Explorers
European who reached America before Columbus
Who was Leif Ericson?
Loyalists
Who were Tories?
These were guarantees added to the Constitution.
What were the Bill of Rights?
1610
What is the founding of Jamestown?
Proclamation of 1763
What is forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Explorer for Spain who may have been the first European to see present-day United States
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
A popular vehicle used by colonists to mover their belongings inland
What is a Conestoga wagon?
First representative government in Virginia
What is the House of Burgesses?
This document ended the War for Independence.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
French volunteer who fought with the colonists at Yorktown
Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
Found the St Lawrence River
Who was Cartier?
Name for those who received large grants of land in the Dutch colony
Who were patroons?
This taxed the work of colonial businessmen, particularly lawyers and printers
What was The Stamp Act?
Established the Supreme Court, district courts, and circuit courts
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
Leader of the Green Mountain Boys
Who was Ethan Allan?
Lost colony of Roanoke
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
Philosophy that asserts God created the universe and then stepped aside to let the laws of nature function without His intervention.
What is Deism?
The first written document that created a national government within the United States
What were the Articles of Confederation?
They wanted independence from Britain
Who were Patriots?
This uprising grew out of discontent with heavy taxes
What was Shay's Rebellion?
Claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England
Who was John Cabot?
Two important cash crops for the Carolina colonies
What are rice and indigo?
Drafted by Benjamin Franklin, this was the first document to try and unite the American colonies
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
Harvard
What is the first institution of higher learning?
Name of the oldest constitution still in existence
What is the Constitution of the United States?