Exploration
Group of explorers who sailed from Norway to North America about the year 1000.
Who were the Vikings?
Man who led the Jamestown Colony.
Who was John Smith?
Colonies found along the northern Atlantic coast.
What were the New England Colonies?
People how moved west to build their homes and settle the land.
What were settlers?
Major tributary of the Mississippi River that was claimed by both England and France.
What was the Ohio River?
Columbus' three ships.
What were the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
What was tobacco
Colonies that had more rain, longer summers, and richer land.
What were the Southern Colonies?
Man sent in 1753 to war the French to get out of the Ohio River Valley.
Who was George Washington?
French fort at the head of the Ohio River.
What was Fort Duquesne?
Continent were the Inca Indians lived.
European nation that controlled the city of Quebec.
Large southern farms.
What were planatations?
Commander of British forces in America at the start of the war. He should have listened to the colonists' warning about those red coats.
Who was Edward Braddock?
Modern city found at the forks of the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela Rivers.
What is Pittsburgh?
Disease caused by lack of fresh fruits and vegetables that killed many of Magellan's men.
What was scurvy?
City of Brotherly Love founded by Quaker colonizers.
What was Philadelphia?
What were the Appalachian Mountains?
Tribe of Native Americans that helped the English against the French in the War.
Who were the Iroquois?
French capital that overlooked the St. Lawrence River.
Route to Asia through North America sought by England and France.
What was the Northwest Passage?
Trade between Africa, the West Indies, and the New England colonies.
What was triangle trade?
River along which New York grew.
What was the Hudson River?
Man who proposed the first attempt to unite the American colonies.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Peace treaty that ended the war.
What was the Treaty of Paris 1763?