Early Colonization
In 1492, this sailor from Genoa sailed the ocean blue.
Christopher Columbus
A lack of this, which made it difficult for second sons to inherit land, helped push English colonial efforts.
Social Mobility
This region of colonies featured an economy built around shipping and lumber.
New England
No taxation without representation in this British legislative body.
Parliament
The King of England when the war broke out.
King George III
It wasn't India, but that didn't stop early explorers from labeling the Caribbean islands this name.
The Indies
This legend spoke of Spanish cruelty, justifying early English colonial efforts in the New World.
The Black Legend
This colony was established by Quakers and was pacifist during the time of its founder.
William Penn.
Thanks to this famous early Patriot, Americans saw engravings of the Boston Massacre that portrayed a bloodbath.
Paul Revere
Defended British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
These were fiefdoms in the New World established for conquistadors.
Encomienda
The first cash crop grown by the English.
Tobacco
Established to protect Catholics
Maryland
This was one of the earliest attempts by the 13 colonies to issue a unified response to disliked British policy, in this case, the Stamp Act.
The Stamp Act Congress
Early American diplomat to France and strong force in Pennsylvania politics, he also was a member of the council that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Benjamin Franklin
The early exchange of new plants, animals, and diseases between the new world and old.
Columbian Exchange
This rebellion in the 1600s against Virginia caused much fear from the government by uniting enslaved populations and poor whites.
Bacon's Rebellion
Established to serve as a buffer state between Spanish Florida and the 13 colonies.
Georgia.
The shot heard around the world was fired at one of these two early battles in the American Revolution.
Lexington and Concord.
This future US president served as a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, served as a diplomat to France, served as the first Secretary of State, and also owned a goat that killed a child.
Thomas Jefferson
Spain and Portugal were looking for islands full of this substance for foods.
Spice
The name of the first English colony to not vanish into thin air.
Jamestown
This modern state was never a colony, its land occupied by New York and Connecticut.
Vermont
The Virginia Colony established this legislative body featuring representation, the first of its kind.
The House of Burgesses
A Virginia planter who accidentally started the Seven Years War, he later, with French help, forced the British to surrender their army at the siege of Yorktown.
George Washington