This is the name of the exposed land bridge that allowed early humans to first migrate to North America.
What is Beringia
100
A trade system between the Americas, England and Africa where slaves were traded for manufactured goods.
What is Triangular Trade
100
The first tax on imported goods such as wine, molasses, and sugar. Created by Parliament to help pay for the debt of the French and Indian War.
What is the Sugar Act
100
The action of leaving the military, going home
What is Desertion
100
To make better, approve.
What is Amend
200
A _________ is a human who moves from place to place following a food source.
What is a Nomad
200
This was England's second attempt at colonizing the New World and was England's permanent colony.
What is Jamestown
200
This was a secret anti-British organization who helped instigate war.
What is Sons of Liberty
200
Created by the Continental Congress made up of militiamen. George Washington was unanimously voted to lead the group.
What is Continental Army
200
The first constitution of the United States
What is Articles of Confederation
300
The ____________ was the period of rebirth in Europe that spurred (started) advancements in science, technology and navigation.
What is the Renaissance
300
This colony in Massachusetts held the first communal celebration between Pilgrims and the Native Americans. Americans celebrate it every year in November.
What is Plymouth
300
Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War. Becoming the first cause of the Revolutionary War.
What is The Proclamation of 1763
300
Was the most effective intelligence organization during the Revolutionary War and was created by Benjamin Tallmadge.
What is Culper Spy Ring
300
A system of government by the people, majority rules.
What is Democracy
400
The _________ was a sailing ship introduced by the Portuguese that was extremely fast and easy to maneuver.
What is a Caravel
400
Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves to keep slaves from revolting.
What is Slave Codes
400
This Act was created by Parliament to punish Boston for the Tea Party, it closed Boston's port, and it included the Quartering Act.
What is the Intolerable Acts
400
Group of militia that were led by Ethan Allen and ambushed the British soldiers at Fort Ticonderoga.
What is Green Mountain Boys
400
The gathering that drafted the Constitution. Designed a government with separate branches. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
What is Constitutional Convention
500
_____________ is the half of the Earth that is left of the Prime Meridian. Also known as the "New World".
What is Western Hemisphere
500
This was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. It was signed on a boat by forty-one men.
What is Mayflower Compact
500
What was the colonial response to the Intolerable Acts?
What is the First Continental Congress
500
Document that ended the Revolutionary War and stated that Britain would remove all troops from America and that Britain acknowledges the independence of the United States.
What is Treaty of Paris 1783
500
Slaves would count as 3/5th of a free person when deciding how many representatives would get sent to Congress