Early Exploration
The 3 G's of exploration
What is gold, God, and glory?
What ocean did the original 13 colonies settle on?
The Atlantic Ocean
What war in the Americas led to the various taxes from England on the colonies?
French and Indian War
Who is the main character of our novel?
Isabel
This war is occurring in our novel.
The Revolutionary War
Who "found" America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
What are the 3 sections the 13 colonies were split into?
New England
Middle
Southern
The idea that colonists should have a say in the taxes imposed on them
No Taxation without Representation
What colony do Isabel and Ruth start and end in?
Rhode Island to New York
What happened to Isabel's mother and father?
Her mother died of smallpox, and her father was beaten to death trying to keep the family together.
The ??? was the part of the enslaved African’s journey aboard a ship from Africa to the English Colonies.
What is the Middle Passage?
The New England region relied heavily on these two products for money
Shipbuilding and lumber
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed, and its purpose.
July 4th, 1776, and it was a list of grievances against the King of England. It was the colonies' right to be independent given these grievances.
So far in the novel ______ are Loyalists and _________ & ______________ are patriots
The Locktons; Bellingham and Curzon
Many slaves worked on ???
What are plantations?
The triangular trade was between what three areas?
Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
A crop grown for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What are cash crops?
The "shot heard 'round the world" fired here, marking the start of armed conflict. Deemed the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington and Concord.
The physical ailment Ruth suffers from that Madam Lockton mistakenly believes is a sign of demonic possession.
Ruth is described as being "simple" and is known to have seizures.
Jenny tries to buy Isabel and Ruth because she knew their mother, but what stops her?
The Locktons offer double for the girls, and Jenny cannot afford it.
Which Queen in England funded a lot of exploration?
Queen Elizabeth I, or the Virgin Queen
The Southern region relied heavily on ??? & ???
What is cash crops and slaves
The colonists' militia, ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Minutemen
At the beginning of the story, Miss. Finch writes in her will that this will happen to Isabel and Ruth.
They are to be free
A major theme introduced in the first five chapters that drives Isabel's actions.
freedom