Americal Revolution W yoming valley Colonies Taxes Government
100
What was the Battle of Trenton?
Hessian mercenaries fighting for Britain
captured by Washington's army
100
What is the name of two groups that settled in Wyoming Valley?
Nanticoke, Deleware
100
What was the impact of seeds?
Seeds changed diets and lengthened lives
100
What was the Stamp Act?
act on legal documents and activities in the colonists
100
What was our first plan of government?
Articles of Confederation
200
What is the turning point of the war?
Battle of Saratoga
200
Who is the person who smashed the victims head on rocks?
Queen Esther
200
What were three things traded on the triangular trade route?
slaves, tobacco, rum
200
What was Navigation Act?
said shipments from Europe to colonies had to go through colonies first, ny imports to England from the colonies had to come in ships built and owned by British subjects, the colonies must sell key products such as sugar and tobacco only to Britain
200
What are three branches and levels
executive, legislative, judicial, national, state, local
300
Where was the shot heard around the world?
Lexington and Concord
300
What caused the Yankee-Pennamite War?
King George gave the same land to each group in different land grants
300
What were three occupations in the New England colonies?
fishing, lumbering, whaling, ship-building
300
What was another name for taxes?
tariff
300
What does popular sovereignty mean?
the people rule
400
Who was a spy for Washington?
John Honeyman/ Nathan Hale
400
Who was the little girl who was kidnapped by Natives?
Frances Slocum
400
What were disadvantages for the French in the French and Indian War?
not enough troops, too much land
400
How were the Navigation Acts fair?
colonist merchants had a definite market to sell their goods, helped the ship-building industry in New England
400
Four successes under the Articles
waged a successful war for independence, made a treaty with Britain, set up rules for new land
500
What was the name of the man who made sneak attacks on the British?
Francis Marion/ Swamp Fox
500
What were three forts in Wyoming?
Pittston, Jenkins, Wintermoot
500
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
imaginary line drawn by British to keep colonists out of the west and away from Native's lands
500
Why was the Stamp Act unfair?
colonists weren't allowed to elect representatives in Parliament, had to pay colonies taxes and British ones
500
What were ideas that shaped the Constitution?
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
House of Burgess
John Locke
Montesquieu






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