More Related Content Similar to 1 colonization taks review (16) 1. 1. Why did Europeans explore and colonize North America? 4. Jamestown , the first permanent English colony in North America, was established. 1607 1607 Jamestown 5. 20. What leader at Jamestown said, “Work or Don’t Eat” to the “gentleman”? 9. 2. & 16. What was drafted in 1620 by the Pilgrims and declared that those males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in the government for the best interest of the colony? 11. 12. What was the first representative government in the colonies? 12. Virginia House of Burgesses First Representative Government / Legislature in the colonies. 19. Near rivers and good harbors for transportation and trade reasons. 20. 10. What area during the colonial era was known as the breadbasket colonies due to the fact that they grew so much wheat, rye, and barley ? 22. 15. Even though most of the early settlers in New England had come over to farm , they turned from farming to other activities . Why ? 23. The soil was thin and rocky and there was a short growing season due to the long winters. New England 26. 9. What is the name of the system based on large-scale land ownership and the use of a large labor force ? 28. 4. Why did Southern planters turn to slavery ? 34. 7. Which region was responsible for the growing of tobacco, indigo and rice ? 36. 5. Which region of colonial America was involved in fishing, shipping, and shipbuilding? 38. 19. What was the struggle between the British and French in the colonies over the OHIO RIVER VALLEY ? 40. 18. What is the name of the economic theory in which the colonies are to benefit the mother country by supplying raw materials? 44. 3. Who used a political cartoon to urge the colonists to join together to fight against the French ? 46. 8. Who was an early hero for Freedom of the Press ? “Z press” 48. What is Ben Franklin trying to tell the American colonies? 49. The only way to win the war against France is to work together. 50. 24. Why did colonists resent taxes such as the Stamp Act, the Tea Act and the Sugar Act? 52. What did the phrase “No taxation without representation” mean? 53. The colonists did not think they should be taxed since they had no representatives in Parliament . 54. 23. What was the most effective means that the colonists used against the British to protest taxes ? 58. 39. Who set up the Committees of Correspondence , the Sons of Liberty , and organized the Boston Tea Party ? 62. 26. What act led to a group of colonists to dump cargo on ships overboard? 66. 25. What act led to soldiers being housed in colonists’ homes? 68. 28. What act declared that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains ? 74. So they would not have to deal with the Indians in the Ohio River Valley. Proclamation of 1763 75. 29. Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution? 77. What helped inform and unite the colonists during the period before the American Revolution?
