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| 6032757991 | Columbian Exchange | exchanges of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life |  | 0 |
| 6032757992 | John Smith | English explorer, soldier and writer; best known for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in the New World (Jamestown) |  | 1 |
| 6032757993 | Jamestown | first permanent English settlement in North America |  | 2 |
| 6032757994 | Joint-Stock companies | business entity where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders | 3 | |
| 6032757995 | Conquistador | leader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the 16th century |  | 4 |
| 6032757996 | Encomienda | dependency relation system that started in Spain during the Roman Empire; the stronger people protected the weakest in exchange for a service |  | 5 |
| 6032757997 | Great Awakening | series of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries |  | 6 |
| 6032757998 | Jonathan Edwards | revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian |  | 7 |
| 6032757999 | French and Indian War | War between colonists of Britian and colonists of France & Native Americans during 1754 to 1760. The purpose was to get North American lands for farming crops and securing a place to live well. |  | 8 |
| 6032758000 | Proclamation of 1793 | statement that declared the war had ended following the British victory over France in the French and Indian War | 9 | |
| 6032758001 | King George III | England's longest ruling monarch before Queen Victoria |  | 10 |
| 6032758002 | Sugar Act | British law enacted in 1764 that put a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies; this law effected the manufacture of rum in New England |  | 11 |
| 6032758003 | Samuel Adams | an American statesman and founding father of the United States who opposed British taxation and helped organize the Boston Tea Party |  | 12 |
| 6032758004 | Boston Massacre | In 1770, some colonists threw snowballs at a group of British soldiers and the soldiers fired their guns, killing 5 colonists. |  | 13 |
| 6032758005 | Boston Tea Party | In 1773, a group of colonists protested the tea tax by dressing up as Native American and climbing on British ships in the Boston Harbor. They threw all the tea into the water to show they wouldn't buy tea from England. |  | 14 |
| 6032758006 | Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson wrote a document stating that the 13 colonies wanted to be independent. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress accepted it. |  | 15 |
| 6032758007 | Saratoga | It was the turning point of the war for independence. After this battle, the American colonists were in an advantageous place. There were heavy British casualties. |  | 16 |
| 6032758008 | Marquis de Lafayette | a French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War |  | 17 |
| 6032758009 | Charles Cornwallis | a British Army officer and colonial administrator (1753-1762) |  | 18 |
| 6032758010 | Yorktown | 1781 battle which led to a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops; General George Washington led this defeat against Cornwallis' troops |  | 19 |
| 6032758011 | Treaty of Paris | document that ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the colonies |  | 20 |
| 6032758012 | Articles of Confederation | agreement among the thirteen colonies that served as its first constitution |  | 21 |
| 6032758013 | Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights |  | 22 |
