1.1 - Origins of the American Nation (pp. 4-11)

4. This colony was founded to help Quakers escape persecution in England.
9. British general who surrendered on Oct 19, 1781.
13. "No Taxation Without ____"
14. The first lasting English settlement in the New World, established in 1607.
15. This crop helped Jamestown and Virginia to thrive.
16. Asia was the source of many ___ goods.
17. European country that signed a military alliance with the US and recognized the new nation's independence.
18. After the Middle Ages, Europeans wanted to find a quick trade route to here.

1. The Pacific Northwest was home to tribes of these kind of people.
2. He was appointed to command a new Continental Army in May 1775.
3. "Conquerors" in Spanish, the name given to those who led expeditions to the New World.
5. In 1773, angry colonists dumped hundreds of cases of this in Boston Harbor.
6. Enlightenment writer and thinker who attempted to use reason to discover natural laws that applied to politics and society.
7. This type of servant was someone who contracted to work for another colonist for a set number of years in exchange for transportation to the colonies.
8. Anthropologists believe the first American civilizations arose among these people around 1500 BC.
9. He reached the Bahamas in October 1492.
10. The American rebels won a major battle here in 1777, which was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War.
11. He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
12. The last battle of the American Revolution was fought near this Virginia city.