Columbus
When did Columbus come to America?
1492
How many colonies were there?
13
What are two causes for the American Revolution?
Taxes, Housing soldiers
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
When did the American Revolution end?
1783
How did most Native Americans die with the arrival of Europeans?
Diseases
What was the first Colony?
Jamestown
Name something that got taxed for the colonists?
Stamps and Tea
How many colonists were considered patriots?
1/3
What famous Revolutionary hero has a musical about him?
Name three European Countries that colonized the Americas?
France, England, Spain and more
What are three reasons why Jamestown had so many people die?
Native Americans, sickness, no clean water
What was the event in Massachusetts called were British soldiers fired into a crowd full of colonists?
Boston Massacre
What kind of fighting did the militias use against the British?
Guerrilla warfare
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson.
Who controlled the most land in the Americas before the 1700s?
Spain
At what colony did the first Thanksgiving happen at?
Plymouth
What war caused the colonists to be taxed more?
French and Indian War
What country was allied with England and what country was allied with the colonists
German for england
France for colonists
Tell me the first and last battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
Yorktown
Where did Columbus land?
Haiti
What are two differences between Jamestown and Plymouth?
Reasons for going
Relations with Natives
Location
What acts were put in place after the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable acts
Name three Battles of the American Revolution?
Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Lexington and Concord
Two other US presidents, besides George Washington, fought in the American Revolution. Name one of them.
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe