The Europeans Arrive
A period of renewed interest in art, learning, and classical ideas that followed the Middle Ages.
What was the Renaissance?
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.
What was Jamestown?
The colonial officer who tried to push the French out of Fort Duquesne.
Who was George Washington?
The year the colonies declared their independence from Great Britain.
What was 1776?
The year the Constitutional Convention met.
What was 1787?
The country that gave Christopher Columbus financial backing for his first voyage to the New World.
What was Spain?
The Separatists who settled Plymouth in 1620.
Who were the Pilgrims?
The war whose expenses led Great Britain to impose new taxes on the American colonists.
What was the French and Indian War?
The author of Common Sense and The American Crisis.
Who was Thomas Paine?
The young Virginia delegate who became a leading figure at the Constitutional Convention.
Who was James Madison?
The German priest and scholar who challenged the sale of indulgences and announced the 95 Theses.
Who was Martin Luther?
The English economic policy that used government support to promote trade and strengthen the nation.
What was mercantilism?
The 1770 confrontation between Boston citizens and British soldiers.
What was the Boston Massacre?
The battle considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
The agreement that set representation by population in one chamber of Congress and equal representation for each state in the other.
What was the Great Compromise?
This Spanish priest oversaw the construction of a chain of missions along the Pacific coast.
Who was Junípero Serra?
This English philosopher argued that political power rests with the people.
Who was John Locke?
The First Continental Congress met to oppose these acts imposed by Great Britain.
What were the Coercive Acts?
The British general who surrendered his army to Washington at Yorktown.
Who was Cornwallis?
This collection of essays urged Americans to ratify the Constitution.
What were The Federalist Papers?
The blending of different religious beliefs and practices.
What is syncretism?
The English colony founded by Roger Williams as a place of greater religious freedom.
What was Rhode Island?
This colonial revival movement stirred religious fervor and challenged established churches and clergy.
What was the Great Awakening?
America’s first attempt at national self-government, which left the national government with limited power.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The constitutional system in which each branch of government has ways to limit the power of the others.
What are checks and balances?