Explorers
famous Spanish/Portuguese explorers to explore the New World
Who are Christopher Columbus, Ponce de Leon, and Hernando de Soto?
colony where Jamestown was settled, also started the House of Burgesses
What is Virginia?
created by Pilgrims, a legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good
What is the Mayflower Compact?
reason that the British taxed the American colonies
What was debt from the French and Indian War?
required colonists to house British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act?
These are the 3 primary factors for motivating early exploration of the Americas
What are the 3 G's (God, God, Glory)
famous English explorers to explore the New World
Who are John White, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Henry Hudson?
this disease is responsible for killing millions of indigenous people in the Americas
What is smallpox?
this region was known as the "Breadbasket"
What were the Middle Colonies?
conflicts between Native Americans and colonists
What was King Phillip's War and Pontiac's War?
1770 incident that killed 5 people, including Crispus Attucks, Sons of Liberty blamed the British for the violence
What is the Boston Massacre?
these people volunteered to work in the colonies for a set period of time in exchange for passage to the new world
Who were indentured servants?
famous French explorers to explore the New World
Who are Samuel de Champlain, Sieur de La Salle, and Jacques Cartier?
James Oglethorpe founded this colony to create a settlement for people who were imprisoned for debt
What is Georgia?
this region was known to have very little religious tolerance
What are the New England Colonies?
British ruler throughout the mid-18th century, despised by colonists and the Sons of Liberty
Who is King George III?
resulted from the Boston Tea Party, closed Boston Harbor, and created the Quartering Act
What were the Intolerable Acts?
the author of the famous Join or Die political cartoon
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
famous Dutch explorers to explore the New World
Who is Henry Hudson and Peter Minuit?
law passed in the Maryland colony to protect religious freedom
What is the Toleration Act of 1649?
this region was known for widespread agriculture and plantations
What are the Southern Colonies?
protest against the Tea Act by destroying the product in the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea, allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods
What are the Townshend Acts?
harsh winter of little food and Native American attacks in the Jamestown Colony
What is the starving time?
New York city was initially established by the Dutch under this name
What is New Amsterdam?
these two groups were the lowest classes in colonial societies
Who are Native Americans and slaves?
first elected legislative body in North America
What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?
law that banned British settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Britain's "Hands off" policy towards governing the colonies until 1763
What is Salutary Neglect?
the town of Salem, MA was known for this famous incident full of hysteria and accusations
What was the Salem Witch Trials?