13 Colonies

The movement in the 1700s that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society

The act that required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal

What colonies made up the middle colonies?

The society of friends that made up the largest religious group in New Jersey

Who supported religious tolerance, nonviolence, and the equality of men and women?

What does it mean to boycott

The practice of creating and maintaining wealth by carefully to controlling trade

Crops that are continuously in demand are

A religious movement in the 1730s and 1740s that affected colonial social and political life

A protestant group that wanted to purify, or reform the Anglican church

Why did Great Britain raise taxes in its American colonies?

Protestants that believed salvation was available to all people

Which colony was the first to promote religious tolerance?

Colonists that receive a free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay are

A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa

A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good is known as

When colonies and towns shared ideas and information about the new British laws

In the New England colonies who helped promote education?

Who ran farms and businesses in the middle colonies?

What events led to the Boston Massacre?

Wheat, barley, and oats were grown in

People who left the country of their birth to live in another country are known as

Separatist group that left England in the early 1600's to escape persecution are known as

Religion was closely tied to government in which colony?

The first permanent English settlement in North America

Laws to control slaves are known as

The act that reduced powers of the English Monarch

The event where Indians sneaked onto ships in Boston Harbor and dumped tea overboard is knownas

What was responsible for the rise in tension between Britain and the colonies

A charter is