Native Americans
How do scientists think the FIRST people came to North America?
They walked across a land bridge.
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's first voyage?
Spain
______________ is a person who agreed to work for a number of years in exchange for a voyage to North America.
Indentured Servant
Why did the British Parliament need to tax the colonies?
The French and Indian war had cost England a lot of money.
What was the MAIN economic difference between the North and the South?
The North had factories, and the South had plantations.
A desert at the poles with ice but little precipitation is
a polar desert
What were the names of the three ships Columbus sailed to the New World on his first voyage?
The Santa Maria, The Pinta, and the nina
Name TWO cash crops from the Southern colonies.
tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton
The British created the Intolerable Acts to
punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
Balanced free and slave states.
Why did people migrate into North America?
Following their food source
Why was Amerigo Vespucci important in history?
America was named after him.
This region's main economic resource was the ocean, shipbuilding, cod fishing, and whaling.
New England
The 1765 act that that taxed paper and printed goods in the Colonies was the ___________________.
Stamp Act
Why did southern states support slavery?
Their economy depended on plantations.
The Eastern Woodland natives would pluck their hair out for this reason...
It was a way to intimidate enemies during war.
Where was John Cabot born?
Italy
In the ______________ region, the colonies grew many different grains such as wheat, barley, and corn. This region is known as the "Bread Basket."
Middle Colonies
"One if by land, two if by sea" refers to what?
The number of lanterns lit in the church to warn about the British.
What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?
To help slaves escape
In the Southeast region, there were two chiefs. Which chief was the leader in times of peace?
The White Chief
While Columbus and his crew were aiming to find a route to Asia, they ended up discovering a "New World." Which present day country did they first land on?
Bahamas
The exchange of slaves and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic was called __________________.
Triangular Trade
Which battle was a turning point in the Revolutionary War for the colonists because it motivated France to join the colonies?
Saratoga
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln