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STAAR Facts Set 1/2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| *Religion (God) *Wealth (Gold) *Fame and International recognition (Glory) | Reasons for European exploration |
| Abigail Adams | Wife of John Adams, "Remember the Ladies" |
| Anne Hutchinson | woman kicked out of Massachusetts Bay, founded Rhode Island for religious freedom |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | first shots of the American Revolution |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point in the American Revolution |
| Battle of Yorktown | last battle of the American Revolution, helped by the French navy |
| Benjamin Franklin | Author, inventor, ambassador to France during Revolution |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish military leader who held off British in New Orleans |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers fire on mob and kill 5 colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | led by the Sons of Liberty; destroyed cases of tea into Boston harbor |
| Boycott | Organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products. |
| Charles Cornwallis | Commander of British forces at the Battle of Yorktown |
| Crispus Attucks | African American, First person killed in the Boston Massacre martyr of the American Revolution |
| Date for the DOI | July 4, 1776 |
| Declaration of Independence | document written by Thomas Jefferson breaking up with England. |
| First Great Awakening | religious movement of the 1700s that emphasized the importance of reading the Bible and religious feelings |
| French and Indian War | war between England and France over land in North America. |
| French | Which colonizing nation established a good relationship with the Natives and came to the Americas in search of furs to trade? |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecicut | first written constitution in the colonies; Example of a representative government. |
| Geography of New England colonies | rocky soil, cold winters, cool summers, lots of hills/small mountains, fast rivers |
| George Washington | Commander in Chief of the Continental Army |
| Georgia | colony founded by James Oglethorpe for debtors |
| Haym Salomon | Polish Jew who spied for Americans and was held as a translator for the Germans by the British |
| Industry (jobs) of New England colonies | ship building, fishing, trade, fur trapping |
| Intolerable (Coersive) Acts | act passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party (cancelled town meetings |
| James Armistead | African American spy during the American Revolution. Spied on British General Cornwallis' camp |
| James Oglethorpe | founder of Georgia |
| Jamestown | 1607, first permanent English colony in North America |
| John Adams | Massachusetts lawyer who defended British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre |
| John Paul Jones | Founder of the US Navy, Continental navy commander and privateer known for yelling "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| King George III | King of England during the American Revolution |
| Loyalist | Those who remained loyal to the King |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French noble who served under George Washington in the American Revolution and helped train the American troops |
| Maryland | colony founded for Catholics |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | colony founded by Puritans for religious freedom |
| Mayflower Compact | 1620, first document with form of self- government in North America |
| Mercantilism | an economic system to increase a nation''s wealth by sending natural resources from colonies to the mother country. |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Patriot writer that supported independence and convinced others to join the cause. First woman historian of the Americans Revolution |
| New England Colonies | Which region of the colonies did the Puritans settle? |
| Patrick Henry | Patriot from Virginia |
| Patriot | Those who supported independence from England. |
| Primary reason for declaring independence | being taxed without representation "a vote" in Parliament |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Closed off the region west of the Appalachian mountains to colonial settlement |
| Quartering Act | Law requiring colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers. |
| Roger Williams | founded Rhode Island for religious freedom |
| Samuel Adams | Leader of the Sons of Liberty and Patriot who established the committees of correspondence in Boston & is thought to have planned the Boston Tea Party |
| Stamp Act | Act which places a tax on almost all printed materials |
| Sugar Act | Replaces the Molasses Act and placed a duty on molasses or sugar |
| Tea Act | tax on tea, almost had to buy tea from England |
| Thomas Hooker | Minister who leaves Massachusetts to settle Hartford, helped frame the FOC |
| Thomas Jefferson | author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Paine | Author of the revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense, urged Americans to support the Patriot cause |
| Townshend Acts | Tax on imported goods like glass, lead, silk, tea, paint |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | ended the French and Indian War, gave all land West of the MS River to Spain and land East to England. |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Agreement that ended the American Revolutionary War |
| Triangular Trade | trade between England, the Americas, and Africa |
| unalienable rights (definition) | rights given to you at birth that cannot be taken away |
| unalienable rights (what Thomas Jefferson said were unalienable) | life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
| Valley Forge | winter camp where Washington's men die of cold |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | the first representative assembly of elected representatives in North America, government of Virginia |
| Wentworth Cheswell | Educated African American Patriot, made a ride that Paul Revere was supposed to make |
| What is the geography of the Southern colonies like? | rich fertile soil, flat, fertile plains, slow rivers |
| What is the primary industry in the South? | plantations, agriculture that depends on slave labor |
| What was the Economy of the Middle Colonies like? | "breadbasket" colonies |
| What was the Geography of the Middle Colonies like? | moderate weather, rolling hills |
| William Penn | A wealthy Quaker who founded Pennsylvania |
| grievance | complaint, listed in the Declaration of Independence as problems the colonies had with England |
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