Age of Exploration
His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
Wheat, oats, and barley are examples of...
Staple Crops
Factor that led colonists in Virginia to use slave labor.
Not enough indentured servants
Thomas Paine's pamphlet that supported breaking ties with Great Britain.
Common Sense
The exact date (Including year) that the Declaration of Independence was ratified.
July 04, 1776
New plants and animals were brought to Europe and the Americas
Columbian Exchange
Name three cash crops
Indigo, cotton, rice, tobacco
Fought British over settlement in the Ohio River Valley
Who created the "Bloody Massacre" Propaganda?
Paul Revere
The America's were named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
Something negative that was brought by the Columbian Exchange. Who did it affect?
Brought diseases that infected many Native Americans
Region that made most of their money by trade, ship building, and fishing.
New England Colonies
a group of Native American nations in eastern North America that joined together under one general government. Stayed neutral during the war.
Iroquois Confederacy
First time Parliament tried to tax colonists directly.
Stamp Act
A war between English fleet of ships and Spanish fleet of ships in the late 1500s.
Spanish Armada
A combination of famine, disease, and a harsh winter that killed many setters during 1609-1610
Starving Time
Caused when a man led attacks on Native American villages and burned down Jamestown
Bacon's Rebellion
The worst part of the Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Act that was repealed to reduce tensions in the colonies.
Townshend Act
Presented the idea that all people are born with "Life, Liberty, and Property"
John Locke
Tribe that helped the colonists at Jamestown by brining them food and teaching them how to grown corn.
Powhatan Tribe
Economy in the middle colonies was supported mainly by...
Staple Crops
Treaty that ended the French and Indian War (Include Year)
Main topic was whether the colonists should seek a peaceful or violent resolution with Great Britain
Second Continental Congress
List four sections of the Declaration of Independence (in order)
1. Preamble
2. Natural Rights
3. Grievances
4. Resolution