Exploration & Colonization
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa to reach India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This colony, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
A series of Acts beginning in 1774 as a response to the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive or Intolerable Acts.
These three men were appointed in June 1776 to draft a declaration of Independence as an option during the convening of the Second Continental Congress.
Who were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.
This was America's first written plan of government, which proved too weak to handle national issues.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This Englishman attempted to establish a colony on Roanoke Island, which mysteriously disappeared.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
In 1620, the Pilgrims signed this agreement before landing at Plymouth Rock, establishing self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1773 event saw American colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This town in Virginia is the site where Charles Cornwallis surrendered his forces to the Continental Army on October 19, 1791, ending the War for American Independence.
What is Yorktown.
This Virginian is known as the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in drafting the document.
Who is James Madison?
The three Gs that motivated Europeans to explore
What is God, Gold, and Glory
This colony, founded by William Penn, was known for its religious tolerance and Quaker influence.
What is Pennsylvania?
This colonial militia officer started a world war in 1754 by attacking a French garrison in the Ohio River Valley.
Who is George Washington?
The American victory at this 1777 battle convinced France to enter the war as an ally of the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The Three-Fifths Compromise was part of the debate over how to count enslaved people for this purpose.
What is representation in Congress?
This Native American Group were known for mound-building
Who are the Mississippians
The colony of Maryland was established as a haven for followers of this Christian denomination.
What are Catholics?
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, argued for American independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This treaty, signed in 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This 1787 meeting in Philadelphia produced the U.S. Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This economic system, developed in Europe, was based on a concept of finite worldly wealth, the need for raw materials and markets, and the need for colonies.
What is mercantilism?
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia was led by a former indentured servant who protested the colonial government's policies.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
After the Peace of Paris in 1763, this line forbade English colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains into the Mississippi River Valley.
What is the Proclamation line of 1763?
On this date, George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware River and easily defeated a group of Hessians in Trenton, New Jersey.
What is December 25, 1776?
To gain support for ratification, Federalists promised to add this set of amendments protecting individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?