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North America 1400’s  -  __Christopher Columbus__ (1451-1506) His main voyage was in 1492 and he discovered the Americas.  -  __Spanish Explorers__ (1492-1567) Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Amerigo Vespucci  -  __English Explorers__ (1540-1597)Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Martin Frobisher, and Sir John Hawkins - __Jamestown__ (founded on May 14, 1607) First permanent English settlement in America - __French Explorers__  Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Jean-Francois de Galaup, Louis Hennepin, Jules Dumont d’Urville Puritans - __John Winthrop__ (1714-1779) Puritan leader that was re-elected 12 times Quakers - __Wiliam Penn__ (1644-1718) Known for the early champion of democracy and religious freedom Planations - __Plantations__ (1600s and later) Grew cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo - __Triangular Trade__ (17th to 19th century) Transported slaves, cash crops and manufactured goods in a triangular trade route - __Middle Passage__ (1500 – 1900) Passage of African people to the New World __Northern Colonies__ (1700-1763) New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey __French Indian War__ (1754-1763) The result of the war between French and Natives against the British was the Treaty of Paris Colonies and Britain begin to Divide - __Stamp Act__ (1765)British taxes that taxed printed materials in the colonies - __Boston Massacre__ (1770) British troops got into a fight with civilians and started the Revolutionary War - __Boston Tea Party__ (1773)A group of colonists boarded a British ship and dumped tea overboard The Revolution - __Lexington & Concord__ (1774-1775) Thomas Gage sent 700 troops to destroy colonist guns and ammo they were met by militia and only destroyed a small amount of ammunition - __Patriot__ (1775 and later) Had a goal of breaking free from Britain - __Loyalist__ (1775) People who stayed loyal to Britain <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- __Redcoat__ (17th to 19th century) Used to refer to British soldiers because of the red uniforms <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- __Declaration of Independence__ (1776) The declaration that the colonies were free from Britian <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">- __Yorktown__ (1634)The site of the surrender of General Cornwallis Treaty of Paris (1783)Founded the end of the Revolutionary War