set of rules by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower
Mayflower Compact
wanted to break away from the Church of England
Separatists
thousands of Puritans left England to escape bad treatment from the king
Great Migration
British soldier and founder of Georgia
James Oglethorpe
company whose stock is owned by shareholders
Joint-stock company
What event happened in 1651?
Boston Massacre
Salem Witch Trials
Townshend Acts
Navigation Acts
male citizens of 3 townships in Connecticut assembled and established laws
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What event occured in 1763?
Navigation Acts
Townshend Acts
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act
well known minister of The Great Awakening that preached fiery sermons to condemn his flock
Jonathon Edwards
a law that required all legal documents to have a special seal or stamp to show a tax had been paid for it
Stamp Act
What event took place from 1754-1763?
Townshend Acts
Boston Massacre
Salem Witch Trials
French and Indian War
What type of houses did the Plains tribe use?
longhouses
teepees
adobe
mud
last major effort by the Native Americans of Southern New England to drive out the English settlers
King Phillip's War
Which person and group was first to discover the New World?
Native Americans
Puritans
Christopher Columbus - Pilgrims
Lief Erikson - the Vikings
leader of the Puritans - founder of Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop
journalist that became the symbol for freedom of press
John Peter Zenger
popular minister during The Great Awakening that led revival meetings in the colonies
George Whitfield
What type of housing did the Pacific Northwest tribe use?
buffalo skin
longhouses
teepee
adobe
Columbian Exchange
the movement of living things between hemispheres
leader of the Pilgrims; founder of Plymouth
William Bradford
leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
What type of houses did the Eastern Woodland tribe use?
longhouses
teepees
log houses
adobe
Virginian leader in the House of Burgesses; known for his "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech
Patrick Henry
What event occurred in 1765?
Sugar Act
Navigation Acts
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act
What year did the Zenger Trials take place?
1770
1733
1765
1773
What year did the Boston Massacre take place?
1790
1770
1670
1765
Inventor and founding Father; member of the Enlightenment Movement
Benjamin Franklin
mixed race sailer that was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
another word for income
revenue
royal governor that limited colonists' rights
Edmond Andros
trading route with 3 stops. Typically shipping good and enslaved Africans
Triangular Trade
What law placed a tax on sugar and molasses
Sugar Act
English philosopher that argued that indiviuals have 3 natural rights
John Locke
British general that was defeated in the French and Indian War
Edward Braddock
A separatists group that wanted a total break from the Church of England
Pilgrims
the refusal to buy
boycott
people who wanted to purify the Church of England and broke away from Roman Catholicism
Puritans
What is a formally written document, typically signed by many people, appealing to authority about a particular cause?
petition
What years did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
1754-1763
1692 -1693
1651-1652
1792-1793
the people of a nation, state or society that are considered an organized group of citizens
body politic
What year did the Townshend Act take place?
1770
1762
1767
1765
Passengers on Mayflower, called ___________ by the Pilgrims, included merchants, craftsmen, skilled workers and indentured servants, and several young orphans. All were common people. About one-third of them were children. The Pilgrims h
The Strangers
monarch of Great Britain
King George III
believed all people should live in peace and harmony; established themselves in Pennsylvania , thanks to Willaim Penn
Quakers
What type of houses did the Desert Southwest Tribe use?
longhouse
teepee
adobe
brick
a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time
indentured servant
a person granted a royal charter for the establishment and government of an American colony
Lord Proprietors
political leader and military general that served; leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
What year did the Sugar Act occur?
1764
1767
1765
1761
a cost saving measure that required colonists to house British troops in their private homes
Quartering Acts
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