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The way your culture The way your culture makes, trades, and makes, trades, and

consumes goods consumes goods (100)(100)

Answer: Answer: EconomyEconomy

How you interact with How you interact with those around, your those around, your

traditions and beliefs traditions and beliefs (200)(200)

Answer: Answer: SocietySociety

Government Government document of document of

Plymouth Colony that Plymouth Colony that was agreed upon by was agreed upon by the Pilgrims (300)the Pilgrims (300)Answer: Mayflower Answer: Mayflower

Compact Compact

The name of the government The name of the government body in the Virginia Colony body in the Virginia Colony

(400)(400)

Answer: House of Burgesses

The economic system The economic system that creates and that creates and maintains wealth maintains wealth

through a country’s through a country’s coloniescolonies

Answer: Mercantilism Answer: Mercantilism

Fighting for a cause they Fighting for a cause they believed in and trying to believed in and trying to

gain their freedom would be gain their freedom would be considered a strength for considered a strength for

which side in the war? (100) which side in the war? (100)

Answer: Answer: AmericansAmericans

““DAILY DOUBLE”DAILY DOUBLE”

This key battle is This key battle is considered the turning considered the turning point in the American point in the American

Revolution?Revolution?

Answer: Answer: Battle of SaratogaBattle of Saratoga

The first battle of the The first battle of the American Revolution was American Revolution was

called… (300)called… (300)

Answer: Lexington and Answer: Lexington and ConcordConcord

This Battle was a This Battle was a moral victory for the moral victory for the

Americans even Americans even though they lost to though they lost to

the British (400)the British (400)

Answer: Battle of Answer: Battle of Bunker HillBunker Hill

Fighting for a cause they believed in Fighting for a cause they believed in and trying to gain their freedom would and trying to gain their freedom would

be a strength for which side in the war?be a strength for which side in the war? (100)(100)

Answer: Answer: Americans/ColonistsAmericans/Colonists

This cultural group first This cultural group first settled what is today settled what is today

New York State… (100)New York State… (100)

Answer: Answer:

The DutchThe Dutch

The Americans are able The Americans are able to beat the British at the to beat the British at the

Battle of Yorktown to Battle of Yorktown to end the war. This end the war. This

country helped us to win country helped us to win that last battle… (500)that last battle… (500)

Answer: The FrenchAnswer: The French

The name given to the The name given to the Dutch colony in the new Dutch colony in the new

world…(200)world…(200)

Answer: New Answer: New AmsterdamAmsterdam

What is the main reason that the Pilgrims decided to settle in the

new world? (300)

Answer: Answer: Religious Religious FreedomFreedom

What is a reason that the European’s wanted to establish colonies??

(400)Answer: Make money/profit from trade

What product made the biggest profit for the

colony of Jamestown in Virginia (500)

Answer: tobacco

Person who would support revolting against the British

(100)Answer: Patriots

Persons who would support the British in the

American Revolution

(200)

Answer:

Loyalists

To refuse to buy To refuse to buy certain goods, certain goods,

method used often method used often to protest to protest

movementsmovements

(300)(300)Answer:Answer:

boycottboycott

Answer: Tea Act

The Boston Tea Party took The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16place on December 16thth, ,

1775. The protest by the 1775. The protest by the son’s of liberty was a result son’s of liberty was a result

of this act passed by the of this act passed by the king…king… (400) (400)

Colonists argued that the king did not have the right to tax

them because… (500)

Answer: colonists were not represented in parliament

The Declaration of The Declaration of Independence was Independence was

written by this written by this man…man…

(100)(100)Answer: Thomas JeffersonAnswer: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Paine believed we should break away from England. To convince his

fellow colonists he wrote this pamphlet…

(200)Answer: Common Sense

The British passed the Proclamation of 1763 was passed for the colonists

after the French and Indian War. The King told the colonists they couldn’t

settle west of this feature… (300)Answer: Appalachian

Mountains

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” …According to this

quote who does the government get their power

from???

(400)Answer: The people/ the governed

When Jefferson wrote When Jefferson wrote the Declaration of the Declaration of Independence, the main Independence, the main purpose of the purpose of the document was to tell document was to tell the King and Parliament the King and Parliament what? (500)what? (500) Answer: To tell the Answer: To tell the

king why we were king why we were breaking awaybreaking away

This country becomes a This country becomes a key ally of the American’s key ally of the American’s

in the Revolutionary in the Revolutionary

War…War… (100) (100)

Answer: The French Answer: The French

Answer: George Washington

The Commander of the Continental Army was…

(200)

Answer: Answer:

The BritishThe British

Traditional fighting Traditional fighting tactics such as battle tactics such as battle field warfare was the field warfare was the strategy of this side… strategy of this side…

(300)(300)

The American strategy in the war was called this…(400)

Answer: Guerilla Answer: Guerilla WarfareWarfare

Why did the strategy of the British to blockade the

American ports work so well to hurt the colonists??

(500)Answer: To prevent Answer: To prevent supplies from coming supplies from coming in from Francein from France

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“Who came up with the Atomic Theory? A blast

from the past”

Answer: John Dalton

Name of the British law-making body

(100)

Answer:

Parliament

This law required the This law required the colonists to keep the British colonists to keep the British troops in their home against troops in their home against

their will (200)their will (200)

Answer: Quartering ActAnswer: Quartering Act

““DAILY DOUBLE”DAILY DOUBLE”

““This law said the This law said the American’s could only trade American’s could only trade

with England”with England”

Answer: Navigation ActsAnswer: Navigation Acts

Event was used Event was used by some by some

colonists to turn colonists to turn American’s American’s against the against the

British. Pictured British. Pictured to the right… to the right…

(400) (400) Answer: Boston MassacreAnswer: Boston Massacre

Meeting of colonial Meeting of colonial delegates in delegates in

Philadelphia to Philadelphia to decide how to deal decide how to deal

with the British with the British (500)(500)Answer: First Answer: First

Continental CongressContinental Congress

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When the Treaty of Paris When the Treaty of Paris was signed, what became was signed, what became our WESTERN boarder??our WESTERN boarder??

Mississippi RiverMississippi River