Unit 1
Political union of 5 Indian tribes, the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and the Seneca.
Iroquois
These 2 explorers destroyed the Aztec and Incan Empires of Central and South America
Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro
The government formed by the Jamestown Colonists.
The House of Burgesses
Laws passed on the colonies to help pay for the French and Indian War.
Tea Act, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act, and Intolerable Acts
This area is where the Continental Army made camp during the winter of 1777-1778. Camps were dirty, disease spread, troops were not well trained, but they began change this with help from Baron Von Steuben.
Valley Forge
What are the two types of sources we use in social studies?
Primary and Secondary Sources.
What are the 3 Motives of all European Explorers?
God, Gold, and Glory
Trading networks in which goods and slaves moved between England, the American colonies, the West Indies and West Africa
Triangular Trade Routes
Ended the French and Indian War resulting in France losing most of its territories.
The Treaty of Paris 1763
"The shot heard around the World" took place at these early American Revolutionary War Battles.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Common values and traditions of a society, such as language, government, and family relations. A way of life.
Culture
Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the America’s and conquered land for Spain.
Conquistadors
Colonies: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Middle Colonies
Chose to side with Britain, did not consider unfair taxes and regulations as good reasons for rebellion
Loyalists
Incident where 5 colonists were killed fighting with British Readcoats.
The Boston Massacre
Land bridge connecting Alaska to Siberia, ancient, no longer there.
Transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that changed the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Columbian Exchange
Geography: Very rocky soil, large forests, depended on the Atlantic Ocean for trade and fishing.
New England Colonies
Determined to fight the British until American independence was won.
Patriots
Incident where colonists dumped 342 chests of this drink into a harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
How a person adjusts to new places and new ways.
Adapt
Practice of creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade
Mercantilism
Climate: Very warm and humid summers, cool winters, the longest growing season.
Southern Colonies
Prevented the Colonists from expanding further west after the French and Indian War.
The Proclamation of 1763
Two or more nations associated or united with one another in a common purpose.
Ally/Allies