First Colony
This colony was founded in 1607
Jamestown
They wanted to break away from the Church of England
The Pilgrims
Another name for this war
French and Indian War
The reason the British began taxing the colonists
To pay for the French & Indian War
Number of original colonies
13
This was the crop grown in Jamestown
Tobacco
The Pilgrims left England and settled here
Plymouth
They won the war
The British
Tax on newspapers, books, and documents
Stamp Act
Colonists who stayed loyal to the king
Loyalists
True or False: The colonists almost abandoned their settlement and returned to England.
True
This stock company sponsored the Pilgrims
The London Company
He was the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Great Britain
William Pitt
Citizens threw tea overboard to protect the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Nickname of British soldiers
Redcoats
These were large farms built by the colonists
plantations
First time European settlers created their own government by majority vote
The Mayflower Compact
City where treaty was signed to end war
Paris
Killing of five men by British soldiers
The Boston Massacre
Colonists who fought against British rule
Patriots
This stock company financed Jamestown
The Virginia Company
Another group who wanted religious freedom and landed in Boston
The Puritans
Additional soldiers
reinforcements
Year of the Declaration of Independance
1776
The attitude to move west and expand the country
Manifest Destiny