Colonial Foundations
Colonial Life and Economy
Road to Revolution
Revolutionary War
Ideas, People, and Documents
100
The first permanent English settlement in North America (1607).
Jamestown
100
Region known for shipbuilding, fishing, and rocky soil.
New England Colonies
100
Colonial slogan protesting taxes
“No taxation without representation”
100
Commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
100
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
200
This colony was founded by the Pilgrims seeking religious freedom.
Plymouth
200
Crop grown primarily in the southern colonies and considered a major cash crop.
Tobacco
200
1773 protest in which colonists dumped British tea into a harbor.
Boston Tea Party
200
First official battle(s) of the American Revolution, 1775
Lexington & Concord
200
Enlightenment thinker whose natural rights influenced Jefferson
John Locke
300
The first written framework of government in the colonies, created in 1620.
Mayflower Compact
300
Trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas. 
Triangular Trade
300
1770 confrontation where British soldiers killed 5 colonists.
Boston Massacre
300
Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
300
This colonial assembly in Virginia was the first representative legislative body in North America.
House of Burgesses
400
This economic system created a trade relationship where colonies supplied raw materials
Mercantilism
400
Labor system used by colonists before switching to slavery.
Indentured Servitude
400
British tax on printed materials, including newspapers & playing cards
Stamp Act
400
This 1781 victory forced the British to surrender, effectively ending major fighting in the Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
400
This Enlightenment-inspired idea states that if a government violates citizens’ natural rights, the people have the right to overthrow it.
Social Contract Theory
500
England ignored strict enforcement of colonial laws during this era of “hands-off rule.
Salutary Neglect
500
Region known for religious diversity, grain crops, and port cities like Philadelphia.
Middle Colonies
500
Group that organized boycotts and resistance, including Samuel Adams.
Sons of Liberty
500
Victory that convinced France to help (turning point).
Battle of Saratoga
500
Pamphlet convincing colonists independence was necessary.
Common Sense