Early American History Study Guide Semester 1 Final

Discovered the Americas while looking for a new trade route with India

He discovered that Columbus wasn't in India and America is named after him

Discovered Tobacco in Jamestwon

He saved the Jamestown colony by forcing the colonists to work

Native American/Colonist translator and she married John Rolfe

King of England during the American Revolution

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Author of Common Sense and inspired colinists to join the patriot camp

President of the Continental Congress

British General in French and Indian War, Commander of Continental Army

Pushed for the Declaration of Independence

Patriot who was involved in several events that led to the American Revolution

the original people living in America, came from Asia during the Ice Age

People who wanted to purify the Church of England

people on a religious journey, came to America for religious freedom

Farming to feed your family but not for a living

Theory that the more wealth a country has, the more power they have

The large movement of Puritans to the New World

a set of rules and regulations of the Plymouth colony

A good brought into a country

A good sold to another country

the trade route that connected the colonies, Europe [England], Africa and the West Indies. All of the countries were interconnected by the slave trade.

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa

laws made for a country voted on by elected officials

the lawmaking branch of the British government

Another name for the legislative branch

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation

Cash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown

Refusal to buy goods or services from another country.

Contacted other towns about British law and how to challenge them.

Document saying all English citizens will not be taxed without their consent

tax on sugar and molasses

Colonists had to pay a tax for a stamp that had to be placed on all legal pieces of paper

Colonists had to house British soldiers

British colonists could not live west of the Appalachian Mountians.

Four acts placed on the colonists after the Boston Tea Party

Colonists threw tea overboard a british ship as a sign of protest

5 colonists were killed in riot of Boston

Banned all trade from England

Formed continental army, started printing money, and declared independence

Permission to establish a colony

Colonists who protested against British Laws

American colonist who favored American independence

A person who supported the British during the American Revolution

a series of laws intended to limit trading in the colonies with only England

rights that every human had that the goverment cannot take away - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

tax on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea; collected at harbor

People agree to be governed or give power to the government

First constitution of the U.S. and had the power heavily favored towards the states.

war fought between Fr. and N.A. vs Britain over land and trade

War fought between England and its colonies

2nd colony made in North America, first to survive

First colony made in North America, failed to survive

Pilgrim settlement in Massachusets

factors that push one out of a country or pull one to a country

100's of colonists accused of witchcraft; colony ruled by religious law and officials of church

1. Bad Water due to swampy land 2) Poor soil 3) little food/starvation 4) disease Jamestown survived due to leadership of John Smith - moved settlers inland away from swampy lands to a better water source; forced colonists to work instead of searching for gold; developed good relationships with Native Americans to learn how to farm and end fighting