towns and colonies share
information about resisting the new British
laws_______________
Committees created in Massachusetts in the
1760s to help towns and colonies share information
about resisting the new British laws
Committees of Correspondence
Law passed by Parliament that set duties on
molasses and sugar imported by colonists
__________________
Document written by the Pilgrims that established
general guidelines for self-government
________________
Document written by the Pilgrims that established
general guidelines for self-government
Mayflower Compact
Members of a Puritan Separatist sect that left
England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas
______________
Members of a Puritan Separatist sect that left
England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas
Pilgrims
Required colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items
such as newspapers, pamphlets or licenses
______________
Required colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items
such as newspapers, pamphlets or licenses
Stamp Act
Attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the Colonial government in Virginia
___________________
Attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the Colonial government in Virginia
Bacon’s Rebellion
______________ was sent to defeat the French, surrendered at Fort Necessity during the
French and Indian War
George Washington was sent to defeat the French,
surrendered at Fort Necessity during the
French and Indian War
Took control of Jamestown and forced the settlers to work and to build better
housing________________
Was kicked out of Massachusetts and started Portsmouth
because of the belief that God spoke to people
without the Bible________________
Was kicked out of Massachusetts and started Portsmouth
because of the belief that God spoke to people
without the BibleAnne Hutchinson
Workers on farms and plantations that had signed a contract in
exchange for passage to the colonies___________
Workers on farms and plantations that had signed a contract in
exchange for passage to the colonies
indentured servants
Fishing, shipbuilding and whaling were a large part of the economy in which
colonial region(New England, Middle or Southern)
________________
Fishing, shipbuilding and whaling were a large part of the economy in which
colonial region(New England, Middle or Southern)
New England
Apprentices and Master Craftspeople were found in what colonial region
(New England, Middle or Southern) __________________
Apprentices and Master Craftspeople were found in what colonial region
(New England, Middle or Southern) New England
Slaves were the main labor force in which
colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern)
___________________
Slaves were the main labor force in which
colonial region (New England, Middle or Southern)
Southern
The colonial region described as having a
harsh climate and rocky soil is
(New England, Middle or Southern) ________________
The colonial region described as having a
harsh climate and rocky soil is
(New England, Middle or Southern) New England
England gained most of Canada, all land east of the Mississippi (except for New Orleans) as a result of the Treaty of
Paris
The last of the 13 colonies, it was started to
protect the Southern colonies from raids by the
Spanish in Florida______________
The last of the 13 colonies, it was started to
protect the Southern colonies from raids by the
Spanish in FloridaGeorgia
The colonial slogan “____ _________ ___________
______” was created to protest the taxes from
Britain
The colonial slogan “No Taxation without
Representation” was created to protest the
taxes from Britain
The _____________ Acts was the name the colonists
gave to the Coercive Acts, which punished them for
the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts was the name the colonists
gave to the Coercive Acts, which punished them for
the Boston Tea Party
The _____________ Act said that England had the right to tax the colonists even
though they had just repealed the Stamp Act.
The Declaratory Act said that England had the right to tax the colonists even
though they had just repealed the Stamp Act.
The British soldiers marched from Boston to Concord to capture the
colonial guns and ammunition stored there
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