Age of exploration
The name of the first country to leave Europe and explore the world during the 14th Century.
Portugal
The first successful European settlement/colony in the Americas.
Jamestown, Virginia
This was the cause of the taxation against the colonies in the mid 1700s.
X2
Debt accumulated after the French Indian War
This man was made Commander in Chief for the Continetal army.
George Washington
The opening section for the Declaration is called.
The Preamble
The type of ship that was used to sail acorss the oceanic waters
Carrack
This man succesfully started the colony of Pennsylvania.
William Penn
This was the first Act passed down by England on the Colonies.
Sugar Act
These were the first battles of the American Revolution.
The battles of Lexington and Concord.
The Declaration of Natural of Rights expresses these 3 inherent rights for humans.
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
This man that sailed across the atlantic and discovered the Americas for Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Roger Williams with the help of others created this colony.
Rhode Island
This was a tax on all printed and paper materials for the 13 Colonies.
Stamp Act
The Colonial forces at Bunker Hill killed over 1000 redcoats at Breeds Hill but ultimately lost due to what reason?
They ran out of ammo
The basic philosophy developed in the 1690s that influenced the creation of the Declaration of Independence was created by who?
John Locke
This man was the first European explorer to navigate around the southern tip of Africa to Asia.
Vasco de Gama
Anne Hutchinson helped create which Colony after getting banished from Massachusetts
x2
Rhode Island
This tragedy was caused by a mob attacking British soldiers at a warehouse.
The Boston Massacre
This fort was won by the combined effort of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold.
Fort Ticonderoga
This gentleman was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This European explorer was the first to circumnavigate the entire planet
x2
Ferdidnand Magellan
This colonial REGION was categorized by its vast farmland and plantations which featured Americas largest slave population.
Southern Colonies
This act shut down Boston Harbor and forced the colony of Massachusetts to comply with English demands.
Intolerable/Coercive acts
This temporary government created the Continental Army and organized the war for the Colonies.
x2
The Second Continental Congress
This particular grievance was expressed due to this right being removed from colonial trials.
Right to Jury