Native American Cultures
This early society built multi-story adobe homes called pueblos and cliff dwellings in canyon walls. Starts with an "A"
Anasazi
Founded on May 14, 1607, this became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
Signed aboard the Mayflower in 1620, this legal contract agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good.
Mayflower Compact
In New England, this was the center of local politics where people discussed and voted on issues.
Town Meetings
Samuel Adams and James Otis helped spread this famous colonial slogan opposing British taxes.
"No taxation without Representation"
This underground ceremonial chamber was used by Native Americans for sacred religious rituals
Kiva
Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore) founded Maryland in 1632 as a refuge for this group.
Catholics
This Native American taught the Pilgrims to fertilize soil with fish remains and helped them establish trade relations.
Squanto
The terrifying voyage across the Atlantic Ocean for enslaved Africans was called this
Middle Passage
Colonists organized this protest method where people refused to buy British goods
Boycot
Images of ancestor or animal spirits carved on tall wooden poles are called these.
Totems
James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1732 as a place where this group of people could make a new start.
Debtors
Founded in 1636 to train ministers, this was the first college established in the colonies.
Harvard College
This 1700s movement spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society.
Enlightenment
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five colonists in this event.
Boston Massacre
Cone-shaped shelters made from buffalo skins used on the Great Plains are called these.
Teepees
Laws passed in the Southern Colonies to control enslaved people were known as these.
Slave Codes
William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1681 as a safe home for this group, also called the Society of Friends.
Quakers
This 1730s–1740s religious movement swept through the colonies, led by ministers like Jonathan Edwards.
Great Awekening
British officials used these legal search warrants to search for smuggled goods.
Writs of assitance
Tracing ancestry through the mother's line rather than the father's line is called this
matrilineal
Discontent over policies led Nathaniel Bacon and his followers to burn Jamestown in 1676 during this uprising
Bacons Rebellion
Crops that are always in demand—such as wheat, barley, and oats—are called these.
Cash Crops
King George III issued this rule banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to prevent conflicts.
Proclamation of 1763
This act forced colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering