Term 1 Vocabulary

2. British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution
5. colonists who sided with Britain in the American Revolution
9. raised tax money by requiring colonist to pay for an official stamp for use of newspapers and legal documents.
10. a religious movement that became wide spread in American Colonies
11. daughter of Powhatan leader who married John Rolfe
12. American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain in the American revolution
13. society of Friends protestant sect that left England in early 1600s to settle the Americas.
15. laws passed by parliament allowing the East India Company to sell its low cost tea to colonies
17. Virginia man who was leader of the Continental Army
18. laws passed by parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
19. wrote a 47 page pamphlet distribute to the colonies saying they should claim their freedom
20. an attack against American Indians and the colonies

1. big supporter of “no taxation without representation”.
3. age of reason: movement that began in Europe in the 1700’s as people began examining the natural world
4. the document written to declare the colonies free from British rule
6. A crop that is continuously in demand
7. an incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists
8. protestants who wanted to reform the church
14. a member of a puritan separatist sect that left England in early 1600s to settle the Americas
16. forced settlers to work hard and helped build a fort and wanted better conditions in Jamestown