Vocab Alley | ||
#1 | The act of trying to overthrow a government | revolution |
#2 | The area just behind a settled area | frontier |
#3 | Import tax | customs duty |
#4 | Laws passed by Parliament in the 1660's listing which colonial goods would be subject to customs duties | Navigation Acts |
#5 | Another name for a loyalist | Tory or Redcoat |
Give Me Liberty! | ||
#1 | Citizens upset about taxes and corruption under the leadership of Gov. Tryon | Regulators |
#2 | Colony where most immigrants originally settled in the New World before coming to the Carolina colony | Pennsylvania |
#3 | Battle between Gov. Tryon's militia and the Regulators | Battle of Alamance |
#4 | First Revolutionary War Battle | Lexington and Concord Massachusetts |
#5 | Name of a group of citizen soldiers formed by the colonies | militia |
New Life | ||
#1 | List 3 reasons for immigration to the Carolina colony | land, better way of life, religious freedom |
#2 | ________is a set of rules and procedures for government | a constitution |
#3 | County declaring independence from British rule before the Declaration of Independence | Mecklenburg |
#4 | Three reasons for rebellion in the colonies | unfair taxation, corrupt leaders, taxation without representation...Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Quartering Act...answers will vary |
#5 | Name six of the original 13 colonies and tell me their region | Answers will vary |
Changing Scenery | ||
#1 | NC women took a stand against unfair taxation called the | Edenton Tea Party |
#2 | What is taxation without representation? | being taxed by an authority without having the benefit of having elected representatives |
#3 | A formal written request to someone in authority signed by a group | petition |
#4 | One who rises in opposition or armed resistance against a government | rebel |
#5 | What does our NC license plate symbolize? | Mecklenburg Declaration and Halifax Resolves/"First in Freedom" |
United We Stand | ||
#1 | Backcountry residents paid taxes to help build | the Governor's mansion/Tryon Palace |
#2 | What does it mean to boycott? | to withdraw from commerce or social relations with a country, group or person as a form of protest |
#3 | Lawmaking body of Great Britain | Parliament |
#4 | Act which patriots rebelled against which forced colonists to pay duties for documents identifying their goods | Stamp Act |
#5 | Region of earliest development in the Carolina colony/home to the earliest seat of government | coastal region |
Final Question | |
Name of patriot who worked to spread the word of injustice and revolution to his fellow patriots in Massachusetts and throughout the 13 original colonies | Paul Revere |