Trimester 1
The explorer who conquered the Taino people in 1492
Christoper Columbus
A riot in Boston that led to British soldiers killing five colonists
The Boston Massacre
The main general of the Continental (American) Army
George Washington
One way American women supported the Revolution
What are, boycotts, making supplies, fundraising, supporting the army, spying, and more?
The first British colony in North America
Jamestown
The Tea Act
The dumping of tons of tea into Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty
The Boston Tea Party
The author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
A key European ally of the Americans in the war
France
The Native Americans who formed the first representative government in the Americas
The Iroquois
Closed the Boston Harbor
The Port Act
The main slogan against British taxes
Author of the revolutionary pamphlet, Common Sense
Thomas Pai e
The first two battles of the Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord
What the colonies sent to Europe in the Triangle Trade
Raw Materials
Forbade colonists from settling West of the Appalachians
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists in Boston and other cities burned down post offices and official's homes against this act
The Stamp Act
Made a popular engraving of the Boston Massacre, later warned the colonists of the British army on a famous horse ride
Paul Revere
The American strategy during the war of hit-and-run ambush tactics
Guerilla Warfare
Two major reasons why Cortes was able to conquer Mexico
Disease, military technology
Taxes on many goods including glass, lead, and tea
The Townshend Acts
A Black man and the first colonist to be killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
The name of the newly-formed government of the Thirteen Colonies
The Continental Congress
The last battle of the American Revolution, when the British army was surrounded by George Washington on one side and the French navy on the other?
Battle of Yorktown