What were the reasons to risk everything & explore the New World? - God, Gold, and Glory, Who claimed land in the New World to profit primarily from fur trading? - The French, Fishing, ship building, lumber, harbors - New England, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - Unalienable Rights, Writer of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of the United States - Thomas Jefferson, Five colonists were killed when a mob gathered & began taunting British soldiers with threats & snowballs, leading to someone yelling "Fire!" - Boston Massacre, First person killed in the fight for American Independence? - Crispus Attucks, Turning point of the Revolution - Battle of Saratoga, General Cornwallis surrendered and the US won the war - Battle of Yorktown, Famous pamphlet published in 1776 written by Thomas Paine that inspired Americans to rebel and form an independent nation. - Common Sense, Which colony was founded by Quakers? - Pennsylvania, Which colony was founded by Catholics? - Maryland, Winter where the Continental Army froze, starved, and trained - Valley Forge, Which cash crop allowed Virginia to prosper? - tobacco, Leader of the Continental Army - George Washington, Group of colonists that protested British taxes bythrowing tea into Boston Harbor - Sons of Liberty, Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantations, cash crops - Southern colonial economy, First successful ENGLISH colony? - Jamestown, Left them alone to govern themselves in America. They practiced self government. - salutary neglect, Great Britain ____________ the colonies after the French and Indian War. - taxed,

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