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Pre-Columbian
New World Colonization
1650-1750
Road to Independence
Revolutionary War
100
This is the area where humans first migrated into the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Bering Straight between Siberia and Alaska
100
Explorer who arrives in the New World in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The route in the middle of the triangular trade route of the colonies, Europe and Africa.
What is the "Middle Passage?"
100
Called the seven years' war, although it actually lasted for nine.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
This bill strangled Boston economically.
What is the Boston Port Bill?
200
About 5000 BCE cultivation of this crop begins in Southern Mexico.
What is Maize?
200
English settlement of 1607; funded by investors.
What is Jamestown?
200
Led 1,000 Virginians against Gov. Berkeley.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
200
This treaty ended the Seven Years' War.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
200
Said, "Give me liberty or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
This society was based on an elaborate social hierarchy.
What is the Maya society?
300
He settled Roanoke Island ("the lost colony")
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
300
Colony owned by one person.
What is a proprietorship?
300
This rebellion sought to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the Great Lakes Region.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
300
The original constitution of the United States (drafted by 2nd Continental Congress).
What are the Articles of Confederation?
400
They gave us the tomato and the potato.
Who are the Incas?
400
Many early settlers perished during this time (particularly 1609-1610).
What is the starving time?
400
NY, NJ, DEL, PENN, are called this because they are located on the Mid Atlantic seaboard.
What are the Middle Colonies?
400
Created a boundary between colonists and Native Americans by restricting western settlement.
What is the Proclamation?
400
This battle is often considered the turning point of war (persuaded French to help).
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
Conquered by the Spanish. Their King Montezuma was killed.
Who are the Aztecs?
500
This group of Native Americans believed the English were allies, but they were wrong.
Who was the Powhatan Confederacy?
500
Known as the buffer colony.
What is Georgia
500
Said, "The Americans are the sons, not the bastards of England.:
Who is William Pitt?
500
This was the name of the agreement between France and the United States during the Revolution.
What is the Franco-American Alliance?