Colonial America
Growth of 13 Colonies
Spirit of Independence
American Revolution
A More Perfect Union
100
Sir Francis Drake
Who attacked Spanish ships and ports?
100
To sell abroad
What is exporting?
100
Hessians
What German mercenaries?
100
Marquis de Lafayette
Who is the French nobleman who was a leader at Valley Forge?
100
George Washington appointed him as Secretary if the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
First to sign Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock?
200
Learning assistant to a craft worker
What are apprentices?
200
Legal documents that allowed customs officers to enter any location and search for smuggled goods
What are writs of assistance?
200
Loyalists
What are Americans who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence?
200
Branch of government headed by the president to carry out nation's laws
What is the executive branch?
300
Colony that disappeared
What is Roanoke?
300
The Continental Army's low point
What is the winter of 1776-1777
300
Region west of Tidewater of hills and forests up toward Appalachian Mountains
What is the backcountry?
300
Privately owned merchant ships with weapons
What are privateers?
300
New Jersey Plan
What was the plan at the Constitutional Convention for a government with a one-house legislature?
400
Religious settlements established in California by the Spanish
What were missions?
400
cultural variety
What is diversity?
400
Blocked Burgoyne's path to the South
Who is Horatio Gates?
400
Spain's contribution to America's independence
What was Galvez's soldiers forcing British troops from Baton Rouge and Natchez, and capturing British forts?
400
Introduced the Virginia Plan
Who was Edmund Randolph?
500
Being on a religious journey, Separatists called themselves this.
What is Pilgrims?
500
Surveyor sent to warn the French
Who is George Washington?
500
to amend
What is "to improve"?
500
Prevented supplies from reaching the Continental Army
What was the blockade?
500
Elects the president
What is the electoral college?
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