The Native Americans taught the settlers how to plant corn.

In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims and the Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving.  

Early settlers came to America for religious and political freedom and prosperity.

The Revolutionary War ended when the British army was surrounded by American troops and the French at Yorktown in 1781.
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a group of emigrants who settles in a foreign territory but maintains loyalty to the parent country​




colony

​the war where the thirteen colonies fought for independence against Great Britain


​Revolutionary War


well-prepared militia from Massachusetts who fought against Great Britain in the Revolutionary War​


​minutemen

​he wrote the pamphlet called Common Sense
supporting colonists in their pursuit for independence from Great Britain


​Thomas Paine

​the document declaring America's independence from Great Britain




​Declaration of Independence
five laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for protesting​ after the Boston Tea Party 






​Intolerable Acts

it required that all legal documents had to carry the British stamp paid with a tax by the American colonists​





​Stamp Act


​colonists protested to taxes by throwing tea into the Boston Harbor in 1773





​Boston Tea Party

the political organization during President George Washington's term that favored a strong federal government and was loosely based on the U.S. Constitution


​Federalist Party

​a series of acts passed by the British Parliament to collect revenue from colonists by putting taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea





​Townshend Acts

​required colonists to provide temporary shelter and supplies for British troops




​Quartering Act

​love and sacrifice for one's country





patriotism​
​established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state into the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states





​Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Social Studies:  Colonization of Early Settlers - Flashcards


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