1600-1700
1700-1760
1760-1775
1775-1789
1790-1800
100
Labor intensive crop that saved Jamestown
What is tobacco
100
Acquitted of seditious libel in 1735
Who is John Peter Zenger
100
British Act that angered professionals in the colonies
What is the Stamp Act
100
Starts "We hold these truths to be self-evident.."
What is the Declaration of Independence
100
First Secretary of the Treasury that supported a Bank of the U.S.
Who is Alexander Hamilton
200
Major form of economic activity in New England
What is shipbuilding
200
Religious revival started in MA in the 1730s
What is The Great Awakening
200
British Act passed when the Stamp Act was repealed
What is the Declaratory Act
200
The turning point of the American Revolution
What is Saratoga
200
First Secretary of State that was a "strict constructionist" of the Constitution
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
Workers used in the colonies before slavery was instituted
What are indentured servants
300
Added as a "buffer colony" in 1732
What is Georgia
300
MA disturbance used to stir up anti-British rhetoric
What is the Boston Massacre
300
Site of the final major battle of the Revolution
What is Yorktown
300
Warning that we should stay out of entangling alliances
What is Washington's Farewell Address
400
1676 rebellion of indentured servants in Virginia
What is Bacon's Rebellion
400
River valley where the French & Indian War started
What is Ohio
400
Most successful form of protest used by the colonists
What is boycotting
400
First formal set of laws for the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation
400
Incident involving three French diplomats that led to the Quasi War
What is the XYZ Affair
500
First group to speak out against slavery
What are the Quakers
500
Economic form that benefitted the mother country at the expense of the colonies
What is mercantilism
500
Where was the "Shot heard 'round the world?"
What is Lexington (and Concord)
500
1786 uprising of debtor farmers in MA
What is Shays' Rebellion
500
Anonymously written in response to the Alien & Sedition Acts
What is the KY and VA Resolutions
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