Revolution
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Document that gave settlers permission to start a colony
charter
Wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Colonists name for the Coercive Acts
Intolerable Acts
What happened to the Roanoke colony?
colonists abandoned the site
Last major battle of the Revolution where the British surrendered because the could not afford to spend more money on its army
Battle of Yorktown
Gave Spanish settlers the right to tax local American Indians or make them work
encomienda system
Developed a printing press that used movable type
Johannes Gutenberg
Symbolized the American value of protecting the freedom of individuals and minority groups
Toleration Act of 1649
The first Europeans to reach North America
Vikings
a group of Patriots who protested British laws
Sons of Liberty
name for one of the most important early crop grown by Native Americans
maize
One of the famous riders during the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
What elementary school does Mr. Clark's daughter, Madalyn, attend?
Larson
Early document that attempted to set up self-government in the English Colonies
Mayflower Compact
Battles of Lexington and Concord
What middle name does Mr. Clark and his son Keller share?
Maurice
Oldest of Revolutionary Leaders - Acted as an ambassador in France during the Revolution
Benjamin Franklin
What was the cause of the British canceling the Massachusetts charter, closed the Boston Harbor, and had the governor approve when the legislature could meet.
Boston Tea Party (Intolerable Acts)
Group of colonist who felt that they did not need independence from Britain
loyalists
Revolutionary War commander famous for guarrila warfare tactics in the South. Nicknamed the Swamp Fox
Francis Marion
Name for the movement of goods to and from Europe and the Americas that brought new deadly diseases to the Native Americans
Columbian Exchange
Father of the American Navy
John Paul Jones
the first act that Parliament used to try to tax the colonists directly
Main issue debated during the Second Continental Congress
whether to seek peaceful or violent solution with the British - War