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Year 1000 - Vikings
http://www.history.com/news/the-viking-explorer-who-beat-columbus-to-america
Nearly 500 years before the birth of Christopher Columbus, a band of European sailors left their homeland behind in search of a new world. Their high-prowed Viking ship sliced through the cobalt waters of the Atlantic Ocean as winds billowed the boat’s enormous single sail. After traversing unfamiliar waters, the Norsemen aboard the wooden ship spied a new land, dropped anchor and went ashore. -
15th Century Exploring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant traveller[2][3] whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World, also known as The Travels of Marco Polo, c. 1300), a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China. -
Year 1584-1590:The Lost Colony (Roanoke)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony
The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was established on Roanoke Island in what is today's Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It was a late 16th-century attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement. -
Year 1492- Christopher Columbus
http://www.biography.com/people/christopher-columbus-9254209
Christopher Columbus discovered the "New World" of the Americas on an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. His first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life. Columbus participated in several other expeditions to Africa. 1492, Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña along side. He has been credited for opening up the Americas to European colonization -
Year 1607-1636-13 colonies
Virginia and Maryland were among the earliest English colonies. Virginia began with the Jamestown settlement of 1607. The London Company, an organization of English merchants, sent the settlers to America, hoping that they would find gold and other treasures. But the settlers found no treasures at Jamestown, and they faced great hardships. In about 1612, some Jamestown colonists began growing tobacco, which the London Company sold in Europe. -
Year 1636-13 colonies continue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1636
the 1636th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 636th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1630s decade. As of the start of 1636, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1918. -
#1 Sugar Act
What year was it implemented?
1764
What was the purpose of the tax?
it was to reduce the rate of tax on molasses
Was this act ever repealed?
yes, in 1766 -
#2 Stamp Act
What year was it implemented?
1765
What was the purpose of the tax?
a tax on all sorts of printed materials like newspaper
State 3 different items that a colonist could get taxed on by the Stamp Act? (Please do not say stamps!!)
printed paper ,Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and playing cards -
The Road To Revolution
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#4 Sons of Liberty
Who/what was the Sons of Liberty?
A group of nine Boston craftsmen and shopkeepers
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Paul Revere, John Adams, and Samuel Adams
What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?
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#5 The Boston Massacre
Date?
March 5, 1770
In no less than 4 sentences, explain (IN YOUR OWN WORDS, NO COPYING AND PASTING), what happened during this massacre.
British solders came in Boston shooting at a group of American colonists . Five men died because of the new taxes .The taxes were on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead.Many people thought that these taxes were violating the peoples rights. Many people protested but the British kept bringing more solders in to keep everything in order . -
The Boston Massacre (continues)
Who was the first person to start calling this event the “Boston Massacre”?
King George III -
#6 Boston Tea Party
Date?
December 16, 1773
What happen? Explain in no less than 3 sentences.
A British parliament put taxes on the Americans goods . A lot of people did not like the tax on their stuff so they did not pay it. The British parliament found out and only taxed them on there tea . S the people in America dumped the tea out.
Who led the “party”? (Include the person and the group)
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty -
#3“No Taxation without Representation”
What was the meaning/purpose of this statement?
government makes taxes of certain people without having an actual representative -
#9 Quartering Act
Explain the purpose of the act.
the soldiers could be lived in other buildings like barns, hotels, and homes. -
#10 Edenton Tea Party
Explain what type of organization it was?
it was A organized women’s political actions in United States history
Explain its purpose
It was a protest by the American Colonists against the British government -
#11 First Continental Congress
Purpose?
it brought together representatives from each of the colonies, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts." -
#7 Coercive Acts
The coercive acts have a different name. What is it?
Intolerable Acts
Date?
1774
Explain the purpose of these acts. Why were they implemented?
to punish the people that made the Boston tea party the Boston tea party -
#8 Boston Port Act
Explain the purpose of the act.
It became a rallying cry for patriots in America. They felt these acts took away some of their basic freedoms. -
battle of yorktown continues
who won
The Continental Army, led by the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington
why is the battle important
Yorktown was the significant British defeat (loss of the largest British army in America) that pushed England to the bargaining table and led to the signing of a peace treaty -
battle of yorktown
date fought
September 28, 1781 – October 19, 1781
a summary of what happened in the battle
Nathanael Greene had taken over command of the American Continental Army in the South,because General Greene's command, the war in the South had not been going very well .At the same time that the British Army under General Charles Cornwallis was retreating to Yorktown.The British Army was now surrounded at Yorktown. They were greatly outnumbered by the French and American troops -
April 19 1775 battle of concord and lexington
the first battle in the revolution war. the Americans won . -
september 19 1777 battle of saratoga
the battle shows that the Americans could actually win the war and against the British . it resulted in the support of the French and the Americana . -
November 1777 articles of confederation
Articles told us how to govern the country and they did not work , they were bad. -
April 18 , 1775 the shot heard around the world
the shot heard around the world was about this war and neither one of them wanted to shoot because they knew they would be held accountable for the war and the damage and nobody knows who fired the first shot so that is why it was called the shot heard around the world .
