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