Explorers
He sailed for Spain and accidentally landed in the Americas in 1492.
Americas in 1492.Who is Christopher Columbus?
Two colonial groups that start with a P that left England for religious freedom (one landed at Plymouth).
Who are the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
This tax was placed on printed materials like newspapers.
What is the Stamp Act?
One of the three riders who alerted the Minutemen Militia that the "British are Coming".
A person who works without pay for a period of time.
What is an "Indentured Servant"?
This exchange of goods, plants, and diseases between the Old World and New World began after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Colonists in this region often fished, built ships, and lived in small towns.
What is the New England Colonies?
This event occurred when British soldiers killed 5 colonists in 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The first war between the colonies and Great Britain.
Refusing to buy certain goods as a form of protest.
What is a boycott?
The name of the route across the Atlantic used during the slave trade.
What is the Middle Passage?
This region had plantations and used enslaved people for labor.
What is the Southern Colonies?
A protest where colonists dumped tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The first battles (think cities) of the Revolutionary War were fought.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
To move from one place to another.
What is Migrate?
This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire (currently Mexico).
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This agreement was signed by the Pilgrims to make fair laws.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1774 meeting of delegates began planning resistance to British laws.
What is the First Continental Congress?
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
A person sent to another country to convince others to follow their religion.
What is a "Missionary"?
These explorers traveled to spread Christianity, find gold, and claim land.
Who are conquistadors?
This cash crop helped the Jamestown Colonies go from rags to riches.
What is Tobacco?
This document (written by the Big Five) officially announced the separation of the 13 colonies from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
France helped the Americans after this battle.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
A person elected to act for others.
What is a "Representative".