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| English company that wanted to make money by finding gold in Virginia. |
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| First legislative assembly in America that was similar to England's Parliament. |
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| Led to passage of laws to regulate slavery so poor white colonists would no longer side with slaves against white colonists. |
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| Allowed partial church memberships for the children and grandchildren of the original Puritans. |
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Bloody war between colonists and Natives.
Led to major areas of New England becoming English settlements. |
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Theory that the more gold and silver a country had, the more prosperous it was.
Led to establishment of colonies. |
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| Slave passage from Africa to the Americas. |
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| Religious revival that led to the belief that America needed to cut it's ties with Great Britian. |
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| Led to British debt, then taxes on Colonists, which in turn led to the Amerian Revolution. |
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| Treaty in which France lost most of its territory in North America to Great Britian. |
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| Forbid colonists from settling beyond the Appalachians, limiting conflicts with Natives. |
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| First direct tac on colonists/taxed paper goods. |
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| Punishment for Boston Tea Party, closed Boston Port, forced Bostonians to quarter troops, led tp the First Continental Congress. |
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| Sons/Daughters of Liberty |
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| Formed in response to the Stamp Act |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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Planned First Continental Congress.
Handled communication between American Patriots. |
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| Pamphlet by Thomas Paine that convinced many people to support independence from Great Britian. |
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| Used his ideas to support American independence in the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Site of intense trainin program under trying conditions where George Washington turned the Continental Army into a capable army. |
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| French commander who helped American troops. |
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Last major battle of the American Revolution.
Cornwallis surrendered. |
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Treaty that ended the American Revolution.
U.S. gained control to Mississippi River. |
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