The New World
The journey between Africa and the Americas that slaves had to endure.
The Middle Passage
A large-scale movement in primarily Puritan areas where (mostly) women were accused of wrongdoing.
The acts that were a retaliation to the Boston Tea Party and are largely viewed as "the final straw" for the colonists declaring independence.
The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
The first battles of the Revolutionary War.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord.
A document signed by representatives from all 13 colonies that preceded the Revolutionary War.
The Declaration of Independence
The first European people to set foot in North America.
The Vikings
The first permanent English colony in the "new world"
Jamestown
An act that forced the colonies to only purchase a certain item from the British East India company.
Tea Act
A series of pamphlets by Thomas Paine that supported colonial independence.
Common Sense
People from Europe who would willingly pledge years of their life in order to eventually gain freedom in the Americas.
Indentured Servants
The transfer of products between Europeans and Native Americans.
Columbian Exchange
The colony that was primarily formed by Quakers.
Pennsylvania
An act levied in 1765 that was essentially a tax placed on every official document or document used for business.
Stamp Act
A British fort attacked successfully by a colonial militia that yielded cannons that the militia transported back to Boston.
Fort Ticonderoga
The first governing document of the United States of America.
The Articles of Confederation
The four European nations that were vying for land in the Americas.
Spain, Great Britain, France, and Portugal
A religious group that settled primarily in New England that came to North America because they disagreed with the direction of the Church of England.
The Puritans
The Quartering Act
The final battle of the Revolutionary War.
Battle of Yorktown
Mercenaries
A system under which European settlers were granted authority over conquered Native American lands with the right to extract forced labor from the native inhabitants.
Encomienda
A conflict after which British soldiers remained in the colonies "for protection".
The French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
A 1767 act that levied taxes on the import of tea, paint, glass, and paper.
The Townshend Acts
British General who failed to present his sword in surrender at Yorktown.
General Cornwallis
A person who disagrees with a majority belief or opinion.
Dissenter