Colonial America

1. What was the first permanent English colony? 2. What document limited the power of the English king? 3. What principle states that all laws apply equally to everyone? 4. What type of law is based on precedent rather than on laws made by legislative bodies? 5. What was the name of the first representative assembly/government in the colonies? 6. What product led to success for the early colony? 7. This term refers to a person who agrees to work for a person if they pay their way to America? 8. This group of people came to America in 1620? 9. What type of government did the Mayflower Compact establish? 10. What belief got Roger Williams exiled from the Massachusetts Bay colony? 11. This woman was also banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony for her religious beliefs? 12. Roger Williams founded which colony? 13. The nation's first constitution was written in Connecticut. What was it named? 14. What religious group settled in Pennsylvania? 15. Which colony was founded as a safe haven for English Catholics to settle? 16. Which colony was founded as a haven for debtors? 17. This is a system of nations increasing their wealth and power through trade? 18. Name several raw materials the colonies traded with Europe? 19. Name the famous Colonial trial about freedom of the press? 20.This was the system of trade between Europe, the Caribbean and the colonies? 21. This term describes the trip that slaves had to endure coming to America? 22.The economy of the Colonial South was dependent upon what? 23.What is another name for the Middle Colonies? 24.Name several industries that dominated the Northern economy? 25.In what town did witch trials take place in 1692? 26.This term refers to a period of learning that stressed the use of reason and science 27.This Enlightenment philosopher contributed ideas such as natural rights and a social contract to American thinkers. What are natural rights according to Locke? 28.What is the social contract? 29.Which philosopher described a separation of powers?

30. Which philosopher contributed ideas about separation of powers in government? 31. What was the Albany Plan of Union and who proposed it? 32. What was the Proclamation of 1763? 33. How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763? 34. To pay for the large British Army in America, the British government began to do what? 35. How did local merchants react to this new policy by the British? 36. What are writs of assistance? 37. What major complaint did people like James Otis have with the new policy? 38. What was the Stamp Act? 39. What did the Quartering Act do? 40. This was a Boston based group who began to protest and revolt against British policies? 41. What was the Townshend Acts? 42. What was the Boston Massacre? 43. What was the Boston Tea party and why did it occur? 44. After the Tea Party what new law did the British pass? 45. Why did the colonists in Boston have such a strong reaction to this law? 46. What were Committees of Correspondence? 47. Representatives from the different colonies met in 1774. What was this meeting called? 48. What happened in Lexington and Concord in the spring of 1775? 49. Colonial Leaders met again in what meeting beginning in 1775? 50. This was a letter sent to King George asking to solve our differences and avoid war? 51. This was the name given to someone who thought the colonies should be independent? 52. This was a name given to those people who thought we should remain a part of Britain? 53. This was an article written by Thomas Paine to urge people to support independence for the colonies? 54. This is the formal date of our Declaration of Independence? 55. Who wrote the majority of the DoI? 56. Name two major concepts about mankind included in the Declaration? 57. What was the actual majority of the Declaration about? 58. Where and when did the war come to an end? 59. Name the Treaty that official separated the colonies from Britain?