Name that Era Challenge!

Gold, God, and Glory serve as the main reasons for European countries to seek out new territories and establish colonies to expand their power

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

Mercantilism causes competition between the French (interested in furs), Spanish (interested in establishing Catholic missions), and British (interested in raw materials) to claim new lands and territory

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

Jamestown is established in Virginia as the 1st permanent English settlement in North America

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

The 1st examples of representative government in North America are created with the Virginia House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

The transatlantic trade brings slaves from Africa to work on plantations growing cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

Groups like the Pilgrims and Puritans in New England, Quakers in Pennsylvania, and Catholics in Maryland migrate to North America in search of religious freedom

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

King George III issues the Proclamation of 1763 that sets the border of the 13 colonies at the Appalachian Mountains, blocks colonists from western lands to prevent problems with Native Americans after French and Indian War

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

Stamp Act places a tax on all printed materials and causes colonists to organize protests against taxation without representation, boycotts, and groups like the Sons of Liberty who tar and feather tax agents

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

Sons of Liberty organize acts of civil disobedience like the Boston Tea Party to protest British Tea Act

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic

Continental Congress names George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in 1775

• Exploration & Colonization

• American Revolution

• Constitution

• Early Republic