GSE Unit 2 Colonial Era

1st representative government in the New World, located in Jamestown

What cash crop did John Rolfe bring with him that will save the Virginia Colony?

France gave up all its territories in mainland N. America, ending threat for British colonies

Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773

Because of fertile land & a long growing season, plantations developed in the

The first battle of the American Revolution, site of the "shot heard round the world"

British Parliament placed a tax on all paper products imported to the colonies through what?

The first written framework of government established in what is now the United States.

Under mercantilism, the thirteen American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with

This banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware are part of what colonial region?

Part of the triangular trade that brought slaves to the new world

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia were part of which colonial region?

New World war fought between two imperial powerhouses over pathways toward westward expansion

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

The New England Colonies were tolerant of other religions

The American Revolution was caused by all of the following EXCEPT

New Hampshire, Massachusetts,Rhode Island & Connecticut were part of which colonial region?

Series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.

Indentured servants were used as the first laborers in Jamestown

Religious revival that resulted in the questioning of the English church and king.

Written by Thomas Paine & helped convince colonists they should separate from England

Resulting from “salutary neglect” the colonies developed a desire for self-government.