MesoAnericans
What is the term for nomadic people who traveled in search of food, supplies and good weather.
Hunters and gatherers
Define Monotheism
The belief in one god
What allowed hunters and gathers to migrate from Asia to North America
Beringia Land Bridge
What are the 3 different parts of the 13 Colonies known as
New England, Middle, and Southern
We gained all of the land from the East Coast to the Mississippi River because of this war and treaty.
Revolutionary War and Treaty of Paris
This group of Native Americans settled in Eastern North America, modern day New York.
Iroquois League/Confederacy
Define the Proclamation of 1763
British law that forbade colonist from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains
What are the 3 reasons that European countries sent explorers to the Americas?
Land, Natural Resources/Raw Materials, and Gold
Name 2 of the 3 unfair taxes that Britain made the colonist pay
Tea, stamp, Townshend
Gadsden Purchase
This group of warrior-like Native Americans, who believed in human sacrifice, settled in present day Mexico City.
Aztecs
Define the Emancipation Proclomation
Famous speech given by President Lincoln which made slavery illegal in the Confederacy and allowed fro African Americans to fight in the Union Army.
The capture, shipment and eventual auctioning of African people in the Americas was known as the
Middle Passage
What is the most powerful form of protest that the colonist used against the British
Boycotting British goods
We gained California and a lot more land because of this War and this treaty.
Mexican American War and Mexican Cession
This polythesistic Native American civilization was located in Central America, modern day Belize.
Mayans
Famous European explorer who was the first of the European explorers to find the Americas
Christopher Columbus
The trade of raw materials, manufactured goods and slaves between Europe, the Americas and Africa was known as
Triangular Trade
Name the 5 colonies in the Southern Colonies
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland
Wethere slavery should spread into the new states
This group of Native Americans traveled all the way to South America and built the largest of the MesoAmerican empires on the Andes Mountains in modern day Peru.
Incas
This group of people landed in and founded the Massachusetts colony so that they could practice their strict religion freely.
Puritans
What are the 5 European countries that sent explorers to the Americas?
Spain, Portugal, England, France, the Dutch
Name the 4 colonies of the New England Colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
This battle was the turning point of the Civil War for the North
Gettysburg