The Atlantic Slave Trade 1.5
How were most enslaved people captured?
war raids
How long as European powers had been in competition for land, native alliances, and resources?
2 years
How many native Americans were there before Columbus arrived?
50-100 million
The American colonists were in the process of protesting what act?
Townshend
For the Continental Army who was the Commander-In-Chief.
George Washington
How many people died before reaching the Americas?
2.5 million
Who controlled the 13 colonies on the east coast?
The British
What made each native American tribe different?
View on gender, language, religion, style of clothes, government, and so on
Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
Who wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
What was the kind of slavery that was practiced?
Chattel
Who was the leader of Odawa?
Pontiac
What was the population of the Aztec Empire?
over 200,000
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Large group of people(mostly the Sons of Liberty) dressed up as Native Americans and threw 342 barrels of tea into the Boston harbor.
The British beat Washington troops and took over what city?
New York City
What is an indentured servant
A person who accepts a contract to work for 7-10 years for an individual who pays for their voyage to America.
How did the colonists feel about the Proclamation of 1763?
Upset/anger
Most religions practiced what belief?
animism
What is the quartering Act
How many congress members signed the Declaration of Independence?
56
What was the first name of the first slave ship to arrive in British Colonial America?
White lion
Who organized the meeting disusing the best way the fight a war and how to secure better relations with Native Americans in Albany?
Benjamin Franklin.
Where did majority of the Native Americans live in Central and South America?
Olmec, Maya, Inca, and Aztec
Second Continental Congress almost passed two very important pieces of legislation:
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition
The Loyalists are with who and the Patriots were with who
Loyalist=Britain
Patriots=America