This European country had the largest empire in the Americas claiming most of the Carribean Islands, Florida, and South America
What is Spain?
Which group settled in New York primarily for economic gains?
Who were the Dutch
Britian began taxing the 13 colonies because of this
What is debt from the French and Indian War?
The first battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
When Jefferson referred to unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence, he was describing-
Natural rights belonging to humans that can't be taken away. (Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness)
Britian's first successful colony in the New World
What is Jamestown? (1607)
This region's economy was based on lumber, whaling, and shipbuilding
What is New England?
A significant accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress in 1776 was
What is the Declaration of Independence
Commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
Many religions experienced a growth in number due to the:
What is the First Great Awakening
Claiming territory in Canada, this country treated Native Americans as trade partners and was in search of the Northwest Passage
What is France?
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?
Author of the pamphlet Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
After this battle, France decided to provide aid to the colonists
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Which of the following was a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?
What is quartering of soldiers?
Why were French explorers interested in claiming the Mississippi River and having access to the Great Lakes?
What were fur trappers and traders?
This agreement among the Pilgrims created a civil body politic
What is the Mayflower Compact?
What is propaganda?
On Christmas Night, Washington's army crossed the Delaware River to defeat the Hessians at this battle
What is the Battle of Trenton?
What was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America?
Geography
Factors that motivated many European explorers to voyage to North America
God
Glory
Gold
The founders of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire left this colony due to religious intolerance
What is Massachusetts Bay?
What is the Coercive Act?
Cannons that were transported from this fort allowed the Patriots to force British forces out of Boston
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
Which of the following conditions contributed to the development of representative government in the American Colonies?
British colonist were accustomed to parliamentary systems