first semester review. what year was the first permanent english settlement established?
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First SemesterReview
What year was the first permanentEnglish settlementestablished?
1607
What was the firstrepresentative assembly in the colonies?
House of Burgesses
What conflict caused the British to tax the colonists?
The French and Indian War
What was the economy in the New England colonies based on?
Ship building, fishing and lumbering
What was wrongwith where Jamestown wassettled?
Swampy withmosquitoes
What importantdocument was signed in 1215 byKing John and hasinfluenced our government?
Magna Carta
Who said, “He thatwill not work, shallnot eat.”?
John Smith
What agreement didthe Pilgrim men signwhere they vowed toobey laws that helped self-government?
Mayflower Compact
What was drafted in1639 and was thefirst writtenconstitution establishinga democratic governmentcontrolled by citizens?
FundamentalOrders ofConnecticut
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware were which colonies?
Middle colonies
Which religious group was against slavery and tried to help the Native Americans?
Quakers
Who foundedGeorgia?
James Oglethorpe
Which type of colonyhad an owner?
Proprietary colony
Which coloniesused slaves to plant crops?
Southern colonies
What is the buying ofand selling of humansfor forced labor called?
Slavery
What was the time period thatwas a religiousmovement during the 1730’s and 1740s?
Great Awakening
What was the timeperiod called thatstressed reason andlearning called?
Enlightenment
What was the document passed in 1689 which guaranteed Englishmenbasic human rights?
English Bill of Rights
What was England’s basic lawmaking bodycalled?
Parliament
What was the hands off policy byBritain to the colonies called?
Salutary neglect
Who won the French and Indian War?
Great Britain
Who was King of England during the RevolutionaryWar?
George III
What act prohibited the colonists from moving past theAppalachian Mts?
Proclamation of1763
Which act said thatcolonists had to house British soldiers in their homes?
Quartering Act
Who said, “If this betreason, make themost of it!”
Patrick Henry
Which law requiredall legal documents,newspapers and cards to be taxed?
Stamp Act
What was the name of the secretsociety to opposeBritish policies?
Sons of Liberty
What was the shooting of 5 colonial men in1768 by the Redcoats called?
Boston Massacre
Which happened first: The Boston Tea Party or BostonMassacre?
Boston Massacre
Who was the manwho made the ride to warn the Colonists that the Redcoats were coming?
Paul Revere
What was the firstBattle of the American Revolution?
Lexington and
Concord
Which battle wasthe turning pointin the Revolutionary War?
Saratoga
Why was Saratogathe turning pointin the Revolutionary War?
The French decided to helpthe U.S.
Who wrote CommonSense and TheCrisis?
Thomas Paine
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was Commander
in Chief of the Continental army?
GeorgeWashington
What was the lastbattle of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Yorktown
What treaty ended the
Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
Why did the Pilgrimscome to the new world?
ReligiousFreedom
Who foundedPennsylvania?
William Penn
What crop didJohn Rolfe plantthat saved Jamestown economically?
Tobacco
Why was NewEngland not suited foragriculture?
It had a cool climate and rocky soil.
Which colonialregion was calledthe “Bread basket”region?
The Middlecolonies
Name two individuals whowere forced to leaveMassachusetts forreligious reasons.
Anne HutchinsonandRoger Williams
Who was the Enlightenmentfigure that wrote“Poor Richard’sAlmanac”?
Benjamin Franklin
What was onecause of the French and IndianWar?
The French inthe Ohio RiverValley.
What was oneresult of the French and Indian War?
Great Britain wasin debt and theFrench wereremoved fromNorth America.
Under_________the key to a country’spower was its wealthby controlling its colonies raw materials
Mercantilism
Where was theFirst ContinentalCongress heldin 1774?
Philadelphia
Who said, “Giveme liberty orgive me death?”
Patrick Henry
Who was the Commander of the Bonhomme Richardwho said, “I havenot yet begun to fight!” ?
John Paul Jones
What were the group of people that sided with the British called?
Loyalists
What are yourunalienablerights?
Life, liberty andthe pursuit ofhappiness
Where did the Continental armyspend the coldwinter of 1777?
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Which came firstthe Constitutionor the Articles ofConfederation?
The Articles ofConfederation