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Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer who reached the Americans in 1494 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia
a in which in the store pool there will for a common purpose
Juan pounce de Leon
Spanish who explored Puerto Rico and became his governor in 1509 in 1513 he discovered landed off the East Coast of Florida while looking for a faoled fountain of youth and clean the region for Spain
t permanent English colony in North America founded in Virginia in 1609
Encomienda
A system in which Spainish authorities granted colonial landlords the service of native Americans as forced laborers
A system
Joint- stock company
Colonial
A business in which investors pull their wealth for a common purpose
Jamestown
The first permanent English colony in North America founded in Virginia in 1607
A investor pool their wealth for a common purpose
William penn
It reaches the Americans
Quaker leader who founded a colony in Pennsylvania, the colony provided an important example of representative self government, and became a model of freedom and tolerance
Mercantilism
A comics system in which nation sneak to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver, and by establishing a favorably balance
And century movement that empathize the use of reasons and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge
Triangular trade
a religious feelings in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1750s
The transatlantic system of trade language goods and people were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indians and the colonies in North America
Enlightenment
An 18 century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reasons and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge
A America lasting from 1754 to 1763. That was a part of the worldwide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain.
Great awakening
A of religious feeling in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1750s
I reached the Americans in 1494 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia
French and Indian war
A conflict in north America lasting from 1754 to 1763. That was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain and that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain.
A which in stores pool their wealth for a common purpose
Sugar act
The of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonist in 1773 to protest the tea act
A trade law enacted by parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America
Stamp act
A 1765 law in which parliament Establish the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America
Call the British government during the American revolution
Boston tea party
The 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonist in 1773 to protest the tea act
A intact by parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America
John Locke
Colonist supported American independence from Britain
English enlightenment think his ideas about neutral rights, and the social contract helped inspired the principles behind the Declaration of Independence
Common sense
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine in 1776 that called far separation of the colonies from Britain
the where the confessional army spent the winter of 1777 through 1778 under extremely harsh conditions
Thomas Jefferson
The end ended the revolutionary war, confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of new nation
Am state man he was member of two continental Congress airmen of the committee to dress the decoration of independence, the decoration, main author, and one of its signers
Loyalists
Colonist who supporting the British government during the American revolution
ca Supported America independence from Britain
Patriots
someon supported American independence
Colonist who supported American independence from Britain
Valley forge
do where the CONTINENTAL army spent the winter of 1777 through 1778 under extremely harsh conditions
d British army formally surrounded on October 19, 1781 ending the American Revolution
Charles Cornwallis
call the British government during the American revolution
British and COMMANDAR of the British army at the battle of Yorktown in 1781 after the defeat of the British army, he was forced to surrender to the Americans ending the American revolution
Yorktown
The site where the British Army formally surrendered on October 19, 1781 ending the American revolution
d Pennsylvania, where the conventional army spent the winter
Treaty of Paris
The treaty the revolutionary war, confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of nation
the army formally surrender on October 19, 1781 ending the American revolution
