Europeans Come to America
What country sent Columbus to find a quicker route to Asia?
Spain
What is mercantilism?
The policy where a colony can only trade with the mother country
The Ohio River Valley
Taxes
What was the name of the hired soliders
Mercenaries
The three G's during the age of exploration stand for?
God, gold, and glory
What were people seeking when they came to Massachusetts?
Religious freedom
What young colonial 21 year old led the British forces in the French and Indian War?
George Washington
The famous phrase that came about after the Stamp Act was what?
No Taxation without Representation
Why were the militiamen in Massachusetts called minutemen?
Because they could be ready in seconds to fight
What were the four countries that created colonies in the "new world"
Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch
What are the 3 colonial regions?
New England, Middle, Southern
What did the Albany Plan of Union propose?
That the colonies have a central colonial government to govern all 13 colonies
What was the name of the group of patriots who led many of the protests?
The Sons of Liberty
What was the turning point of the war?
The Battle of Saratoga
The Columbian Exchange was the transfer of what three over arching things?
People, goods, and disease
What year was the Salem Witch Trials
1692
What was the name of native group that sided with the British?
The Iroquois
When was the Boston Massarce
March 5, 1770
What were the 3 results of the Treaty of Paris of 1783
1 - Great Britain must recognize America as an independent nation
2- America gets all the land from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and South of Canada to North of Florida
3- the loyalists get their land back that was taken during the war
How many cultural regions were there among the natives?
10
Name all the 13 colonies
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia
What was the name of fort that the British attacked at the start of the war?
Fort Duquesne
What were the 5 intolerable acts?
2- no more government in Mass
3- judicial hearings will take place in britian
4- send more troops to the colonies(strengthen quartering act)
5- catholics are allowed to worship freely
When was the battle of Yorktown?
October 19, 1781