| A | B |
|---|
| Grenville Act hated most by colonists | Stamp Act |
| July 4, 1776 | Declaration of Independence was signed |
| after which battle did the French join the war? | Battle of Saratoga |
| British General who surrenedered at Yorktown | Cornwallis |
| one step taken at the 2nd continental congress | Olive brand petition OR washington appointed leader of colonial forces |
| where was the "shot heard round the world" fired from? | Lexington Green |
| a refusal to buy goods | boycott |
| 2 reasons whites came to New world | religious freedom and freedom from war/poverty |
| swedes and finns brought us this | log cabins |
| economic base of colonies | land or farming |
| main manufacturing in new england | shipbuilding |
| cornerstone of colonial life | family |
| famous 18th century african poet | Phillis Wheatley |
| in charge of british war effort in 1758 | William Pitt |
| defeated Montcalm near Quebec | Wolfe |
| came to power in 1660-tightened control over colonies | Charles 2nd |
| sent washington to fort duquesne | Governor Dinwiddie |
| my troops defeated on plains of abraham | Montcalm |
| proposed plan of union for colonies in 1754 | Franklin |
| first colonial college | Harvard |
| took england _____ years to establish colonies | 125 years |
| 20% of colonial population in 1775 | Africans |
| dutch contribution to colonial life? | brick houses |
| bread colonies | middle colonies |
| congregationalism- main religion where? | main religion of New England |
| social groups that dominated southern society | planters |
| person bound to work for someone else for a set number of years | indentured servant |
| pennsylvania dutch | germans |
| french and indian war- aka what? | seven years war |
| loose union of ppl for shared support | confederation |
| first college established in south | william and mary |
| rivalry btw france and britain started over this | ohio valley |
| theory where colonies provide raw materials for the mother ocuntry in exchange for namufactured goods | mercantilism |
| french and indian war was fought over what? | fur trade in ohio valley |
| Treaty of paris 1763 | ended french and indian war |
| Townshend Acts taxed what? | lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea |
| stated no colonists could settle west of Appalachians | Proclamation of 1763 |
| said taxation w/o representation is tyranny | Henry or patrick henry |
| colonists for separation from britain were called | patriots |
| colonials response to Tea Act | Boston Tea Party |
| wrote Common Sense and The Crisis | Thomas Paine |
| patriot soldiers who could be ready at a moments notice | minute men |
| author of declaration of indepenednce | Jefferson |
| commanderto revolutionary government | morris |
| british general and crown-appointed governor of massachusettes | General Gage |
| surrenedered to washington at yorktown | Cornwallis |
| fought the british and regained control of the west | Clark |
| refused to accept olive brance petition | George III (3) |
| president of 2nd continental congress and first to sign declaration of independence | John Hancock |
| wrote the declaration of rights and grievances | Dickinson |
| called Boston Massacre a massacre in order to gain support for patriots | Sam Adams |
| "the hair buyer" | Hamilton |
| disguised herself as a man and served in continental army | Sampson |
| someone who remained faithful to british | tory or loyalist |
| warned colonists at lexington and concord that british were coming | REvere |
| type of colonial protest | tar and feathering, boycott, burning or hanging in effigy |
