Early Exploration Era
Colonization Era
Revolutionary Era
Grab Bag
100
The reason for European Explores to look for a Northern Passage.
Looking for a water route to Asia
100
1620 is a significant year for Pilgrims in North America because ....
Pilgrims settled in Plymouth
100
The battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of this historical era
The Revolutionary Era
100
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonist crossing this to settle
The Appalachian Mountains
200
Claim Territory
Spread Christianity
Economic Gain
The 3 main reason for European Exploration
200
Established to provide Catholics protection from religious persecution in England
Maryland
200
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the war because the French joined the fight
200
The above events occurred in this era
The Revolutionary Era
300
Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
Mercantilism
300
The year 1607 is significant in American history because during that year.....
Jamestown was established
300
The leaders of the 13 colonies took action in 1776 by....
Declaring their independence from Britain.
300
The Parliaments response to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
400
New trading pattern started between the Old and New worlds
Columban Exchange
400
These documents were created mainly because.....
The distance from Britain
400
In this document, the colonist called the king a tyrant and listed their grievances against the British government
The Declaration of Independence
400
The reason the colonist felt justified in declaring their independence from Great Britain
the colonies were taxed without direct representation in Parliament
500
What Christopher Columbus believed about the earth
It was round
500
A chief economic cause for colonization in the Americas
Mercantilism
500
This event occurred as a result of General Cornwallis’ surrender at the Battle of Yorktown
Signing of the Treaty of Pairs of 1783
500
The first constitution of the colonist in the new world
Fundamental Order of Connecticut