In 1607 John Smith and his crew established Jamestown

William Penn was a colonial leader responsible for establishing Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin

Philadelphia resident who was inventor, writer, and one of the key role-players with the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

Paul Revere

This famous silversmith created the famous portrayal of the Boston Massacre and tried to warn people that the British Army was coming.

Sam Adams

• This famous Bostonian organized the committee of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty.

Plymouth (Massachusetts)

• The colony established as a refuge for the Puritans.

Pennsylvania

• The colony established for Quakers

Quakers: a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1650, whose central belief is the doctrine of the Inner Light. Quakers reject sacraments, ritual, and formal ministry, hold meetings at which any member may speak, and have promoted many causes for social reform

Maryland

• The colony established as a refuge for Roman Catholics

The Great Awakening

Was the religious revival movement that occurred in colonial America from the 1720’s until the 1740’s

George Whitefield

• Was the leader of the religious revival movement that occurred in colonial America from the 1720’s until the 1740’s

Boston Tea Party

• This is the reaction of the colonists in Boston to the new tax on tea.

Stamp Act

• This was a tax on all legal documents and things like playing cards and newspapers.

French and Indian War (7 Years War)

• This war was fought between 1756-1763 and caused a large debt for the British empire.

The first battles of the American Revolution were at

Lexingtonand Concord

Coercive(Intolerable) Acts

• These acts closed down Boston and forced residents to house soldiers until certain damages were repaid.

Mayflower Compact This document set up the government of Plymouth

Government: – The governing body of a nation, state, or community.– The system by which a nation, state, or community is

governed.

House of Burgesses

The first governing body in Virginia

Declaration of Independence

This document made the united states seprate from Great Britain

The English Bill of Rights

• This British document was written in the late 1600’s further limiting the power of the king and establishing protections against the government

Magna Carta

• This document was written in 1215 A.D. and limited the power of the King.

Thomas Jefferson

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence

1776

Year the Declaration of Independence was written

The Declaration of Independence listed grievances (complaints) against King George III.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Are the three “unalienable rights” mentioned in the Declaration of Independence

The Bill of Rights

The document that protects American citizens from the abuses of government mentioned in the Declaration.

Tobacco

was the cash crop of Jamestown and for most of the southern colonies

Plantation System

• was the system of large farms that were developing in the southern colonies.

New England

• This colonial region’s economy was based on industries such as whaling, ship building, and trading.

Middle Passage

was the name for the journey that Africans were forced to take that went from West Africa to North America

Mercantilism

was the system of colonies providing raw materials and the “mother country” selling finished goods back to the colonies.