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Unlike many other settlers in the New World, the French were less interested in farming than in trading Native Americans for these.
What are furs?
What is the Hudson?
Benjamin Franklin, Quakers, William Penn
What is Pennsylvania?
In his famous engraving of these shots fired, Paul Revere drew a puppy on the side of the colonists!
What is the Boston Massacre?
"Lobsterbacks"
Who are British troops?
French explorers rode the Mississippi River from Quebec all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the land for France and naming it this, after their ruler, King Louis XIV.
What is Louisiana?
When Europeans showed up, they found this Native American tribe inhabiting modern day New York.
Who are the Iroquois?
The House of Burgesses, Tobacco, Jamestown
What is Virginia?
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at this "battle," and it sure did have the British running!
What is Lexington and Concord?
"The sewer of New England"
What is Rhode Island?
Created by Samuel de Champlain, this Canadian city was originally founded as a trading post.
What is Quebec?
Before Stuyvesant lost New York to James, Duke of York, it was named this, after his home country.
What is New Netherland?
Roger Williams, Narragansett Bay, Providence
What is Rhode Island?
Gunpowder doesn't grow on trees, you know! In fact, 90% of the gunpowder fired by the Continental Army actually came from this country.
What is France?
"Gentleman Johnny"
Who is John Burgoyne?
Much like other European explorers at the time, when Jacques Cartier set sail, he was actually in search of this.
What is the Northwest Passage?
The first major battle of the Revolutionary war took place in this New York City borough.
The Act Concerning Religion, Catholics, Lord Baltimore
What is Maryland?
Relying more on bows and arrows than guns, the Pueblo rose up and pushed the Spaniards enslaving them out of the territory that would later become this state.
What is New Mexico?
"Peg Leg Pete"
Who is Stuyvesant?
Despite being one of the richest men in France, this man volunteered for the Continental Army and braved the hardships of Valley Forge.
Who is Lafayette?
Early in the war, this British general secured New York for Great Britain, and held it for most of the war.
Who is Howe?
James Oglethorpe, Debtors, Plantations
What is Georgia?
After being forced to sell their land and livestock to pay impossible debts, American farmers revolted in this attack that led to the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
"A great, heavy, booby-looking man"
Who is Charles Townshend?