The opportunity to rise through different social classes:

The blending of many different African cultures into one distinct culture in the American colonies:

Britain choosing not to enforce laws on the colonists and allowing them to govern themselves:

A religious movement in the colonies that led to more people going to new types of churches and having a personal relationship with God:

Very DIVERSE and TOLERANT colonies:

The Quaker leader who led the settlement of Pennsylvania:

Religious group that settled Pennsylvania. They were very peaceful and tolerant:

Originally settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam & taken over by the English. Very important trade city:

Religious group that fled England for religious reasons & settled Massachusetts. They were not tolerant of other religions:

Dissenter of the Puritans who left Massachusetts & established his own colony at Rhode Island:

Provided partial church membership to some Puritans in New England:

A war between English settlers in New England & the natives in the area:

Permission from the king that allowed Puritans to build a colony. The king later cancelled this.

The corporation that settled Jamestown to earn a profit (make $$$):

The government of Virginia (the first representative legislature in America):

The Indian tribe native to the Virginia area:

An uprising of poor settlers against the wealthy planters & the House of Burgesses in the Southern colonies.

The slave trade:

Trade across the Atlantic ocean between Europe, Africa, & the Americas:

Using colonies to build wealth:

War between England & France for control of new land in North America.

Ended the French &Indian War, & France had to give up all land east of the Mississippi River.

Order from the King that prohibited American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains.

Tax on paper goods that Britain passed to raise money to pay for soldiers in America.

A Patriot organization formed to resist British laws & taxes. They led protests & boycotts.

A women’s group that made things to replace boycotted British goods.

Laws passed by Parliament in England to restrict colonial rights.

Secret letter writing group that organized resistance against the British, including the First Continental Congress.

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued that the American colonies should be an independent nation.

Declaration of Independence

Committee of Five (Thomas Jefferson)

Philosopher who created the idea of natural rights (life, liberty, property). Jefferson borrowed his ideas for the Dec. of Ind.

Idea that governments get their power from the people they govern & that people should overthrow bad governments & replace them with good ones.

Commander & chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

When Washington snuck his army across the Delaware River in the middle of the night Christmas of 1776 & won an important battle in the surprise attack.

Where Washington & his men spent the Winter of 1777. The conditions were very harsh, but the army trained enough to become a strong fighting force.

A Prussian military officer who helped train the American troops at Valley forge.

A Frenchman who assisted the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

British general who was in charge of fighting the Americans in the southern colonies.

Final battle of the Revolutionary War where the British surrendered.

Agreement that ended the Revolutionary War signed in France.