Exploration
What was the astrolabe?
Device that marked a ships location using the Stars
What was the Great Awakening?
Religious movement that spread through the colonies and changed their political views on equality.
Battle of Yorktown?
Final Battle of the American Revolution
What was the famus slogan the colonists used to express their feelings about Great Britian
No Taxation without representation
What was the Conquistadors biggest advantage over the Aztecs and Inca?
Steel Weapons and Steel Armor
The economy of the Middle colonies was supported mainly by?
Trade of staple crops such as wheat with foreign markets
Who won the French and Indian War and what did they aquire?
Britain gains French lands and debt
The second continental Congress met to...
Seek a peaceful or violent solution on the issue with great Britain.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Exchange of new plants and animals between the New World and Old World
Why did Europeans decide to switch from indentured servants to enslaved persons?
Not enough indentured servants to meet high demand.
Battle of Concord and Lexington
First battles of American Revolution
Who were loyalist who were patriots?
loyalist were loyal to great Britain
patriots were loyal to American Colonies
What was the Encomedia System?
A system that encouraged settlers to tax the native Americans and convert them.
Who was Peter Minuit?
Dutch man who founded New Amsterdam and helped found New Sweden
Battle of Saratoga
helped Americans win by bringing France into the side of the Patriots
Why did Europeans switch from using native Americans as their main labor source to enslaved persons from Africa
The natives were not immune to European diseases and would die quicker than enslave persons.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
The colonists first attempt at self government.
Author of the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson