The 13 Colonies & The American Revolution

This Virginia planter and politician was appointed commander in chief of the army during the Revolutionary War.

"Slave codes" in the Southern Colonies were -

What was the significance of town meetings in the New England colonies?

Which of the following is NOT true of the Royal African Company?

The below excerpt from Nathaniel Bacon shows that his primary concern was -

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson writes that everyone has unalienable rights. What does that mean?

Once the sugar tax was passed colonists protested by ________; they refused to buy molasses and sugar.

Which law passed by Parliament led to a famous event where colonists dressed up as Native Americans.

What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes?

What was Great Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party that included the closing of Boston Harbor?

Which of the following is NOT true about the Province of Georgia?

Which group helped the colonists during the American Revolution by training them and increasing naval power?

England passed the Navigation Acts to:

The Natives American sided with whom during the French and Indian War?

Which of the following was NOT part of the Middle Colonies?

What aspect of New England geography made farming a challenge for the English settlers?

What was a unique feature of the Province of Maryland?

The Declaration of Independence was written to set forth a list of grievances against which king?

What crop became an important source of income for the settlers at Jamestown?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the diversity of the Middle Colonies?

What was the "Headright System?"

King James granted a charter to the Virginia Company in 1606 to -

Became governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628.

Which act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.

The House of Burgesses was the first -

The colonists were able to beat the trained British soldiers by using _________________.

Banished for holding Bible meetings for women.

Jamestown Island's geography made it a favorable location for English settlers because -

The French and Indian War was fought between the British and France. The war started as a dispute over -

What is an "indentured servant?"

Based on this map of Plymouth Colony, what advantage did the settlers of Plymouth have?

Banished for giving opinions in church.

One difference between the lifestyles of the settlers at Jamestown and the indigenous Powhatan people was that the -

Which event FIRST showed that tensions between the British and colonists would turn violent

This group of colonists sided with the views of Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson during the war.

Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, was written to

What was the effect of the French and Indian War being very costly?

Where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War?

Which of the following acts limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?

Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important to the Patriot war effort?