Definition 1 of 175
1. However, in the fourth and final war in the series, the fighting began in the colonies and then
spread to Europe.
2. Britain and France now recognized the full importance of their colonies and shipped large
numbers of troops overseas to North America rather than rely on "amateur" colonial forces
The Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
King George's War (17 44-17 48)
Representative Assembly in Virginia
Empires at War
Definition 2 of 175
Newspaper printers in colonial days ran the risk of being jailed for libel if any article offended
the political authorities.
The Mayflower Compact
The Port Act
The Zenger Case
The Colonial View
Definition 3 of 175
was an early form of colonial self-government and a rudimentary written constitution and
Pilgrims drew up and signed a document that pledged them to make decisions by the will of
the majority.
The Gaspee
Challenges
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mayflower Compact
,Definition 4 of 175
1764, Baptist
Self-government
Connecticut
Rhode Island College (Brown),
College of new jersey (princeton)
Definition 5 of 175
he royal governor of Virginia ( 1641-1652; 1660 1677), used dictatorial powers to govern on
behalf of the large planters. He antagonized small farmers on Virginia's western frontier
because he failed to protect them from Indian attacks.
John Rolfe
Roger Williams
Captain John Smith
Sir William Berkeley
Definition 6 of 175
1. Lord Frederick North became the new prime minister. He urged Parliament to repeal the
Townshend Acts because they damaged trade and generated a disappointingly small amount
of revenue. The repeal of the Townshend Acts in 1770 ended the colonial boycott and, except
for an incident in Boston
2. However, Parliament retained a small tax on tea as a symbol of its right to tax the colonies.
charter
French Policy
Reorganization of the British Empire
Repeal of the Townshend Acts
,Definition 7 of 175
1. The acts caused New England shipbuilding to prosper, provided Chesapeake tobacco with a
monopoly in England, and provided English military forces to protect the colonies from
potential attacks by the French and Spanish. However, the acts also severely limited the
development of colonial manufacturing, forced Chesapeake farmers to accept low prices for
their crops, and caused colonists to pay high prices for manufactured goods from England.
2. the economic advantages from the Navigation Acts were offset by their negative political
effects on British-colonial relations.
Definition 9 of 175
The first medical college in the colonies was begun in 1765 as part of Franklin's idea for the
College of Philadelphia.
Patients
Nurses
Hospitals
Physicians
, Definition 10 of 175
In 1725, only five newspapers existed in the colonies, but by 1776 the number had grown to
more than 40.
Magazines
Television
New Routes
Newspapers
Definition 11 of 175
1. English law at that time did not recognize hereditary slavery, the first Africans in Virginia were
not in bondage for life, and any children born to them were free
2. However, by the end of the 1660s, the Virginia House of Burgesses had enacted laws that
discriminated between blacks and whites. Africans and their offspring were to be kept in
permanent bondage. They were slaves.
Rhode Island
British Actions and Colonial Reactions
Slavery
Connecticut
Definition 12 of 175
On a snowy day in March 1770, a crowd of colonists harassed the guards near the customs
house. The guards fired into the crowd, killing five people including an African American,
Crispus Attucks. At their trial for murder, the soldiers were defended by colonial lawyer John
Adams and acquitted.
Boston Massacre
Lexington And Concord
Boston Tea Party
Declaratory Act
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