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| Which colony was established by a joint-stock company for economic reasons? | Virginia |
| Which colony was established by the religious dissenters called the Puritans? | Massachusetts |
| Which colony was established by the religious dissenters called the Quakers? | Pennsylvania |
| Which colonies' geography resulted in the development of an economy based on plantation agriculture? | Southern colonies |
| Which economic system made the British colonies part of a triangular trade route for economic growth? | mercantilism |
| What was the first colonial legislature to be established in the British colonies? | House of Burgesses |
| What document established self-government for the Pilgrims? | Mayflower Compact |
| Social contract theory and natural law are theories about government developed by which English philosopher? | John Locke |
| Prior to the French and Indian war, what term described the British policy of allowing colonies to govern their own day-to-day affairs? | salutary neglect |
| After the French and Indian War, which act levied the first-ever direct tax on the colonies? | Stamp Act |
| Protests against the Quartering Act resulted in British troops firing on protestors in which historical event? | Boston Massacre |
| Which historical event involved a protest by the Sons of Liberty against the taxes levied by the Tea Act? | Boston Tea party |
| Which acts were passed by Parliament to try to regain control over the colonists in Boston, Massachusetts? | Coercive or "Intolerable" Acts |
| Which historical event is known as “the shot heard ‘round the world”? | Lexington & Concord |
| What was the primary cause of the American Revolution? | taxation without representation |
| What did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense urge colonists to do? | declare independence from Britain |
| Which document described American political beliefs and listed the reasons for breaking away from Great Britain? | Declaration of Independence (1776) |
