Important Figures
Who is George Washington?
True or False, All Native American tribes lived in grasslands and fields, wore the same clothes, and ate the same foods.
False
The first successful British colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The war that allowed America to gain its independence.
What was the American Revolution?
A protest where hundreds of pounds of tea was dropped into the Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
An Italian sailor who came to America in search of India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The majority of Native Americans that lived in huge cities, dominated by which empires?
What are the Aztec, Mayan, Olmec, and Incan Empires?
What was the name of the group of religious separatists that escaped to the new world.
Who were the Pilgrims?
An exchange of ideas, goods, crops, and disease between Europe and North America.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Colonist who continued to stay loyal to Britain throughout the war and had lots of control in cities.
Who were the Loyalists?
A farmer in West Virginia, who lead a rebellion consisting of slaves and indentured servants against the surrounding Native Americans and the Governor of Virginia, Governor Berkeley.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
The act of worshiping inanimate objects, as they were said to hold supernatural forces and gods. This was the most common religion with Native Americans.
What is Animism?
What was the name of the first constitution ever written in North America.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
An exchange of materials and goods between North America, Europe, and Africa. Some of the goods delivered were raw materials, slaves, and manufactured goods.
What is the Triangular Trade?
One of the acts enforced by the king and parliament to collect dept from the colonies.
What was the Stamp act, Sugar act, and the Tea act?
The Patriot who wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that criticized the King, and convinced many people to fight for the Patriots. He was also a founding Father.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The Native Americans rarely wrote anything down. They had another way to pass stories and cultural tales.
What is Oral History?
A law that forbade any colonial merchants from trading outside of it's mother country.
What were the Navigation acts?
The purpose of colonies is to gather materials for its mother country.
What is Mercantillism?
A small organization who were against the British taxation acts, and often harassed and intimidated tax collectors.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A Christian Priest that exposed the abuse of the Native Americans to the King and Queen of Spain. He also disapproved of the behaviors of the Conquistadors.
Who is Bartolome de las Casas?
The Capital of the Incan Empire and was built during the 15th century.
What is Machu Picchu?
The Colony with most of the population being Quakers.
What is Pennsylvania?
One of the Anglo-Powhatan Wars.
What is the Pequot war, Pueblo revolt, and Metacoms war?
A Proclamation that declared any slave who joined the British would gain their freedom.
What was the Dunmore proclamation?