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Early Americas
13 Colonies
The Breakup
The War
Branches of Government
100

Name the first 4 groups that arrived in the US that were discussed in class

Native Americans, Spanish, Enslaved Africans, English

100

The FIRST settlement by the English colonists was at __________ in 1607.

Jamestown

100

What are the two names for the 1754-1761 conflict in the American Colonies?

French and Indian War or 7 Years War

100

What are TWO names for the war that happened between the Colonists and England?

Revolutionary War, War for Independence

100

Name the three branches of government

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

200

Which were the FIRST group of the 4 to arrive in the Americas?

Native Americans/Indigenous

200

Name TWO of the MIDDLE colonies

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

200
Who were the two sides in the 7 Years War?

England/Colonists vs. French/Native Americans (Indians)

200

Who was the top general in the Colonists army?

George Washington

200
This branch of government is in charge of ENFORCING the laws 

Executive

300

Which country did Christopher Columbus sail for?

Spain

300
What is the name for the NORTHERN REGION of English Colonies?

New England

300

What were the English Colonists upset about after the French and Indian War? (TWO THINGS)

Taxation and inability to move WEST.

300

What is one OTHER name for the colonists in the war? and what is one OTHER name for the English in the war?

Colonists: Yankees, Americans, Patriots, Continentals

English: Redcoats, Tories, Loyalists, British

300
Name the first 3 leaders of the EXECUTIVE BRANCH in the USA

Washington, Adams, Jefferson

400

What is the boat journey across the Atlantic Ocean called that was travelled by many enslaved Africans?

The Middle Passage

400

This colonial region was known for large amounts of plantation agriculture, little education, and slavery.

The Southern Colonies

400

What are two examples of the colonists REBELLING against England for their inappropriate treatment?

Boycotts, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Acts of Violence

400

What other country assisted in the war? And, which side did they help?

France- they assisted the colonists

400

What does the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH do?

Makes the laws

500
The Columbian Exchange is known as the exchange of ______, _______, and _______ across the ocean after the arrival of the Spanish (name TWO of the 3 blanks)

Plants, Animals, Disease

500

Which Southern colony is missing from this list: 

Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Virginia

500

What is the name of the BREAKUP letter, written by Thomas Jefferson, from the colonists to England?

Declaration of Independence

500

The Revolutionary War ended with the battle of _______ and the _________ won the war.

Yorktown

American Colonists/Patriots

500

What are the two HOUSES of CONGRESS in the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH called?

House of Representatives and the Senate