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2. This form of economic order is characterized by private ownership of resources with the freedom to use, buy and sell their property or services in an open market.

3. What is Capitalism?

4. This form of capitalism is the acquiring of raw materials or fabricated goods by a merchant, who then sells or trades them for a profit.

5. What is Mercantilism?

6. Wealthy European investors would buy stock in this type of risky company in return for a share of its profits.

7. What was a Joint-Stock Company?

8. The global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases between Europe and the New World was called this, after Christopher Columbus.

9. What was the Columbian Exchange?

10. This three leg trade route, between the West Indies, the American colonies, Europe and Africa, was known for the movement of sugar, guns and slaves.

11. What was the Triangular Trade?

12. This type of colony was established by a group of religious settlers or stock holders receiving a formal document from the king for rights and privileges to the land.

13. What was a Charter Colony?

14. This type of colony was owned by an individual or group of proprietors, until English monarchs began to convert them into Royal Colonies.

15. What was a Proprietary Colony?

16. This Settlement was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

17. What was Jamestown?

18. The Pilgrims landed in this place, which became the first charter colony for the purposes of Puritan religious freedom.

19. What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?

20. The winning of this war secured the English colonies from French control and led to the Proclamation of 1763, angering colonists and blocking settlement west of the Appalachians.

21. What was the French-Indian War?

22. This great document in 1215 was the first written contract to limit royal power, protecting noble life, liberty, and property; as well as influencing ideas of self- government in the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

23. What is the Magna Carta?

24. In 1689, Parliament added this document to the Magna Carta, securing fundamental rights of consent, justice by trial, and freedom to petition.

25. What is the English Bill of Rights?

26. Known as the first document establishing self-government in the Americas, the Pilgrims wrote this document of laws “for the general good of the colony.”

27. What was the Mayflower Compact?

28. Considered the first written constitution of America, this formal plan of government described Connecticut’s organization of representative government.

29. What was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

30. The drafting of this document became the world’s first declaration of natural rights, influenced by John Locke’s ideas of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

31. What is the Declaration of Independence?

32. To pay back its war debt from the French Indian War, the British Parliament began to do this, leading to the refusal to pay and revolts against tax collectors.

33. What is Taxation without Representation?

34. When a heckling, rock- throwing crowd scared young soldiers to shoot, journalists exaggerated this event to increase anger against British troops for enforcing tax collection.

35. What was the Boston “Massacre?”

36. In protest to the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians in this event and disposed of the British East India Company shipments, throwing them into the Boston harbor.

37. What was the Boston Tea Party?

38. These laws closed down Boston harbor, instated curfews, and allowed troops to be quartered in private residences, all in response to the tea party.

39. What were the Coercive Acts? (Also known by colonists as the Intolerable Acts)

40. Searching for resistance leaders, Sam Adams and John Handcock, British troops entered into a fire fight with minutemen, becoming known as these first battles of the Revolutionary War.

41. What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

42. This British political philosopher proposed a system by which people give their consent to be governed to a government that promises to protect their natural rights.

43. Who was John Locke?

44. This outspoken Virginian proponent for independence is famous for the saying, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

45. Who is Patrick Henry?

46. This man published a pamphlet called Common Sense, stating that it made perfect sense to separate from Britain.

47. Who was Thomas Paine?

48. This well spoken Virginian wrote the Declaration of Independence in two nights, changing the western world’s idea of natural rights and a governments responsibility to protect those rights.

49. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

50. This native Virginian, and retired lieutenant colonel from the British army, was asked by the Continental Congress to be the commanding general of colonial forces.

51. Who was George Washington?