Nations included in the Iroquois Confederacy.
Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk
Motivations for Europeans to explore and eventually colonize North America.
Trade, conversion to Christianity, personal glory, profit.
Explain the historical significance of Treaty of Paris (1763)
Drew the Proclamation Line, loss of French power in North America, loss of Colonial power for British colonists.
The tax that led to colonial outrage in the form of the Boston Tea Party.
Tea Act (1773)
Explain the significance of the Battle of Saratoga.
Persuaded France to openly sign a treaty of alliance with the US against Britain.
The type of government Native Americans practice.
Participatory Democracy
European contribution to the triangular trade in the colonies.
Manufactured products and slaves in exchange for raw materials.
The reason colonists were upset at the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
Britain taxed the colonies to get out of debt from the French and Indian War
Identify each of the Intolerable Acts.
Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act.
Explain the Saratoga Campaign.
British strategy to isolate NE colonies to weaken the patriots through an attack on Albany NY.
Nomadic
Explain mercantilism as an economic concept.
Economic policy aimed at increasing a nation's wealth through trade. Goal is to maximize profit for the mother country.
Label the NE colonies on the map.
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
How did colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?
First Continental Congress met in 1774, Boycotts of British goods intensified, Militias formed and armed.
Explain the historical significance of Benedict Arnold throughout American history.
He was originally an American hero who became a traitor after he switched to the British.
Explain the meaning of this image.
The 5 Iroquois Nations (Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk) and their peace treaty.
Explain the function of the Middle Passage
Voyage that enslaved African individuals were forced to endure across the Atlantic Ocean.
Label the Middle Colonies on the map.
New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Explain the historical significance of the political cartoon below.
Created by Benjamin Franklin to advocate for unity amongst the colonists against British tyranny.
The historical significance of the Battle of Yorktown.
Last major battle of the American Revolution which forced the British to surrender.
Name the Native American group who lived in this territory.
Iroquois Confederacy.
Colonies' contribution to the mother country as part of the Triangular Trade.
Raw materials.
Label the Southern Colonies on the map.
Explain the role of the Sons of Liberty in intensifying resentment toward the British regime.
Secret political organization that fought British taxation and rule in the American colonies in the 1760s. Led by Samuel Adams. Formed out of Massachusetts due to the unfair treatment after the Boston Tea Party.
Explain the historical significance of the Winter at Valley Forge.
Continental army faced terrible conditions including a lack of supplies and a smallpox outbreak.