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Continental Congress
Organized by the colonist to protest English Laws
George Washington
Picked by the Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army. Looks like a leader and has military experience.
Patriots
American people who fight for the Continental/American Army.
Loyalists
American people who fight for England/British
Minute Men
Farmer soldiers who are supposed to be ready to fight in a minute.
Hessians
German mercs soldiers who are often hired by the British
Marquise de Lafayette
French man, basically Washington's right-hand man
Baron Von Steubing
Drill instructor who trained American Army at Valley Forge
Valley Forge
Where the Continental Army spent a very hard winter learning how to become an elite army
Yorktown and Cornwallis
General Cornwallis surrenders after 3 week battle of Yorktown
Molly Pitchers
American women who would bring water to the soldiers
Plantation
Those who owned large amounts of land
Aristocrats
Upper class people were often referred to as________
Redemptioners
A person from your family or wealthy person would pay for your trip over in exchange for 2-4 years service.
Indentured Servants
Usually a single man between 18-30 whose passage was paid by a wealthy individual in exchange for 7-10 years service.
Slaves
The first blacks were actually indentured servants brought to Jamestown in 1619, but people began to keep them as slaves.
90% of people worked in this industry
Agriculture
Triangular Trade
A skipper could sail from New England with Rum, head to Africa to trade for slaves and then to the West Indies (Caribbean), where he could trade the Molasses, and then take the molasses back to England to make more rum.
Charter colony
Individuals run it. Most Democratic and free.
Royal colony
Least freedom/run by king.
Proprietary colony
Person who has kings permission to start and run own colony
Columbus
- Discovered America in 1492
- Adventure was paid by Spain
Leif Erickson Vikings
- Discovered Vinland in 1000 AD
- They believed in Odin, Thor, Valhalla, etc.
- Originated from Scandinavia
Mayand
- Lived on the Yucatan Peninsula
- Chi Chin Itza
- Mayan Cenotes (supposed sacrificial area)
- Studied Arithmetic, writing, and astronomy
Incas
- Great messaging system
- Machu Picchu
- Lived in present day Peru
Aztecs
- Capital: Tenochtitlan
- Reign of Montezuma
- Fierce warriors
Cortez
- Conquered the Aztecs in 1519 through deception
Magellan
- Given credit for being the first to sail around the world.
- Made it to the Indies but was killed by a poison arrow.
Amerigo Vespucci
- Italian explorer who skirted the Coast of North America around 1497.
- A german mapmaker named the area America after Amerigo.
Phillip II
- King of Spain in 1598.
- Creates invincible Armada.
- Wants to conquer England and make it Catholic again.
Sir Francis Drake
- Leader of the Sea Dogs.
- Used fire ships to defeat the Armada.
John Smith
- Leader of Jamestown.
- Hardman; you don't work you don't eat.
John Rolfe
- Discovered tobacco
- Married Pocahontas
Why the English came
1.-Fortune Seekers
2.-Religious Freedom
3.-Abundant Land
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