What was the most accurate description of the conditions on the slave ship?

- sea voyage of a month or more

- between Africa and the Americas

- approximately 12 million people made the journey

- a death rate of approximately 25% during the journey

What do all of these describe?

The economy of the Southern colonies was based primarily on what industry?

What is the term for when someone agreed to work for a certain number of years in order to receive food, shelter, and freedom dues at the end of their term?

In Southern colonial government, the representatives of the people were called (first Representative gov't in colonies)

A religious movement in the colonies that led to more people going to new types of churches:

Very DIVERSE and TOLERANT colonies:

The Quaker leader who led the settlement of Pennsylvania:

Religious group that settled Pennsylvania. They were very peaceful and tolerant:

A war between English settlers in New England & the natives in the area:

An uprising of poor settlers against the wealthy planters & the House of Burgesses in the Southern colonies.

What jobs did the people of the New England Colonies have?

Which of the following were benefits New England colonists got from the Atlantic Ocean

In which state did the Salem witch trials take place?

What was the purpose of a town meeting?

What was William Penn the founder of?

Which group of colonies is called the "breadbasket of the colonies?

The primary goal of the Sons of Liberty was to force all British stamp agents and tax collectors to ___.

The Sons of Liberty formed to

The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of the new nation.

An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

A series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party.

A group set up by American colonists to exchange information about British threats to their liberties.

A pamphlet by Thomas, Paine, published in 1776, that called for separation of the colonies from Britain.

John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman made up this group that was given the task of writing a document to list the reasons for colonial independence. (Declaration of Independence).

Prussian born American Revolutionary military leader who

trained the previously undisciplined troops of the Continental Army.

The site in Pennsylvania where the Continental army spent the winter of 1777-1778 under extremely harsh conditions.

Battle in New York during the American Revolution that resulted in a major defeat of British troops. Considered the turning point of the war. The French also decided to give aid to the Colonist to defeat the British after this battle.

Ended the French and Indian war and the French lost all land holdings in North America.

The site where the British army formally surrendered to the Continental Army ending the American Revolution.

North American conflict that was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain.

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

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Protest against tea tax in which Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into The Boston harbor

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This is where delegates appointed George Washington Commander of the Continental Army and wrote the Declaration of Independence.

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This document would sever ties with colonies and England, ultimately leading to the American Revolution.

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Basic rights of the people that may not be taken away

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What was the MOST significant contribution of the Marquis de Lafayette during the American Revolution?

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence he was using the ideas of which of the following?

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Which group insisted that the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution?

This Amendment says that the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. If it isn't listed, it belongs to the states or to the people

1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution can also be called the

Why did they revolt in Shays Rebellion?