Some colonies were founded for religious reform or to escape _________________________________.

Economy: dominated by plantations , cash crops of tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton

1st representative assembly in North America

First example of a constitution (formal written plan of government) in the colonies

Helped establish the idea of self-government

Look at the map: The dotted line on the western (left) edge of the 13 colonies was called what?

The Proclamation Line of 1763 forbid colonists from settling where?

Page 2: An economic system in which the British government imposed strict control of the colonial economy and America's trade with other countries was restricted.

An economic system in which the government does not control but regulates to make it fair and the U.S. can trade with any country it wants to.

Key Vocabulary: People chosen by the citizens to make decisions on their behalf and to represent them in the legislative assembly.

Elected representatives to an assembly.

Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America.

People of the Colonies: Established Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers.

Founded the colony of Rhode Island for all faiths.

Banished from Massachusetts colony; one of the founders of Rhode Island.

Founder of the state of Connecticut and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

The first written constitution.

Southern plantations produced what for export.

Demand for labor in plantation systems in the southern colonies increased the need for who?

What were the cash crops of the southern plantations? [click all that apply]

Page 3: Which war took place from 1754-1763?

What happened during the French and Indian War? [click all that apply]

Treaty of Paris (1763): What happened as a result of the French and Indian War? [click all that apply]

Key Vocabulary: military force made up of ordinary citizens.

Key Vocabulary: to cancel an act or law.

Key Vocabulary: refusing to buy goods from a certain country.

Key Vocabulary: using ships to prevent goods from leaving a harbor.

Key Vocabulary: the refusal to obey certain laws for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy.

Leaders of the American Revolution: known for her stance on women's rights in letters to her husband.

Leaders of the American Revolution: founder of the U.S. Navy and famous for yelling "I have not yet begun to fight."

Leaders of the American Revolution: Boston Patriot who established the committee of correspondence and the leader of the Sons of Liberty.

Leaders of the American Revolution: French noble who helped Americans during the Revolutionary War.

Leaders of the American Revolution: killed during the Boston Massacre.

Leaders of the American Revolution: Patriot writer that supported independence. Wrote plays, books, and poetry.

Leaders of the American Revolution: made the same midnight ride as Paul Revere warning that the British were coming.

Leaders of the American Revolution: African-American spy during the American Revolution.

Page 4: Which acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

First Battles of the Revolution.

American endurance.

Document written by Thomas Jefferson claiming independence from Great Britain.

Last major battle of the war.

Turning point of the war. France agreed to help the U.S. fight the British after this battle.