Early Exploration & Colonization
These were the three main reasons Europeans established colonies in the New World.
Religion, Wealth, Empire (Glory)
This colonial region had cold winters and rocky soil, encouraging trade over farming.
New England
This religious movement united colonists and encouraged questioning authority.
First Great Awakening
This protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor in 1773.
Boston Tea Party
This battle was the “shot heard ‘round the world” and marked the start of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington and Concord
This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
Jamestown
This was the main economic activity of New England.
shipbuilding, fishing, whaling
This 1763 law banned colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763 (or Proclamation Line)
This is the act of peacefully refusing to obey unjust laws.
civil disobedience
This 1776 document, written by Thomas Jefferson, declared the colonies free from British rule.
The Declaration of Independence
This agreement, written by the Pilgrims in 1620, established self-government.
Mayflower Compact
This religious group in the Middle Colonies opposed slavery.
Quakers
This Act caused the first rallying cry from colonist "No Taxation Without Representation"
Stamp Act
These groups spread news of British actions and helped unite the colonies.
Committees of Correspondence
This was the turning point of the war, convincing France to support the colonists.
Saratoga
This 1639 document is considered the first written constitution in America.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This colonial region’s economy relied on plantations and cash crops like tobacco.
Southern Colonies
This 1770 event was used as propaganda to turn colonists against British rule.
Boston Massacre
These 1767 laws taxed glass, lead, paint, and tea, angering the colonists
Townshend Acts
During winter, in this location Washington’s troops faced harsh conditions but came out stronger.
Valley Forge
This explorer’s writings about Asia inspired Europeans to seek new trade routes instead of the Silk Road
Marco Polo
This colony was founded as a haven for Catholics.
Maryland
This set of laws punished Boston after the Tea Party and united the colonies.
Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts)
This act declared Parliament could make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
This final major battle led to the British surrender and the end of the Revolutionary War.
Yorktown