The fall of this city led to the MUSLIM takeover of all OVERLAND trade routes

These merchants controlled the OVERLAND trade routes to Asia.

What is a Gyre?

What was the name of the maneuver Bartolomeu Dias used to beat the South Atlantic Gyre?

This European nation discovered the FIRST sea route to Asia.

This Portuguese explorer sailed to India and obtained a massive profit on spices upon his return.

How much profit did Vasco de Gama make upon his return from the East?

The colony on Roanoke Island became known as the "Lost Colony" because all of its inhabitants disappeared.

A colony that was governed by a trade company was a

An indenture was

America's first college was

"Precious stink" A.K.A

"Holy Experiment" refers to what state?

If someone paid for a person’s passage to the New World, the Virginia Company offered the purchaser

The settlers from England who moved to Holland and finally to Massachusetts were called the

The contract of government drawn up by those on the Mayflower was the

The House of Burgesses was

The primary motivation for the settlement of Massachusetts was

Which section of the colonies had the greatest cultural diversity?

This document gave certain Englishmen basic rights.

This Englishman tried to establish a colony at Roanoke

How many pounds of tobacco were exported annually by the 1630s?

Where was the land Roger Williams purchased from the Indians?

schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write

An early colonial education law (1647) that required colonial towns of at least fifty households to provide education for youth.

2 major immigrant groups that came to the 13 colonies

German-speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania

Puritan minister, one of the first Americans to promote vaccination(inoculation) of smallpox when it was believed to be dangerous

An early

Iroquois route through the Appalachians that stretched from PA to NC

The architecture style that residents in the colonies styled their houses after

Another name for the colonial style of housing.

Large families provided a readily available labor source for colonial farmers.

Standard fare for most families in the colonies especially the frontier

According to the "Old Deluder Satan" act, what enabled Satan to prevent men from direct access to God's Word?

Widely read annual pamphlet edited by Benjamin Franklin. Best known for its proverbs and aphorisms .

What are some examples of social gatherings in a colonial city?

Puritans enjoyed few pleasures in life

America's population increased tenfold(10x) during the eighteenth century.

The protestant reformation improved spiritual conditions...what else did improve that we specifically mentioned in class?

How did infant death rates in the colonies compare to that of Europe?

This was an epidemic that DID NOT afflict New England

Instruction regarding Christian beliefs is called

Also known as the War of the league of Augsburg, this war lasted from 1689-1697.

This was the second of the four North American wars waged by the British and French between 1689 and 1763. A.k.a the war of Spanish Sucession

The third European conflict a.k.a the war of Austrian succession

War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio/Mississippi Valley areas

Which two European nations became bitter rivals in North America?

Why was friction between England and France inevitable in North America?

What was the chief disadvantage of the British during the French and Indian War?

Name the two greatest military commanders of the French and Indian war.

France surrendered some of its land along with Florida from Spain to Great Britain & then Spain gained most of the French lands west of the Mississippi River after this treaty.

This vocal patriot of independence was the founder of the Sons of Liberty

Edward Braddock was defeated so easily by what French/Indian tactic?

Guerrilla warfare is

What was the French and Indian War called in Europe?

A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.

English Parliament placed a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses. This act was called

This law taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.

This first governor of the new commonwealth famously said "Give me liberty or give me death!" in one of his speeches

An Act of the Parliament in 1766 that stated parliament could pass any law they wanted in regards to the colonies

This saying reflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament

This act passed by Parliament, put a tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea

The first bloodshed of the American Revolution

America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts

Intercolonial congress summoned by the British government to foster greater colonial unity

What was a Hessian?

last major battle of the War for Independence

A guerrilla fighter whom "the devil himself could not catch"

What was this guerrilla fighter's nickname ?

citizen soldiers; part-time fighters

What admiral helped trap Cornwallis at Yorktown? What nationality was he?

the author of Common Sense

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence

What did the colonists call the Coercive Acts?

What militarily indefensible city did the Continental army try to defend for reasons of politics and morale?

British commander at Yorktown

brilliant soldier turned traitor

Washington's destination after crossing the Delaware

Loyalists

"I have not yet begun to fight."

The Continental army endured a bitter winter here

According to the Declaration of Independence what rights do all people have and how did they receive them?

traveling from settlement to settlement to preach

Those who sought to establish small, perfect communities that would serve as models for society

Name of the revival that occurred just before the Civil War

Author of The Scarlet Letter

TorF: Also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → Mormonism

Who was the first Secretary of Treasury?

Who was the first Secretary of State?

Which amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?

This Tennesseean who became president was also known as "Old Hickory" and "The friend of the common man"

This trail was a trade route between Mexico and the U.S.

This President was also called "His Accidency"

President of the Confederate States

Republican from Illinois who won the Presidential race in 1860

First shots of the Civil War were fired here