First Americans
These were the first people to set foot in North America.
Who were the Paleo-Indians?
From which continent did merchants begin their journey to reach Asia?
What is Europe?
The first english permanent settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
The Puritans valued what so highly that they built what this for children.
Valued education and built schools
The French and Indian War was mainly between these two countries.
What are Britain and France?
The Paleo-Indians are known as the ancestors of which group?
Who were the Native Americans?
Merchants had to sail around this continent to reach Asia.
What is Africa?
What was the main reason most Jamestown settlers came to the "New World" (America)?
What is to seek wealth and opportunity?
The Pilgrims sailed to the New World on this ship.
What is the Mayflower?
After the war, Britain began taxing goods like sugar, paper, and this popular drink.
What is tea?
Cold, dry and Harsh.
Columbus believed he had landed in this part of the world.
What is India?
Southern colonies depended on enslaved Africans mainly for what purpose?
What is plantation farming?
The Mayflower Compact was the first example of this type of government in the colonies.
Self Government
The slogan “No taxation without representation” meant colonists wanted what?
Representation in Parliament
Early Americans moved from place to place following food sources. What word describes this lifestyle?
What is nomadic?
Europeans were eager to buy these two valuable goods from Asia.
What are silk and spices?
Name two of the main “cash crops” that made the southern colonies rich.
What is tobacco or rice?
The Puritans left England mainly to escape this.
What is religious persecution?
Many colonists protested new taxes by doing this.
What is boycotting British goods?
Which early civilizations rose in southern North America?
Who were the Maya, Inca, and Aztec?
These Spanish conquerors defeated Native empires in the Americas.
Who were the conquistadors?
The Middle Colonies were known for growing these grains.
What are wheat, barley, and oats?
This movement encouraged people in the colonies to renew their faith in God.
What was the Great Awakening?
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here.
What are Lexington and Concord?