Natives
Early humans who lived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals
Who are hunter gatherers?
What is Jamestown?
The ship that the Pilgrims came to the new world on.
What are the Mayflower?
A tax on sugar established by King of Britain to help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War
What is the Sugar Act?
A military leader during the AMerican Revolution who later became the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
Cone shaped homes made of buffalo hides spread across long poles.
Group of people who were looking for religious freedom in the new world. Also commonly known for celebrating the "first" thanksgiving.
Who are the Pilgrims?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
What are the Middle Colonies?
An incident during the civil war in which colonist dressed but as Natives Americans and dumped tea into the Boston harbor as a form of boycotting the British taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The first ten amendments to the constitution which guarantee certain rights.
The three common crops grown by Native Americans, also known as the three sisters.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
Religious group who seeked religious freedom and believed they were called to create a more "pure" religion in the new world. Did not tolerate other religious groups.
Who are the Puritans?
Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia
What are the Southern Colonies?
Document in which the colonist declared their freedom/independence from Great Britain in 1776.
(AKA the break up letter)
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The first Constitution of the United States, which failed because it was too weak to govern the US as a single nation.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Who are the Mayans?
The first government framework written in the land that is now the United States
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut
What are the New England Colonies?
Nickname for the British soldiers. A term used by Paul Revere.
Who are the Red Coats?
The law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
The native american tribe that lived in cube like rooms stacked on top of each other made out of adobe and rocks.
Who are the Pueblo Indians?
People who agreed to work for a specific period of time, in exchange for a passage to the new world, land, food, clothing, shelter, and eventually their freedom.
What are indentured servants?
Most popular cash crops for colonist to grow in the south
What are cotton and tobacco?
This treaty was the treaty that ended the American Revolution and Britain recognized American Independence.
What is the treaty of Paris?
The Executive branch, the Judicial branch, and the Legislative branch
What are the 3 branches of government?