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1st Quarter Review
Review of terms and concepts from the 1st quarter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are pacifists? | those who refuse to fight in wars |
| William Penn allowed some of Pennsylvania's southern counties to function as what separate colony? | Delaware |
| What group controlled the economic and political life of the Southern Colonies? | plantation owners |
| What was the main cash crop of South Carolina and Georgia? | rice |
| Who were the only people who could vote in the colonies? | white male property owners |
| Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of what English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence? | John Locke |
| Who was the man that turned the ragged Continental Army in to a more efficient fighting force? | Freidrich von Steuben |
| Although the last significant battle took place in 1781, what year was the treaty ending the war signed? | 1783 |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | a pledge to obey the laws of the colony |
| What were Protestants that left the Anglican church to establish their own churches called? | Separatists |
| Who was the man known as "Swamp Fox"? | Francis Marion |
| What did some colonists do to avoid taxes? | they resorted to smuggling |
| What was the colonial name for laws that banned town meetings in New England? | Intolerable Acts |
| Why were New York and Virginia colonies founded? | to expand trade |
| What is a merchant ship that is privately owned and armed with weapons? | privateer |
| What was the first state to have an all-African American regiment? | Rhode Island |
| What battle led to the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis? | Battle of Yorktown |
| Where was Loyalist strength the strongest? | the Carolinas and Georgia |
| What did group of merchants obtain from the British king in order to start settlements in America? | charters |
| Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence? | John Hancock |
| What colony was established as a place for debtors to make a fresh start? | Georgia |
| What did the delegates of the First Continental Congress most want to do? | have their rights and liberties restored |
| What document demonstrated the colonists' desire for peace? | the Olive Branch petition |
| What happened when three East India Company ships arrived in Boston Harbor in 1773? | Colonists boarded the ships and threw chests of tea overboard. |
| What law granted Catholics and Protestants the right to worship freely in Maryland? | Act of Toleration |
| How did England view its North American colonies? | as an economic resource |
| In what document did Americans agree to allow British merchants to collect debts owed to them? | Treaty of Paris |
| What political body declared the unconstitutionality of British revenue taxes on the American colonies in 1774? | First Continental Congress |
| Why was it considered wise for Washington to hold his men back at times? | so he wouldn't lose too many troops in a battle he couldn't afford to lose |
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