USHC 1 - Colonies to Country

3. Large-scale farming system in the South relying on cash crops and enslaved labor
4. Group that organized protests and resistance against British policies
7. Local New England gatherings where citizens directly voted on community issues
8. Idea that the colony should serve as a model Christian society for others to follow
10. Trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving goods and enslaved people
11. War between Britain and France (1754–1763) that led to British debt and colonial taxation
14. Protestants seeking to reform the Church of England who settled in New England for religious reasons
16. Puritan colony founded in 1630 that became a major center of religion and government in New England
19. Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who promoted Puritan ideals and the “City Upon a Hill”
21. 1764 tax on sugar and molasses that angered colonists
26. 1765 meeting where colonies united to protest British taxation
27. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine that convinced many colonists to support independence
28. 1786–1787 uprising showing weaknesses of the Articles and leading to the Constitution
29. First U.S. government with weak central power and strong state authority

1. Colonies known for diversity, farming, and trade (e.g., Pennsylvania, New York)
2. 1774 meeting of colonies to respond to British actions and coordinate resistance
5. Taxes on imported goods that led to colonial boycotts and protest
6. Economic system where colonies existed to benefit the mother country through trade and resources
9. Religious group that believed in equality and pacifism and settled in colonies like Pennsylvania
12. Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and natural rights that influenced American ideas
13. Conditions like poverty or persecution that drove people to leave their homeland
14. Opportunities like land and freedom that attracted settlers to the colonies
15. Proposal by Benjamin Franklin for colonial unity that was rejected but showed early cooperation
17. Northern colonies focused on trade, fishing, and small farms with strong religious influence
18. British policy of loosely enforcing laws, allowing colonial self-government to develop
20. 1773 protest where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor in defiance of British taxes
22. First representative assembly in the colonies (Virginia, 1619), early step toward self-government
23. Colonies with economies based on agriculture and plantation crops like tobacco and rice
24. Philosopher who argued people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property
25. First permanent English settlement (1607) that proved England could successfully colonize North America