English settlement and the american revolution Flashcards
English settlement in america:
English settlement starts with Christopher Columbus an Italian wanting to find a new route to India since the Ottoman took over Constantinople (the trading city) He gets help from Spain dictators and end up in America.
the american revolution:
The american revolution is when the new England colonies wanted to secede from Britain and the king (no more monarchy), Britain giving them too much taxes and Colonies didn’t like.
English settlement
European settlement of the Americas beginning with the discovery of the Americas with Christopher Columbus and settlement of Jamestown in 1607.
American Revolution
The American colonists, already fed up with taxation from the mother country, England, began to rebel. important events include the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and people like Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson who helped influence the revolution, eventually achieving it’s independence at the end of the revolutionary war
Columbian Exchange
It is the exchange between the Americas and the European continent (including diseases, and animals such as the horse)