Early Colonization
England Arrives
The 13 Colonies
Road to Revolution
People of the Revolution
100

In 1492, this sailor from Genoa sailed the ocean blue.

Christopher Columbus

100

A lack of this, which made it difficult for second sons to inherit land, helped push English colonial efforts.

Social Mobility

100

This region of colonies featured an economy built around shipping and lumber.

New England

100

No taxation without representation in this British legislative body.

Parliament

100

The King of England when the war broke out.

King George III

200

It wasn't India, but that didn't stop early explorers from labeling the Caribbean islands this name.

The Indies

200

This legend spoke of Spanish cruelty, justifying early English colonial efforts in the New World.

The Black Legend

200

This colony was established by Quakers and was pacifist during the time of its founder.

William Penn.

200

Thanks to this famous early Patriot, Americans saw engravings of the Boston Massacre that portrayed a bloodbath.

Paul Revere

200

Defended British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre.

John Adams

300

These were fiefdoms in the New World established for conquistadors.

Encomienda

300

The first cash crop grown by the English.

Tobacco

300

Established to protect Catholics

Maryland

300

This was one of the earliest attempts by the 13 colonies to issue a unified response to disliked British policy, in this case, the Stamp Act.

The Stamp Act Congress

300

Early American diplomat to France and strong force in Pennsylvania politics, he also was a member of the council that drafted the Declaration of Independence.

Benjamin Franklin

400

The early exchange of new plants, animals, and diseases between the new world and old.

Columbian Exchange

400

This rebellion in the 1600s against Virginia caused much fear from the government by uniting enslaved populations and poor whites.

Bacon's Rebellion

400

Established to serve as a buffer state between Spanish Florida and the 13 colonies.

Georgia.

400

The shot heard around the world was fired at one of these two early battles in the American Revolution.

Lexington and Concord.

400

This future US president served as a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, served as a diplomat to France, served as the first Secretary of State, and also owned a goat that killed a child.

Thomas Jefferson

500

Spain and Portugal were looking for islands full of this substance for foods.

Spice

500

The name of the first English colony to not vanish into thin air.

Jamestown

500

This modern state was never a colony, its land occupied by New York and Connecticut.

Vermont

500

The Virginia Colony established this legislative body featuring representation, the first of its kind.

The House of Burgesses

500

A Virginia planter who accidentally started the Seven Years War, he later, with French help, forced the British to surrender their army at the siege of Yorktown.

George Washington

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