Beginnings 1
Beginnings 2
British Colonies, Pre-Revolution
Stirrings of Rebellion
Revolutionary War
100

These were people who migrated through the Bering land bridge 13,300 to 12,800 years ago. They hunted mammoth and they were known for their flint spearheads

The Clovis Peoples

100

This treaty separated the lands of Portugal with the lands from Spain, and was negotiated by the Pope to avoid war

The Treaty of Tordesillas

100

This was the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607

Jamestown

100

This is the year that the French and Indian War started

1754

100

This was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War.  Although the British forces took their objective, they lost many men, making it a Pyrrhic victory

Bunker Hill

200

Mansa Musa was king of this country

Mali

200

This is the country that Prince Henry the Navigator is from

Portugal

200

Which of these was an important industry in the New England colonies?

Shipbuilding

200

This Act included a direct tax on imported goods.

Townshend Act

200

These battles were the first set of small military engagements between the British and Americans

Lexington and Concord

300

This explorer established a trade route to India for Portugal

Vasco da Gama

300

The Iroquois people lived in this Native American cultural region of North America

Northeast

300

These laws were created to regulate trade between Britain and other countries, including its colonies. Goods bought by colonists from other countries had to go through Britain so Parliament could place a tax on them.

Navigation Acts

300

This act created a tax on many printed goods including newspapers and playing cards.

The Stamp Act

300

This battle is where the Americans won against the British forces and changed the tide of the war.  This victor encouraged France to enter the war and aid the Americans with supplies and troops

Saratoga

400

Christopher Columbus discovered the "New World" in this year.

1492

400

This was a ship that could sail more closely to the wind, and thus around Africa

Caravel

400

What product did the Jamestown colony produce in its very early days and sell to England for a profit?

Tobacco

400

This event occurred when several British soldiers shot into a crod of protestors after being harassed. Five protestors were killed, and the soldiers were forced to stand trial.  

The Boston Massacre

400

This battle saw a joint effort of the American and French forces to overcome the British in Virginia.  The American victory led to the end of the war.

Yorktown

500

The University of Sankore was in this African city, which became a flourishing center of learning

Timbuktu

500

The Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles) lived in this Native American cultural region of North America.

Southeast

500

Countries should export more than they import: this is one of the several principles of which economic theory? 

Mercantilism

500

These Acts included the Quartering Act and putting Boston under martial law.

Intolerable Acts

500

He was the author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson