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Founding
Economics Colonization
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Events
Leading to
Revolution
Influential
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This form of economic
order is characterized by
private ownership of
resources with the freedom
to use, buy and sell their
property or services in an
open market.
What is
Capitalism?
This form of capitalism
is the acquiring of raw
materials or fabricated
goods by a merchant,
who then sells or trades
them for a profit.
What is
Mercantilism?
Wealthy European
investors would buy
stock in this type of
risky company in
return for a share of its
profits.
What was a
Joint-Stock
Company?
The global exchange of
people, goods, technology,
ideas, and diseases
between Europe and the
New World was called
this, after Christopher
Columbus.
What was the
Columbian
Exchange?
This three leg trade route,
between the West Indies,
the American colonies,
Europe and Africa, was
known for the movement
of sugar, guns and slaves.
What was the
Triangular
Trade?
This type of colony was
established by a group of
religious settlers or stock
holders receiving a formal
document from the king
for rights and privileges to
the land.
What was a
Charter
Colony?
This type of colony was
owned by an individual
or group of proprietors,
until English monarchs
began to convert them
into Royal Colonies.
What was a
Proprietary
Colony?
This Settlement was
the first permanent
English settlement in
the Americas.
What was
Jamestown?
The Pilgrims landed in
this place, which
became the first
charter colony for the
purposes of Puritan
religious freedom.
What is
Plymouth,
Massachusetts?
The winning of this war
secured the English colonies
from French control and
led to the Proclamation of
1763, angering colonists
and blocking settlement
west of the Appalachians.
What was the
French-Indian
War?
This great document in 1215 was
the first written contract to limit
royal power, protecting noble
life, liberty, and property; as
well as influencing ideas of selfgovernment in the Mayflower
Compact and the Fundamental
Orders of Connecticut.
What is the
Magna Carta?
In 1689, Parliament
added this document to
the Magna Carta,
securing fundamental
rights of consent, justice
by trial, and freedom to
petition.
What is the
English Bill of
Rights?
Known as the first
document establishing
self-government in the
Americas, the Pilgrims
wrote this document of
laws “for the general
good of the colony.”
What was the
Mayflower
Compact?
Considered the first
written constitution of
America, this formal plan
of government described
Connecticut’s organization
of representative
government.
What was the
Fundamental
Orders of
Connecticut?
The drafting of this
document became the
world’s first declaration of
natural rights, influenced
by John Locke’s ideas of
life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
What is the
Declaration of
Independence?
To pay back its war debt
from the French Indian
War, the British
Parliament began to do
this, leading to the refusal
to pay and revolts against
tax collectors.
What is Taxation
without
Representation?
When a heckling, rockthrowing crowd scared
young soldiers to shoot,
journalists exaggerated
this event to increase anger
against British troops for
enforcing tax collection.
What was the
Boston
“Massacre?”
In protest to the Tea Act, the
Sons of Liberty dressed up
as Mohawk Indians in this
event and disposed of the
British East India Company
shipments, throwing them
into the Boston harbor.
What was the
Boston Tea
Party?
These laws closed down
Boston harbor, instated
curfews, and allowed
troops to be quartered in
private residences, all in
response to the tea party.
What were the
Coercive Acts?
(Also known by colonists as the
Intolerable Acts)
Searching for resistance
leaders, Sam Adams and
John Handcock, British
troops entered into a fire fight
with minutemen, becoming
known as these first battles of
the Revolutionary War.
What were the
Battles of
Lexington and
Concord?
This British political
philosopher proposed a
system by which people
give their consent to be
governed to a government
that promises to protect
their natural rights.
Who was John
Locke?
This outspoken
Virginian proponent
for independence is
famous for the saying,
“Give me liberty, or
give me death!”
Who is
Patrick Henry?
This man published a
pamphlet called
Common Sense, stating
that it made perfect
sense to separate from
Britain.
Who was
Thomas Paine?
This well spoken Virginian
wrote the Declaration of
Independence in two nights,
changing the western world’s
idea of natural rights and a
governments responsibility
to protect those rights.
Who was
Thomas
Jefferson?
This native Virginian, and
retired lieutenant colonel
from the British army, was
asked by the Continental
Congress to be the
commanding general of
colonial forces.
Who was
George
Washington?