USH Chapter 1
Pocahontas
A Pawtuxet Native American who could speak English and helped the settlers at Plymouth learn to plant crops in the area
Squanto
The term meaning having only one house in congress, like in the Confederation Congress
The first president of the US
Found North America before Columbus and called it Vineland
Leif Ericson
This very tall man was a privateer, but became a pirate after Queen Anne's War was over
Blackbeard
The war that eventually led to the king of England, King George III, needing money and taxing the colonies.
The French and Indian War
A rebellion led by a farmer against the courts in the western part of Massachusetts because farmers could not pay their debts and were losing their farms.
Shays's Rebellion
Second president of the US
John Adams
The conquest where Christians attempted to take back the Holy Lands
Crusades
Began across denominational lines in the 1720s as a great religious revival.
Paul Revere
Judicial
Third president of the US
Thomas Jefferson
The period marking the end of the Middle Ages
The Renaissance
A lady who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony to go to Rhode Island. She and 6 of her children were killed in an Indian raid in Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchinson
The man most famous for betraying America and was considered a traitor for working with the English while being an American soldier
Benedict Arnold
The compromise on how slaves were to be counted in the population
Three-Fifth Compromise
The 4th President of the US
What is the oldest permanent city settled by the Europeans in the United States
St. Augustine
This was begun to attract new settlers to the area. It awarded 50 acres to anyone who paid for another man's passage to America. For example, anyone who paid for 10 people to come to America, would receive 500 acres of land
The man who wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense" that called for separation from England saying "the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'Tis time to part'."
This plan, advocated by Madison, for a three branch government with a bicameral legislature with number of representatives in both houses to be based on population
Virginia Plan
The 5th President of the US. Bonus 100 points, what era described his presidency?
James Monroe and The Era of Good Feelings