GED Social Studies: Lesson 1 and 2-U.S. History

A person who explores new or unfamiliar areas

• Explorer

• Runner

• Animator

A member of any of indigenous peoples of North and South American Caribbean

• Chinese

• African American

• Germans

• Native American

A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country

• State

• Colony

• Country

A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons

• Pilgrim

• Indian

• German

These individuals searched for sea route to Asia so they could trade for Asian gold and spices

• colonist

• civilizations

• pilgrims

• explorers

This is also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the 13 colonies which became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. The Congress met from 1774-1789 in three incarnations.

• American colonies

• Explorers

• Continental Congress

• American Revolution

Many of these individuals were put to work on the plantation system in the Southern Colonies.

• pilgrims

• explorers

• African Americans

• Europeans

The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain

• Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• Pledge of Allegiance

• Declaration of Independence

This was published on July 4, 1776

• American Revolution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

A war fought from 1775-1783 and won by the 13 American colonies to achieve independence from Great Britain

• Vietnam War

• World War II

• World War I

• American Revolution