A New World is Discovered
This man landed in the Bahamas in 1492 while searching for the East Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A company formed by English investors to fund colonies.
What is a joint stock company?
This group thought they could change the Church of England from within.
Who were the Puritans?
This man is the most famous Minuteman.
Who is Paul Revere.
This document was sent as a last ditch effort to make peace with England before declaring Independence.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
The two general types of Indian lifestyles.
What are nomadic and farming/settled?
The three different types of colonies.
What are charter, royal, and proprietary?
This colony was founded in part to be a buffer from the Spanish.
What was Georgia?
This man is famous for declaring 'Give me liberty or give me death!'
Who is Patrick Henry?
This group of people supported England during the war for Independence.
Who were the Loyalists?
This is the year most people believe the Vikings first discovered the New World.
What is AD 1000?
The document that provided for the first self-government in the New World.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This colony had the first written constitution drawn up in America.
What was Connecticut?
This group organized and held rallies to protest the Stamp Act.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to help build the case for American separation from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
The first Spaniard to explore Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de León?
The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who is John Winthrop?
This colony was originally founded by the Netherlands.
What was New York or New Jersey?
We would call it a general search warrant, but in the 1700's they were called...
What are writs of assistance?
The Continental Army's victory of this battle officially brought France into the war on the American side.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
Highly skilled, industrious group of Protestants from France.
Who were the Huguenots?
William Penn started Pennsylvania in part to protect this religious group.
Who were the Quakers?
This man called for a celebration of Thanksgiving to God.
Who was William Bradford?
This is the name of the last king of America.
Who is King George III?
The Treaty of Paris, the formal treaty ending the Revolutionary War, was signed this year.
What is 1783?