Exploration
The person credited with finding America
Christopher Columbus
The first permanent English settlement
Jamestown
The first self-government in the colonies
Primary reason Britain taxed the colonies
Debt from the French and Indian War
First Battle
Lexington and Concord
The country that settled in the Southwest portion of the U.S.
Spain
The religious groups that settled Massachusetts
Pilgrims/Puritans
The first representative legislative body in the colonies
Virginia House of Burgesses
List 3 examples of taxes placed on the colonies
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, or Townshend Acts
Turning Point
Saratoga
The country that settled in Canada/the Great Lakes region
France
The religious group that settled Pennslyvania
Quakers
The first written colonial constitution
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This event led to the intolerable acts
Boston Tea Party
Battle during Christmas
Battle of Trenton (Crossing the Delaware)
The country that settled the 13 colonies
Great Britain
The religious group that settled Maryland
Catholics
The primary reason the English colonies established their own governments
Salutary Neglect
The Colonies responded to the intolerable acts with the...
First Continental Congress
Harsh winter when many deserted or died
Valley Forge
The year that Columbus "found" America
1492
The reason the King viewed Georgia as valuable
A military barrier
The British documents that served as examples for colonial governments (2 of them)
Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights
The other name for the intolerable acts
Coercive Acts
Last Battle
Yorktown