European Colonization
This is the non-existent water route/short-cut to Asia that early explorers were looking for.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This can be considered the first "world war," and it was caused by a poorly executed mission from George Washington.
What is the French and Indian War?
This was a document written in 1776 stating that the colonists wanted to seperate from the British government.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
These are three goals for European explorers when landing in the Americas.
What are gold, glory, and God? (the Three G's)
This was the reason that Jamestown went through the first, harsh winter (The Starving Time) in North America.
What is unpreparedness?
What is laziness?
This is the main cause of the French and Indian War.
What is competition over land in the Ohio River Valley?
This document was written in 1787 stating the plan for the government of the United States of America.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This wiped out 9 out of every 10 Native Americans in the Americas.
What is European disease?
This was the first form of self-government for the English in North America. (done by the Pilgrims)
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This country had to give up the most land after their defeat in the French and Indian War.
What is France?
This is the meaning of "No taxation without representation."
What is taxing without allowing for colonists to represent themselves in the British government?
This country was known for treating the Native Americans rather respectfully and trading furs with them.
What are the French?
This was the trade route that linked North America, Africa, and Europe, and it established slavery as the main source of labor in the Americas.
What is the Triangular Trade?
This group of people established Pennsylvania as an English colony, so that they could practice their religion freely.
Who are the Quakers?
This is the reason that the British government banned the colonists from expanding westward towards the Appalachian Mountains.
What is because they wanted to keep the Native Americans as allies?
This was the first French settlement in North America.
What is Quebec?
This man was enslaved in the Americas and eventually bought his way to freedom in England, and he became an major abolitionist in Europe.
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
What are taxes?
This was the reason why France joined the Patriots during the American Revolution.
What is because they were defeated by the British during the French and Indian War?