Coach Boone

Inter Caetera

Established a north-south line 100 leagues west of the Azores.

Treaty of Tordesillas

Moved the line 370 leagues.

Ferdinand Magellan

His crew sailed around the globe.

Francisco Coronado

First European to see Buffalo while looking for golden cities.

Vasco Nunez Balboa

Discovered the Pacific Ocean.

Hernando de Soto

First European to see the Mississippi River.

Francisco Pizarro

Conquered the Incas.

Hernan Cortes

Conquered the Aztecs.

Malinche

Her name is synonymous with being a traitor in Mexico.

Jacques Cartier

First European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Moctezuma

Leader of The Aztecs.

Fr. Junipero Serra

Franciscan Priest, established missions in California.

Geronimo de Aguilar

Franciscan Friar rescued by Cortes on the Yucatan Peninsula.

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian sailor who acknowledged the coasts of America as a new world; America is named after him.

Sir Frances Drake

Sea dog privateer, had a 4600% return on investment.

Sir Walter Raleigh

His half-brother named new land Virginia, settlement at Roanoke.

John White

First Governor of Roanoke.

Virginia Dare

First English child born in the new world.

Roanoke

Settlement established by Sir Walter Raleigh.

Croatoan

The one clue left by The Roanoke Colony.

Jamestown

First permanent English colony in North America.

John Smith

Settlement leader for Jamestown, issued order 'he who does not work, shall not eat'.

John Rolfe

First to successfully cultivate tobacco as a cash crop in the new world.

Powhatan

Chief of the Powhatan Confederacy.

Samuel de Champlain

Known as the Father of New France.

Couries de Bois

Means 'Runners of the Woods'.

Cecilius Calvert

Responsible for the settling of Maryland.

Tobacco

Poor man’s crop.

Sugar

Rich man’s crop.

Pilgrim

Wanted to break away from the Church of England.

Puritans

Wanted to purify the Church of England from within.

Squanto

Helped the Pilgrims through the first winter.

Peter Stuyvesant

Most able director of New Amsterdam.

William Penn

Settled for the Quakers due to a debt owed to his father.

Gen. James Oglethorpe

Responsible for the settling of Georgia.

Mayflower Compact

Document that established a civil body politic.

LaSalle

Claimed all the land in the Mississippi River Valley for France.

Theodore Frelinghuysen

Started the great awakening in New Jersey.

George Whitefield

His last sermon in Boston drew 30,000 people.

Jonathan Edwards

Greatest theologian in North America, described hell ominously.

Betty Parris

First accuser in the Salem Witch Trials.

Rebecca Nurse

Found not guilty of witchcraft, jury reconsidered.

Bridget Bishop

First person hanged in the Salem Witch Trials.

Cotton Mather

Leading supporter of Spectral Evidence.

Increase Mather

Outspoken opponent of Spectral Evidence.

Ben Franklin

Published Poor Richard’s Almanac.

Peter Zenger

His trial led to the concept of freedom of the press.

Andrew Hamilton

Lawyer who won key cases for freedom of the press.

William Cosby

Governor of New York accused of corruption.

William Still

Father of the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman

Known as Moses for delivering slaves to freedom.

George III

King of England during the Revolutionary War.

Sam Adams

Organized the Committees of Correspondence.

John Hancock

Signed the Declaration of Independence, had a sloop named Liberty.

George Greenville

British Prime Minister who believed in virtual representation.

Quartering Act of 1765

Required colonies to house British troops.

Sugar Act of 1764

Control sugar trade and raise revenue.

Stamp Act of 1765

Required legal stamp on over 50 items.

Patrick Henry

The 'Voice of the Revolution,' known for his speeches.

Virginia Resolves

Non-importation agreement asserting rights of Virginians.

Declaratory Act

Reaffirmed Parliament's rights over the colonies.

John Adams

Defended soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre.

Lord North

British Prime Minister during the entire revolution.

Ben Franklin

Offered to pay damages after the Boston Tea Party.

Suffolk Resolves

Passed by Continental Congress; encouraged militia preparedness.

General Thomas Gage

British General in charge of North America.

Paul Revere

Silversmith who created aftermath propaganda after the Boston Massacre.

Prohibitory Act

Act declaring a trade blockade against the colonies.

Ethan Allen

Leader of the Green Mountain Boys.

Benedict Arnold

Notorious for switching sides during the Revolution.

Thomas Paine

Author of 'Common Sense', advocating independence.

Richard Henry Lee

Responsible for the resolution declaring independence.

Thomas Jefferson

Main author of the Declaration of Independence.

George Washington

Leader of the Continental Army.

John Burgoyne

British General during the Revolutionary War.

Horatio Gates

American General at the Battle of Saratoga.

Charles Lee

American General who struggled in battles.

George Rogers Clark

Leader of American forces in the West.

John Paul Jones

Naval leader known for 'I have not yet begun to fight!'.

Lord Cornwallis

British General who surrendered at Yorktown.

Lafayette

French General who fought alongside the Americans.

John Dickinson

Main writer of the Article of Confederation.

Ordinance of 1785

Divided western lands into sections.

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Process for territories to become states, outlawing slavery.

James Madison

Known as the Father of the Constitution.

George Washington

Chairman of the Constitutional Convention.

Alexander Hamilton

Called a meeting to save the constitutional convention.

Benjamin Franklin

Oldest participant, acknowledged the compromises.

Federalists

Group in favor of the new Constitution.

Anti-Federalists

Opposed the Constitution.

Election of 1788

George Washington won.

George Washington won.

Election of 1792 and 1788

Election of 1796

John Adams won.

George Washington

First President under the Constitution.

John Adams

First Vice President under the Constitution.

Known as the Father of the National Debt.

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

Vice President under John Adams.

Henry Knox

First Secretary of War.

John Jay

First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

John Marshall

Chief Justice for 34 years, known as the last federalist.