CH.1
This European explorer reached America before Columbus did
Leif Ericson
True or False: The Dutch founded Delaware.
False
The most important crop to the survival of the colonies was
Tobacco
The tradesperson who repairs wooden barrels
Cooper
The Tea Act
The activities of this man opened the door for European exploration of the New World
Christopher Columbus
True or False: The Puritans demanded a strict separation of church and state matters.
False
This term was used to describe the African's journey to the New World
The Middle Passage
This group grew crops and raised livestock
Farmers
The first casualty of the American Revolution
Crispus Attikus
This country explored and settled the land by the St. Lawrence River
France
A “Friend” who accepted a colony as payment of a debt
William Penn
Settlers followed these routes inland
Name two of the major port cities
New York and Boston
Participants of the Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as these
Native Americans
During the late 1400s, Europeans greatly desired spices from
The Orient
Governor who wanted his colony to be “a city upon a hill”
John Winthrop
Provide one of the three largest groups of immigrants to the colonies
Scots-Irish
English
German
This system allowed young men in the colonies to learn a trade
Apprenticeship
Two demands that delegates came up with at the First Continental Congress
Repeal of laws
right to govern themselves independently
Boycott British goods
This group of English captains struck at Spanish harbors and ships
The Sea Dogs
These colonies had original settlements by the Dutch and the Swedes
Middle Colonies
This person/group had the “power of the purse” in the colonies
The legislature
The denominational name of the New England Puritans
Congregationalists
April 19, 1775