US History Midterm - pt. 1

In 1482, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

 To take back or do away with something, usually by law. 

A person who rules a nation and achieves that position through heredity. They usually rule for their entire lives.

Rights said to have been given by God, are thought of as rights that all people have from the moment they are born.

What group gave average working men the ability to join forces with business and political leaders to resist taxation?

War in Europe was driven by mercantilism and the belief of having...

Leader of the Patriots. Known for founding the Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.

Who was the first explorer to search for the northwest passage?

What stretch of land were Britain and France in conflict over in America that led to the French & Indian War?

Columbus called the locals “Indians” because he believed he was in or around India.

The army of the patriots during the Revolutionary War, included both local militias and enlisted men.

The rallying cry of patriots against British attempts to raise funds for the empire.

The king of Great Britain during the French & Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.

Most well known for his ride to warn the patriots at Lexington and Concord that the British were coming.

A French army officer who joined the American army and served under George Washington during the American Revolution.

Mayflower Compact stated a government's authority to rule is based on a contract between that government and people.

In Boston, there was argument between a patriot and redcoat. British soldiers fired at the crowd and killed 5 people.

Explored Florida all the way to Texas looking for gold and befriended the natives, but died from a fever.

The first British colony settled in North America sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585.

North and South America are named after this explorer.

First said that people are born with natural rights that are given to them by God and cannot be taken away.

Sponsored Christopher Columbus and his expedition to get to India by traveling west.

Which of the facts are considered self-evident?

The first European child born in North America

Puritans and Separatists sailed for Jamestown on the Mayflower in what year?

A form of government in which people elect leaders, called representatives, to stand in for them.

Widely known as the turning point in the Revolutionary War.

This person goes on a journey for a religious purpose.

Most of those who emigrated to colonize Jamestown were the farmers, peasants, and the lower and middle class.

What did the pilgrims name their colony when they didn't land in Virginia?

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War

A leader of the colonists and he was also the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Which group of people did the British look to in order to pay for the expensive war and debt they were in?

Led the expedition to circumnavigating the globe and died on the journey

American patriots admired a specific ancient civilization and even said that they were the.....

Made it to North America in 1021, almost 500 years before the English explorers did.

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Author of the cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette depicting the 13 Colonies as a snake with the slogan, "Join, or Die."

the British general during the American Revolution who surrendered to George Washington.

American colonists resisted which law that said they could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?

In response to the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty threw 342 barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor

What is the northwest passage?

After the French & Indian War, what did the colonies gain that ended up creating more problems than solutions?

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

The first battle of the American Revolution was known as what?

The Declaration of Independence entered congressional record on what date?

In 1607, England granted a royal charter to the Virginia Company to establish the English colony of....

The Renaissance helped spark sea exploration and the discovery of the New World.

Separatists were Christians who sought to leave the Catholic church and Anglicanism completely.

Which of the following is an example of Americas democratic tradition?