The 13 Colonies U.S. History Early American Republic The 13 Colonies Questions What are one of the grievances the colonists had about King George III? What was the Great Awakening? What were the various classes into which colonial society was divided? Why do you think colonists believed they were entitled to the rights guaranteed by the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights? What policies did William Penn follow in the Pennsylvania colony? What was the purpose of the Tea Act of 1773? By whose authority do the representatives at the Second Continental Congress declare the colonies "Free and Independent States?" In 1764 the Sugar Act is passed, what was the colonists' and Samuel Adams's response? What was Rhode Island the first colony to do in the USA? Why did many colonies favor declaring independence? Where did British troops hope to separate New England from the Middle States? What did farmers in the Middle Colonies grow? What was the most successful newspaper in the colonies? What was the main reason that colonists were motivated to change their government? Why was trade difficult under the Articles of Confederation? What role did the 13 colonies have in the British empire? During colonial times, what fueled the global economy? Why did the colonies have a representative assembly? What was the Albany Plan of Union? What did most of the Native American groups do during the American Revolution? Who founded the colony of Rhode Island and why? What body of water formed the western boundary of the the United States in 1783? How did King George's feelings toward the colonies change after the Boston Tea Party? What three Middle Colonies offered religious freedom? By 1750, what was the population of the colonies? Why do you think British General Howe wanted to capture Philadelphia? In the American colonies, what did a man need to have before he could vote? What was the movement that drove more than 15,000 Puritans to Massachusetts? Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? What present-day states were formed out of land that was part of the original 13 states? How did the king and Parliament view the American colonies? Why did colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763? What were some of the laws passed by colonial and state legislatures regarding slaves? What act gave British officials the power to combat smuggling by issuing writs of assistance during colonial times? What was the purpose of a Royal Governor in the original colonies? How many original American colonies were there? Which difficulty led to development of the Annapolis Convention? Who was the king of England when American colonists declared their independence from England? What was the Connecticut Compromise also known as? Which two colonies did William Penn settle? Why did Britain interfere with colonial government in the mid-1700s? What did the states have to do before the U.S. Constitution could take effect? What different types of jobs did slave in the middle colonies hold? Why did the colonists want English rule to end? Why was the government in Massachusetts Bay Colony the most radical in colonial America? In which area did good harbors, abundant forests rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy? Which English colony was a haven for Catholics in North America? What is one reason why slavery developed in the American colonies? How were people able to get passage to the colonies in return for a promise to work? What challenges do you think the colonists faced after the Treaty of Paris? In what ways was Bacon's Rebellion a result of social tensions in the colony of Virginia? What kind of society did William Penn create in Pennsylvania? What was the Great Awakening and how did it influence colonial independence? What was the primary purpose of the British when they issued the Proclamation of 1763? The first Africans to be brought to British North America landed in which colony in the early 1600s? What were the biggest crops in the Southern Colonies? How did the middle colonies get their name? Why did the British government relax rules regulating trade for the American colonies in the late 1600s? Before 1760, which statement best describes the colonies? Thank you so much. Question #a6766 How did the British benefited from their mercantilist relationship with the American colonies? What was the first colonial industry in America? Why did American colonists have the rights of Englishmen? Who founded the Maryland colony? What was the religious revival that swept through the colonies in the late 1730s and 1740s? Why did the colonists call the Coercive Acts the "Intolerable Acts"? What were the Navigation Acts? Question #4d569 How did women contribute to colonial economies? Which act took away Massachusetts's right to govern itself? Question #eec1f Who were the major non-English immigrant groups in the Middle Colonies? Why did the Proclamtion of 1763 anger the colonists? For the Proclamation of 1763, what would you think a good compromise would be betweent the colonies and England at the time? Question #c34c1 Why were the middle colonies successful? Why is Roanoke named the lost colony? What were the first industries to develop in the North? What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts? What was the first act that the Parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the American colonists? What is the name of the United States first constitution? Why were the Coercive Acts passed? What governing body made laws that colonists had to abide by (pre-revolution)? Did the Virginia colony have religious freedom? 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