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Colonization to Revolution 2022 Answer Key

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Unite
#1 Name for a person who favored allegiance to King George III (20%of colonists) Loyalist
#2 citizen soldiers militia
#3 Region in the colonies where immigrants traveled from to settle in the NC Colony middle colonies
#4 List 3 reasons for rebellion in the 13 Original Colonies taxation without representation, government corruption, oppression, lack of freedom/rights
#5 List 3 similarities between the Mecklenburg Resolves (May 20, 1775 and the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) similar language, dissolve political ties with Great Britain, writers pledge their lives, fortunes and honor, allegiance to God not the King
We the People
#1 Name for a person who favored independence from Great Britain Patriot
#2 Name for the introduction to the US Constitution. What is the purpose? Preamble, to list the goals of the Supreme Law of the land
#3 What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare? Colonists could not live west of the Appalachian Mountains
#4 List 3 reasons for the Regulator Movement Government corruption, over taxation, taxation without representation, economic oppression
#5 What was the Boston Massacre? Deadly riot on King Street in Boston on March 5, 1779. Nine British soldiers shot 5 people of of a large crowd who were verbally abusive and throwing missiles
Do not tread on me!
#1 What was the Stamp Act? tax imposed on every printed paper. Helped the British fund the defense of the American frontier
#2 Earliest regions of settlement in the NC colony. Center of government, trade and wealth Coastal plains and Tidewater
#3 T or F: Most backcountry residents were Patriots T
#4 Mecklenburg Resolves writers pledged these three things lives, fortunes, honor
#5 What does unalienable mean? unable to be taken away
No More Kings!
#1 Name the movement started by NC backcountry residents Regulator Movement
#2 Convention of delegates united to govern the 13 original colonies Continental Congress
#3 Who were the Sons of Liberty? A secret organization of American colonists formed initially to protest the Stamp Act. Members of the group took the motto "no taxation without representation". Instigators who took an extreme form of civil disobedience
#4 Fill in the blank. Many __________ died on __________ships. The _________virus also killed many troops. Patriots, prison, smallpox
#5 How did colonists cooperate and collaborate to fight the British? Set up spy networks, used new war tactics, relied on sharp shooters to destroy leadership in British companies, trained citizen soldiers (minutemen), negotiated with French for help during the war, formed committees of self governance, secret societies
In a Minute
#1 Location of 2 cities where the first Revolutionary War battles were fought Lexington and Concord MA
#2 A set of rules with procedures for governing constitution
#3 Name for organized New England colonial militia trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies minutemen
#4 Three reasons immigrants migrated to the NC Colony a better quality of life, land, religious freedom
#5 Define popular sovereignty government by the people
Final Question
Which of the 50 states has the most sunny days each year? Arizona