SS Test Flashcards
Which three European Countries had the most significant colonial presence in North America?
Spain England and France
How the geography and climate of each colonial region (north, middle and south) determined the types of jobs people had and they way those colonies would make money?
They haf different growin seasons and more or less land for crops.
Which colonial region’s economy was based on producing wheat and grain?
The middle colonies
Which colonial region’s economy was based on timber, fishing and shipping?
New england colonies
Which colonial region’s economy was based on the cash crops of tobacco and indigo?
Southern Colonies
Which of the three colonial regions was the most ethnically and religiously diverse?
Middle colonies
Who colonial assemblies were elected by?
The members of the lower house
What power royal governors had over the actions of the colonial assemblies?
Royal governors had the power to decide when to call the provincial assemblies
What the other name of the French and Indian war was?
The seven years war
What a major cause of the French and Indian War was?
The American Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and their cultural future.
How much land Britain gained after the French and Indian War (what river was the
boundary)?
The territory that was gained, the Ohio Mississippi River in the west.
What the Proclamation Line of 1763 prohibited colonists to do?
settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
What the Sugar Act did?
Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign
What the Stamp Act did?
It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.
What the Townshend Act did?
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What the Tea Act did?
granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies
What a boycott is?
withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
What the Sons of Liberty were and did?
established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party.
The many ways that colonists reacted to British tax acts?
violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation”
Who defended the British Soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
What four (4) things the Intolerable Acts did?
The four acts were (1) the Boston Port Bill, which closed Boston Harbor; (2) the Massachusetts Government Act, which replaced the elective local government with an appointive one and increased the powers of the military governor; (3) the Administration of Justice Act, which allowed British officials charged with
Which colonies were present at the First Continental Congress?
John Sullivan, Nathaniel Folsom
What a militia (of minutemen) is?
men in arms formed to protect their towns from foreign invasion and ravages of war.
When the Battles of Lexington and Concord happened and why?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous ‘shot heard ‘round the world’, marked the start of the American War of Independence
