Early US History Unit 1 Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 47 Public

Review key events, developments, and individuals from the colonial period through the American Revolutionary Era

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What was the final battle of the American Revolution that resulted in a treaty with Great Britain and recognized independence?

Battle of Yorktown

Name given to those American colonists who sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution.

Loyalists (or Tories)

This colonial region was largely settled by Puritans who sought to create a refuge for themselves by creating a society where the government and religion were united into one (a theocracy)

New England

Which colonial individual is BEST remembered for his desire to create a "city upon a hill"?

John Winthrop (last name only ok)

What was the FIRST permanent English settlement in the New World?

Jamestown Virginia

What cash crop enabled Jamestown and the Virginia Company to thrive?

tobacco

Identify the name of the Native (Indian) leader who led a conflict with the New England settlers of Massachusetts colony?

King Philip (or Metacomet)

Settlement of Pennsylvania colony was largely led by what religious denomination?

Quakers

Identify ONE characteristic of the southern plantation system during height of the colonial era?

use of slave labor / cash crop agric. (ie tobacco) / large tracts of land

This was the FIRST piece of legislation passed by Parliament after the French-Indian War in an effort to raise revenue to pay off England's debt?

Sugar Act

THIS event is what is depicted here in this piece of colonial propaganda.

Boston Massacre

This individual pictured here was a major organizer of the Sons of Liberty who used illegal and sometimes violent means to protest British taxes and policies.

Samuel Adams

The image pictured here represents the first time that Parliament passed a direct tax over the colonies on goods created internally within the colonies. Needless to say, it was extremely unpopular with many colonists!

Stamp Act

What country formally came into alliance with the Patriots after the colonial victory at Saratoga?

France

What event within the American Revolution is depicted in this image?

Valley Forge

Identify what TYPE of tax characterizes the Stamp Act.

direct tax or internal tax