Unit 1: The American Experiment

People

100

This person was Americans first president and the leader of the continental army. 

George Washington

200

This person wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. 

Thomas Jefferson 

300

This person was the first governor of Plymouth and was the first person to sign the  Mayflower Compact. 

John Carver 

400

This Person was the king of England during the Revolutionary War. 

King George III

500

This Native American man helped the colonists at Plymouth not starve during the Winter. 

Squanto

Vocab

100

A source that is a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic. 

Primary Source

200

A source that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about. 

Secondary Source 

300

A group of colonial men who protested the unjust taxes of the British and had meetings under a tree. 

Sons of Liberty 

400

Money paid by citizens to support the government.

Tax

500

Colonists have no say on the Parliament passing new laws for the King’s taxes

Taxation without representation

Pre-Colonial

100

This was how the first humans traveled to North America. 

Land Bridge 

200

This was the animal that the first humans hunted into North America. 

Mammoth

300

Name of the land bridge that the first Americans walked on to North America. 

Beringia land bridge 

400

Why were the first Native Americans able to settle in North America?

good climates, plentiful of food, agriculture

500

This was the tool that humans made that could pierce the hide of a mammoth. 

Clovis tools

Reasons for Independence

100

This reason for independence was a tax on a popular beverage in the colonies. 

Tea Tax

200

This reason was a tax on legal recognition of documents, newspapers and commercial documents. 

Stamp act/tax

300

This reason were taxes that were not tolerated in the colonies and ultimatly led to the Revolutionary War. 

Intolerable acts

400

This reason was why the colonists had no impact on taxes being placed on them 

Not being able to vote in parliament.  

500

This reason was an incident that occurred where British troops fired at colonists. 

Boston Massacre 

Miscellaneous

100

The war that caused the British to go into debt. 

7 Years War 

200

Name of the tribe that helped Plymouth Colony. 

Wampanoag 

300

The document that listed the reasons why the colonists wanted to be free from British rule. 

Declaration of Independence 

400

People who protested the Catholic church

Protestants/Puritans 

500

An agreement that bound the signers to obey the government and legal system established in Plymouth Colony

Mayflower Compact