Sailing West
Who sailed west and discovered what we now call the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Primary Source
What was the Great Awakening?
When many people came to know Christ.
What was the name of the first colony built in the New World that succeeded?
Jamestown
Who won the majority of battles in the American Revolutionary war?
What was the Great Commission
Primary or Secondary Source: Encyclopedia entry about Abraham Lincoln
Secondary Source
What were people too focused on instead of God during the Great Awakening?
trade and wealth
Why did the Pilgrims move to the New World?
For the freedom to worship God as the Bible taught.
Why were the Americans upset with Britian?
The British soldiers were staying on their land, their taxes were high, the soldiers took away their guns, and King George III would not listen to their problems or make them right.
Why did the Europeans want to reach India and China?
They could buy goods for lower prices and make a profit.
Primary or Secondary Source: A model of the Mayflower ship
Secondary Source
What was the main reason why European countries built colonies?
What were some hardships the Pilgrims faced in the New World?
Who helped them?
harsh winter and not enough food or houses
The Indians - Squanto
What caused the fighting to begin in the French and Indian War?
French and British wanted to claim the same land.
What was something bad that Christopher Columbus did?
He captured some Indians and took them back to Spain on his ships.
Primary or Secondary Source: Columbus's log of his voyage to the New World
Primary Source
What were some things that the colonists shipped to European countries?
wood, furs, tobacco, and fish
What did the Indians know the most information about that would help the Pilgrims?
How did the colonists and Indians get things they wanted from each other?
Indians knew the best ways to grow food. (corn, beans, squash, potatoes)
They bartered
What was the result of the Revolutionary War?
What was the name of the Battle where American defeated the British to end the war?
America had freedom from Britain and became independent.
Yorktown
Why did Columbus want to sail west?
Trade with India and China, make a bigger profit, raise money to fight the Muslims, and spread Christianity.
Describe the differences between primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources are made by people who were there when the event happened. Secondary sources are made after an event happens.
What were some things that the European countries sent back to the New World? What was the one bad thing they traded?
clothes, china, furniture, other expensive items, tools, and weapons
people
What was the name of the settlement the Puritans created?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
They were going to block the Saint Lawrence River.