Early Exploration
The name of the disease that ravaged Europe during the late Middle Ages that killed tens of millions of people.
What is the Black Death?
The oldest, continuously occupied settlement of European and African origin in the USA.
What is St. Augustine?
The Separatists wanted to ________ from the Anglican Church and the Puritans wanted to _________ it.
What is separate and purify?
Act that reduced the power of the British monarchy and strengthened British Parliament.
The first two battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
Name of the man who is credited with starting the Protestant Revolution
The man responsible for bringing tobacco to the USA - eventually married Pocahontas as well.
Who is John Rolfe?
Name of the Native American man who taught the Pilgrims how to farm the land.
In this system, goods were moved and traded amongst the continents of North America, Europe, and Africa.
What is triangular trade?
Name of the man famous for his "midnight ride" in which he warned colonists that British troops were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
The person usually "at the top" of Feudalistic societies.
Who is the King?
Laws to control slaves.
What are slave codes?
The two groups that were formed after the Act of Uniformity was signed into British law.
Who are the Separatists and the Puritans?
One "leg" of the Triangular Trade journey - the transport of slaves from the West African Coast to the Americas across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
The Continental Army suffered a crushing defeat at this Canadian city on New Years Eve, 1775.
What is Quebec?
What is the printing press?
Crops sold for profit.
What are cash crops?
Name of the first democratic document in the New World.
Year in which the French and Indian War started.
What is 1754?
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Who is Leif Erikson?
A colony/government in which the king granted huge tracts of land to friends and supporters.
What is a proprietary government?
The country the Pilgrims first fled to after they left England.
What is Holland?
This proclamation was put into place following the French & Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion - it prohibited colonists from moving past an "imaginary" line.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Name of the petition that was a final attempt by the colonies to restore peace with Britain. King George III refused to read it.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?