Age of Exploration
Columbus, before he stumbled upon the U.S., was looking for a westward route to this country
India
The first English settlement where John Smith landed in 1606.
Jamestown
Wat did the French want from the war
Continue trade with Native Americans
What does Revolution, in this context, mean
A forceful overthrow of government, coup, rebellion
An act of protest where one refuses to buy certain goods
Boycott
The year in which Columbus discovered the west indies
1492
The first "U.S. state" the Spanish landed on and claimed was
Florida
What did British want out of French Indian War
Expand territories westward
What was the name of the King of England during the Revolutionary War
King George III
The Native American tribes that confronted the English at Jamestown
Algonquins
This country is credited with discovering the America's, and commissioned many explorers to travel west.
Spain
What are the two types of crops that farmers would grow
Cash Crops and Sustenance Crops
What was the main source of trade between the French and the Native Americans.
Fur
This event marked the first violent confrontation between British soldiers and colonists
Boston Massacre
This document, written on July 4th, 1776, stated the colonists desire for freedom to the British
Declaration of Independence
The reason Western Europe was looking to travel east was due to....
Ottoman Empire/ Fall of Constantinople
Which region of colonies practiced the largest range of religious freedom
Middle Colonies
How did the British plan to repay debt caused by the French Indian War
Taxed the colonists
A act of rebellion wherein colonists boarded a British ship and dumped all the goods into the harbor.
Boston Tea Party
The nickname colonists gave British soldiers to mock them
Redcoats/lobster backs
The man who America was named after.
Amerigo Vespucci
John Rolfe introduced this crop in Virginia, hich made the colony grow exponentially and brought wealth
tobacco
Name one Act the British enforced on the colonists which was rejected
Sugar, Stamp, Quartering, Townshend
This radical group of colonists organized acts of resistance against the British.
The Patriots/Sons of Liberty
The King of Spain who was obsessed with finding Westward routes during the Age of Exploration (he commissioned Columbus to sail west)
King Ferdinand