Bingo Board #1

Question 0

Boycott

Answer 0

To refuse to buy

Question 1

Lexington/ Concord

Answer 1

Two towns where the first battle of the American revolution began on april 19 1775

Question 2

Boston massacre

Answer 2

The conflict where soldiers fired on a crowd of protesting civilians after hearing a mysterious gunshot

Question 3

Authority

Answer 3

Power which is given by someone with more power

Question 4

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 4

The British Decree prohibiting colonial settlement west of the Appalachians

Question 5

Jamestown

Answer 5

First successful colony in the new world, in Jamestown, Virginia

Question 6

Stamp Act

Answer 6

The 1765 British degree taxing all legal papers issued in the colonies

Question 7

Declaration of Independence

Answer 7

The document adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States as a nation independent of Great Britain

Question 8

Plymouth Colony

Answer 8

In 1620 a small group of English settlers landed in Massachusetts they were looking for religious freedom and no taxes

Question 9

Roanoke

Answer 9

Site of first English colony in the Americas, starting in 1585

Question 10

Quartering Act

Answer 10

1765 It required the colonies to quarter (provide housing and supplies for the soldiers)

Question 11

Boston Tea Party

Answer 11

The 1773 protest against British trade policies in which patriots boarded vessels of the East India Company and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor

Question 12

Manifest Destiny

Answer 12

The belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand to its natural borders

Question 13

Treaty of Paris

Answer 13

The treaty ending the revolutionary war. 1783

Question 14

Bill of Rights

Answer 14

The first ten amendments to the constitution, guaranteeing the basic rights of American citizens. (i.e freedom of speech)

Question 15

Parliament

Answer 15

The assembly of representatives who make laws in England

Question 16

Constitution

Answer 16

A framework of government. Created in 1787 and includes the legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branches. It’s our current framework of government

Question 17

3/5 Compromise

Answer 17

a clause to allow a slave to be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation in the Congress. It was proposed in July 1787 during the drafting of the U.S. Constitution at the Constitutional Convention. It was put down by the 13th amendment

Question 18

Articles of Confederation

Answer 18

The plan ratified by the states in 1781, that established a national congress with limited power. It was replaced with the Constitution

Question 19

When was the first battle of the American revolution and where did it happen

Answer 19

In april 1775 the first battle of the American revolution was fought in Lexington and concord

Question 20

When was the Boston massacre

Answer 20

1770

Question 21

When was Jamestown established

Answer 21

May 14 1607

Question 22

When was the stamp act created

Answer 22

1765