Geography – American Revolution Review
Geography
Early Colonies
Influences on Colonial Government
Colonial Policies
British Acts And Colonial Responses
American Revolution
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The future state of Maine was part of this colony Incorrect Correct
What is Massachusetts? Back to Question Main Board
This group of colonies was know as the Breadbasket Colonies Incorrect Correct
What are the Middle Colonies? Back to Question Main Board
This region had a long growing season and used slave labor to harvest cash crops Incorrect Correct
What are the Southern Colonies? Back to Question Main Board
This colonial region had good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season. Incorrect Correct
What are the New England Colonies? Back to Question Main Board
This colonial region used indentured servants as their main source of labor. Incorrect Correct
What are the Middle Colonies? Back to Question Main Board
The largest of the thirteen colonies. Incorrect Correct
What is Virginia? Back to Question Main Board
The first permanent English colony in the New World. Incorrect Correct
What is Jamestown, Virginia? Back to Question Main Board
This group came to the Americas in 1629 in search of religious freedom. Incorrect Correct
Who are the Puritans? Back to Question Main Board
This religious group came to the Americas in search of religious freedom in 1620. Incorrect Correct
Who are the Pilgrims? Back to Question Main Board
A business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose, such as establishing a colony Incorrect Correct
What is a Joint Stock Company? Back to Question Main Board
This civilization influenced the development of New England town hall meetings Incorrect Correct
What is Ancient Greece? Back to Question Main Board
The Enlightenment philosopher who came up with the idea of natural rights that challenged the divine right of monarchs Incorrect Correct
Who is John Locke? Back to Question Main Board
The first written constitution in the colonies Incorrect Correct
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? Back to Question Main Board
The first representative law making body in the colonies Incorrect Correct
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses? Back to Question Main Board
The Enlightenment thinker who developed the idea of the social contract theory that influenced the Mayflower Compact Incorrect Correct
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau? Back to Question Main Board
The transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, Europe, and the colonies of North America. Incorrect Correct
What is the Triangular Trade? Back to Question Main Board
A failed attempt to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, for defensive purposes against Native American Attacks, suggested by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. Incorrect Correct
What is the Albany Plan of Union? Back to Question Main Board
An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade. Incorrect Correct
What is Mercantilism? Back to Question Main Board
An English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies’ continued economic loyalty. Incorrect Correct
What is Salutary Neglect? Back to Question Main Board
Court case that established the principle of freedom of the press, newspapers could, print sensitive, criticizing articles if they were true. Incorrect Correct
What is the John Peter Zenger Trail? Back to Question Main Board
The dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act. Incorrect Correct
What is the Boston Tea Party? Back to Question Main Board
A clash between British soldiers and colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed. Incorrect Correct
What is the Boston Massacre? Back to Question Main Board
An order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains following the French and Indian War Incorrect Correct
What is the Proclamation of 1763? Back to Question Main Board
A 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies of North America. Incorrect Correct
What is the Stamp Act? Back to Question Main Board
A series of laws enacted in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. Incorrect Correct
What are the Intolerable Acts? Back to Question Main Board
The document, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies independence from Britain. Incorrect Correct
What is the Declaration of Independence? Back to Question Main Board
A pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, which called for separation of the colonists from Britain. Incorrect Correct
What is Common Sense? Back to Question Main Board
The first battles between colonists and British soldiers in the American Revolution. Incorrect Correct
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord? Back to Question Main Board
The American Revolution officially ended with the signing of this document Incorrect Correct
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783? Back to Question Main Board
A group of American colonial delegates that convened in May 1775, approved the Declaration of Independence, and served as the only agency of national government during the American Revolution. Incorrect Correct
What is the Second Continental Congress? Back to Question Main Board
American Revolution
Final Jeopardy! The turning point of the American Revolutionary War, that convinced France to support the colonists in their fight for Independence.
What is the Battle of Saratoga? Final Jeopardy! What is the Battle of Saratoga?