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This is the main reason Columbus sailed to the Americas.
He wanted to find riches.
Columbus first called the Native American's "Indians" because.
This ship is what the Pilgrims came to North America on.
Mayflower
This colony was founded by William Penn.
Pennsylvania.
Washington and his men were originally sent to the Ohio River Valley to
build a fort where the rivers met.
This product was most valuable from the West Indies.
Molasses
This group of people had the highest power in Maya society.
Nobles.
This colony was founded by the pilgrims.
Plymouth.
This person founded Jamestown.
John Smith.
Why did the colonial assemblies refuse to approve the Albany Plan of Union?
They were unwilling to give up political power
This was the earliest known civilization in the Americas.
Olmecs
They were nomadic hunters and had to keep moving in search of food.
This is the main economic activity in the New England Colonies.
Ship building.
This is the state Jamestown was founded in.
Massachusetts
What factor worked against the British during the early years of the French and Indian War?
The French knew how to fight effectively in the forests.
This region in the early U.S had two types of early native American housing located in it.
Eastern Woodlands
This resource the king wanted Columbus' to get "humanely if possible, but at all hazards- get."
Gold
Why were the pilgrims also know as separatists?
They wanted to separate from the church of England.
This is the highest social class in New Spain.
Peninsulares.
When did the Ohio Valley become safer for British settlers?
after the French told Pontiac about the Treaty of Paris
This discovery was made by Ferdinand Magellan's exploration trip.
He proved that the world was round and he made the first circumnavigation.
This was the largest vessel in Christopher Columbus' fleet.
Santa Maria
This was the year Jamestown was founded.
1607.
England gave the Virginia Company a ____________, giving them rights to set up the colony of Jamestown.
Charter
What was the Sugar Act?
a set of new taxes on molasses