First Settlements
Who was the first European explorer to visit the area that is now the United States?
Christopher Columbus
What is the term for avoiding buying certain products in order to protest something?
boycott
What was the first meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies called?
First Continental Congress
What is the name for colonists who wanted to be independent from Britain?
Patriots
Was the US Constitution the first government of the United States?
no
What was the first colony in the Americas and which country started it?
The Virginia colony was started by the British.
What is the event when colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest against British taxes?
Boston Tea Party
What was the name of the town that was storing ammunition and supplies that the British wanted to attack?
Lexington
What is the name for colonists who wanted to remain part of Britain?
Loyalists
Who were the people that wanted a strong central government?
Federalists
Who were the two groups of colonists who settled in New England?
Pilgrims and Puritans
What is the event where a fight between colonists and British soldiers led to the death of 5 colonists?
Boston Massacre
Who were the two men who raced ahead to warn the colonists that the British were coming to attack them?
Paul Revere and William Dawes
Who won the Revolutionary War?
the colonists
Who were the people who were afraid that the central government would become too powerful and the states and individual people would lose their rights?
Anti-Federalists
What document did the Pilgrims create for the government in their colony?
Mayflower Compact
What is the name of the British law that placed a tax on tea and gave control of the tea market to one company?
Tea Act
What is the name of the colonial soldiers who could be ready to fight very quickly?
minutemen
What is the name of the agreement that ended the war?
Treaty of Paris
What is the name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
What is the name of the legislature in the Virginia colony?
House of Burgesses
What was the set of laws passed by the British government to punish the colonists in Boston?
Intolerable Acts
What is the name of the document that the colonists sent to the king to explain why they wanted to become their own country?
Declaration of Independence
What percentage of people in the colonies still wanted to be part of Britain?
20%
How many different branches does the US government have?
3