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4th - study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which Act taxed the colonists without their consent? | The stamp act |
| After which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy? | The battle of bunker hill |
| Someone who refuses to fight in wars is called | pacifist |
| What crop saved Jamestown by making money for the settlement investors? | tabaco |
| American colonists who favored Independence. | patriot |
| Ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors | tolerance |
| Founded in 1733, ______ was the last English colony established in North America. | Georgia |
| To stop buying goods in protest. | Boycott |
| What did the Jamestown colonists called the winter of 1609 - 1610? | The starving time |
| At the time of the Boston Tea Party most colonists still considered themselves British Citizens. T/ F | True |
| The act that gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants was the Sugar Act. | False |
| Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists? | Boston Massacre |
| Who led the Green Mountain Boys who captured the British-held Fort Ticonderoga? | Ethan Allen |
| Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called | Puritans |
| Who was the first commander of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
| A mocking figure representing an unpopular person. | Effigy |
| The first English child born in the American colonies. | Virginia Dare |
| After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy? | The battle of bunker hill |
| The American who best exemplifies the Enlightenment way of thinking was? | Benjamin Franklin |
| Crops that sell easily | Cash Crops |
| What did the Olive Branch Petition ask the King to do? | Make peace with the colonist |
| Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence? | John Hancock |
| he main reason for population growth in the colonies was? | immigration |
| What did writs of assistance allow British customs officers to search? | homes for smuggled good |
| Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by which act? | Townshend Acts |
| Who designed the “City of Brotherly Love” | William Penn |
| The Pilgrims founded Jamestown. T/ F | True |
| Great Britain developed a great debt from supporting France in the French and Indian War. | True |
| Five soldiers were killed during the Boston Massacre. T/ F | False |
| John White thought the Roanoke settlers might have moved to Croatoan Island. | True |
| The men of Jamestown elected representatives called _________ to enact local laws | Burgsess |
| What crop saved Jamestown by making money for the settlement investors? | Tobacco |
| The first English child born in the American colonies | Virginia Dare |
| Elected representatives of Jamestown | Burgesses |
| People from the continent of _________ were enslaved in the Southern Colonies | Africa |
| ______________ surrendered to the English without a fight in 1664. | Peter Stuyvesant |
| The sole owner and ruler of a colony | Proprietor |
| Pilgrims survived in Plymouth due to the help of | Squanto & Samoset |
| The first written constitution in America was the | The Fundamental orders of connecticut |
| Where in America was religious freedom first practiced | Georgia |
| What was the Mayflower Compact | The first aregment for self-government to be created/enforced in America |
| Colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Britain? | Loyalist |
| A lack of religious tolerance by the ___________ led to the formation of colonies elsewhere. | Puritans |
| The Pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower were __________ | Puritans (Pilgrims) |
| What colony was established as a place for debtors to make a fresh start? | Georgia |
| The word __________ is Latin for “Charles’s Land” | Carolina |
| Founded in 1733, ____________ was the last English colony established in North America | Georgia |
| 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way | headright |
| To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs | persecute |
| Person who owes money | debtor |
| Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes | pacifist |
| To disagree with or oppose an opinion | Dissent |
| Ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors | Tolerance |
| Document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony | charter |
| The founders of Maryland gave large __________ to English aristocrats | estates |
| Rhode Island had a policy of _________ toleration | religious |
| John White thought the Roanoke settlers might have moved to | Croatoan Island |
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