The Colonial Period Flashcards
(22 cards)
1ere colonie + date
Jamestown, Virginia in 1607
Date Pilgrim fathers
1620
Name of the pilgrim’s father boat
Mayflower
Nombre de P F
100
Name of the company
Plymouth
Where is the colony
40 miles south of Boston, massachusetts
1st thanksgiving
1621
Official thanksgiving
1863
Number of colonies
13
Cause of the war
Taxes
The slogan
No taxation without representation
Name of the war
Revolutionary war
1st battle date
1775
Date declaration of independance
July,4th 1776
Name writers of the group who imagined the declaration
Founding fathers
Qui etait dans le groupe
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
Who drafted it
Thomas Jefferson
Nickname of the english
Red coats
Nickname of the americans
Patriots
Qui dirigeait les americains
George Washington, Lafayette
End of the war
1781
Traité de Paris
1783