A New World is Discovered
Early Colonial Period
1600-1700
The Colonies 1700-1750
The British are Coming!
Independence
100

This man landed in the Bahamas in 1492 while searching for the East Indies.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

A company formed by English investors to fund colonies.

What is a joint stock company?

100

This group thought they could change the Church of England from within.

Who were the Puritans?

100

This man is the most famous Minuteman.

Who is Paul Revere.

100

This document was sent as a last ditch effort to make peace with England before declaring Independence.

What is the Olive Branch Petition?

200

The two general types of Indian lifestyles.

What are nomadic and farming/settled?

200

The three different types of colonies.

What are charter, royal, and proprietary?

200

This colony was founded in part to be a buffer from the Spanish.

What was Georgia?

200

This man is famous for declaring 'Give me liberty or give me death!'

Who is Patrick Henry?

200

This group of people supported England during the war for Independence.

Who were the Loyalists?

300

This is the year most people believe the Vikings first discovered the New World.

What is AD 1000?

300

The document that provided for the first self-government in the New World.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300

This colony had the first written constitution drawn up in America.

What was Connecticut?

300

This group organized and held rallies to protest the Stamp Act.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

300

Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to help build the case for American separation from Britain.

What is Common Sense?

400

The first Spaniard to explore Florida.

Who is Juan Ponce de León?

400

The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Who is John Winthrop?

400

This colony was originally founded by the Netherlands.

What was New York or New Jersey?

400

We would call it a general search warrant, but in the 1700's they were called...

What are writs of assistance?

400

The Continental Army's victory of this battle officially brought France into the war on the American side.

What is the battle of Saratoga?

500

Highly skilled, industrious group of Protestants from France.

Who were the Huguenots?

500

William Penn started Pennsylvania in part to protect this religious group.

Who were the Quakers?

500

This man called for a celebration of Thanksgiving to God.

Who was William Bradford?

500

This is the name of the last king of America.

Who is King George III?

500

The Treaty of Paris, the formal treaty ending the Revolutionary War, was signed this year.

What is 1783?

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