The First Americans and Exploration
According to many archaeologists, early people first arrived in the Americas by crossing this landform during the ice age.
What is a land bridge?
The first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
Unlike the New England colonies, the Middle Colonies' attitude toward religion was more...
As a result of this war, the French were completely pushed out of North America, and Britain gained a large war debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
the Continental Congress appointed this man to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The existence of the North and South American continents was completely unknown to Europeans until after the voyages of this explorer.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The demand for cash crops led to the spread of this institution to the English colonies.
What is Slavery?
This war broke the 50-year peace that New England settlers had maintained with the Iroquois Indians.
What is King Philip's War?
What is Salutary Neglect?
Though the fighting had already begun, the war was not officially declared until this document was signed and published.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This European nation was the first to explore the Americas, and set up colonies in what is now Florida, Mexico, California, and Peru.
What is Spain?
This cash crop changed the fortunes of Jamestown, allowing the colony to survive and thrive.
What is tobacco?
This philosophical movement popularized ideas like Natural Rights and the Social Contract, inspiring the later revolution.
What is the Enlightenment?
This group was organized as a response to Britain's new taxes on the colonies. They engaged in militant protests.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The British general Cornwallis surrendered when he was trapped in this Virginia town by the Continental Army and the French Fleet.
What is Yorktown?
The exchange of plants and animals between the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The French established colonies in North America to gain access to valuable furs from this animal.
What are Beavers?
This religious revival led to the creation of new American forms of Christianity, including several sects that did not recognize any need for central church authority.
What is the Great Awakening?
The first shots of the conflict were fired when colonist militias stood up to British troops in this town.
What is Lexington?
These British supporters were a small minority everywhere except the South. They mostly left the new United States after the war to live in Britain's other colonies.
Who are Loyalists?
This alliance of several tribes may have served as an inspiration to the later 13 colonies.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
Under this economic system, colonial production and trade were organized in order to make Britain as wealthy as possible.
What is Mercantilism?
This small Christian sect were known for their pacifism, but also sometimes distrusted because they treated all people as equals, including noblemen.
What are Quakers?
What is Common Sense?
The first major Patriot victory of the war came at this battle, after Washington's men crossed the Delaware river.
What is the Battle of Trenton?