This is a chief of a Native American tribe. ____________________

This is the home of an Iroquois tribe member. ____________________

This is someone from your family who died long ago. ____________________

This is a person who digs up artifacts and ruins of ancient people in order to study the cultures of the past.

Before humans learned to farm they got their food using this method. ____________________

A group of New York State Indians joined together to create this. It was made up of the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, and Cayuga tribes.

This was the period of time before history was written down and recorded.

He was a major cause of the Iroquois tribes joining together.

These were seashells polished to a smooth finish and used as money and a way to record an agreement between people.

This is a group of Iroquois families who share a common ancestor.

This is a group of Native Americans who meet to talk about and solve the problems of a tribe.

He set up a fur trading post in present day Quebec and has a New York State lake named after him.

He was the first explorer to travel the St. Lawrence River. Today a New York State park along the river bears his name.

He is given credit for being the first to “discover” America; however the Native Americans had already lived there for thousands of years.

He was the first explorer to sail into New York Bay. The river he sailed up should probably be named after him, but it is not.

He was looking for the Northwest Passage, a supposed waterway that would lead through North America. He never found it, and his crew mutinied and sent him and his son adrift in the bay that bears his name.

This Dutch fur trading settlement became Albany.

This is a settlement ruled by a country far away.

This settlement was the largest in all of New Netherland. Today it is New York City.

He was sent by the Dutch West India to New Netherland to bring order to the colony.

This is a person who lives and works in a colony.

This is a leader of a colony, territory or state.

This was a wealthy person who promised to bring 50 settlers to the colony in exchange of a very large tract of land.

This was the Dutch colony that is today part of New York State.

The way people live (religion, music, architecture, etc,…)

A person who buys and sells goods for a profit.

A person who is considered property and must work for their owner for life.

A group of men and women who create and enforce the laws of a country, state, or town.

A person who must work for a period of years in order to pay off a debt.

A place where grain is ground into flour.

Colonists of Boston dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests into Boston Harbor as a protest on a tax on a popular drink.

Those who were against British rule were called this.

He came up with a 3-part plan to capture New York State for the British, but it failed.

This was written to tell King George III that the American colonies wanted to be free of British rule.

This is an army made up of ordinary citizens.

She rode into the countryside to warn New Yorkers that the British were on their way to attack.

Battle that ruined the plan to capture New York and turned the tide of the war in the colonists’ favor. France joined the war after this battle.

This means “to turn back.” ___________________________

He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

This was the final battle of the American Revolution.

Those who did not want to go to war with England were called this.

This was a tax on all paper products such as playing cards, writing paper, and newspapers.

This was a secret meeting of colonists for the purpose of deciding what to do about the problems in Boston (Lexington, Concord).

This means “to give up.”

This is what British soldiers were known as. ___________________________

He along with his group of militia called the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British without firing a single shot.

He was the first President of the United States. __________________________

He was the first governor of New York State.

This New Yorker helped create the first Bank of New York.

This is any city where the government takes place.

This is the capital of New York State.

This is any person who starts a business to make a living.

He built the first successful steamboat called the Clermont.

This is a painting of an outdoor scene.

This is a time when there is little or no food.

This is an area of land just outside of a settled area.

This is a place where goods are produced in large numbers using machines.

This is a person who comes from another country to live in our country.

Governor DeWitt Clinton had an idea to dig a ditch from Albany to Buffalo and fill it with water. What was it called?

This is small piece of a company that is bought by an ordinary person.

This was a period of change when goods began to be made with machines rather than by hand.

This is a device that is used to transport ships along different elevations of land.

This is a government written on paper.

This is a person who is elected to “represent” others in government.

This is the place on Wall Street where stocks are bought and sold daily.

This is a business where money can be stored and saved safely.

This was a small fee charged to the users of the Erie Canal.

This is the scraping and cleaning of an animal hide.

This is another term for “business.”

This means “to accept.” ____________________

This is a special meeting for a special purpose.

This was the term that referred to the northern army during the Civil War.

She led slaves along the Underground Railroad to freedom.

He was the President of the United States during the Civil War.

This iron-clad ship fought a battle against the Confederacy’s Merrimac during the Civil War.

She spoke out during the first Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York.

He was the leader of the Union Army who helped win the war.

This is a time of violence among people living in the same country.

This is any person who was against slavery.

He was an escaped slave who started a newspaper called the North Star.

This means “the right to vote.”

This means “to break away” or “separate from.” ____________________

This was a document written by President Lincoln that freed all slaves.

This was the name of the states that broke away from the Union.

It is untrue that Columbus discovered America because:

According to the historical marker above, Harriet Tubman was known as the Moses of her people because:

George Washington is referred to as the “Father of our country” because:

Fill in the blank: The last battle of the American Revolution was the Battle of ________.

Fill in the blank: The first President of the United States was ________.