Explorers
Who was the Spanish explorer who got to the islands first?
Christopher Columbus
What was the name of the settlement that disappeared?
Roanoke
what is a colony
A settlement ruled by a distant country
What was the event where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor?
(Boston Tea Party)
What tool helped explorers find direction while sailing?
Compass
What is the name of the explorer America is named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
What country set up settlements to convert Native Americans to Christianity?
Spanish
What were the three regions of the 13 Colonies?
New England, Middle, Southern
What did the Stamp Act require colonists to pay for?
Paper goods like newspapers and legal documents)
Who wrote the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
What were explorers mainly looking for when they first came to the New World?
Gold, land, and a passage to India
What challenges did early settlers face?
Hunger, disease, bad weather
What was a crops that was grown in the south?
rice, sugar cane, cotton, tobacco
Who warned the patriots that the british were coming?
Paul Revere
Which event was used as propaganda to get colonists angry at Britain?
The Boston Massacre
What countries were sending explorers to discover new routes?
spanish, french, english, portuguese
What was the name of the French settlement along the St. Lawrence River?
Quebec
Why was the colony of georgia special?
made up of prisoners who had debt and were working on crops
What did the patriots argue about the taxes? what did they used to say?
"no taxation without representation"
Which colony was split into two: North and South?
Carolina
Who explored the Mississippi river for France?
Robert De La Salle
Which European country started settlements mainly for trading furs with Native Americans?
france
Which colony was founded by William Penn for religious freedom?
(Pennsylvania)
What document was written to declare independence and in what year?
(Declaration of Independence and in 1776
What did the Declaration of Independence say?
The colonies wanted to be free and separate from Britain.