The First Americans
the first people to reach America
hunters and gathers
Another name for Norsemen
Vikings
a settlement in one country that is ruled by the government of another country
A war in North America between France and Britain for land
The French and Indian War
Used by the first people who came to America from Asia
Land Bridge
Norse sailor who was the first European to reach the Americas
the first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
law that taxed printed goods to pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War
The Stamp Act
The number of cultural regions of native americans that had different types of land and resources
Mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India
Christopher Columbus
Colony settled by pilgrims looking for religious freedom in 1620
Plymouth
Incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American Colonists
the Boston Massacre
items made by a group of people that gives us clues about that group
artifacts
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
Hernando Cortes
Colony founded by Puritans in 1630
Massachusetts Bay
The Boston Tea Party
The resources Native Americans depended on for food and houses
Land
Claimed Canada for England in 1497
John Cabot
The number of colonies England had by 1650
13
A document where the American colonists declared independence from Great Britain
The Declaration of Independence