Each of the three congresses held by the American colonies (in 1774, 1775, and 1776, respectively) in revolt against British rule.

Also known as the Columbian interchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.

A document that gives colonies the legal rights to exist.

A mountain system in eastern North America that stretches from Quebec and Maine in the north to Georgia and Alabama in the south.

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

Was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.

Refers to two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

A region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest.

Took place between 1754-1763, began due to a conflict between England and France over control of the Ohio River Valley.

Originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.

A late-18th century movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.

Comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers a bicameral legislature comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.

Cruel and oppressive government or rule.

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

Flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast.

Was a man (almost never a woman) who took out a loan (an indenture), most often to pay for the cost of his transportation to a job location: from Europe to North America, for example. In order to pay off this loan, the employee (indenturee) agreed to work without salary for the lender for a specific number of years.

Existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international.

The grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.

A list of statements adopted at Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on May 31, 1775; drafted in the month following the fighting at Lexington and Concord.