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Loyalists

History; American history

(Tories) Colonials loyal to the king during the American Revolution.

The Acts passed in 1774, following the Boston Tea Party, that were considered unfair because they were designed to chastise Boston in particular, yet effected all the colonies by the Boston Port Act ...

Canadian Shield

History; American history

Geological shape of North America; 10 million years ago; held the northeast corner of North America in place; the first part of North America to come above sea level.

Continental

History; American history

The name Continental is associated to two congresses. The first is in 1774 and the second is in 1775. They both take place in Philadelphia. the Continental Congress brought the leaders of the ...

Phillis Wheatley

History; American history

Born around 1753, Wheatley was a slave girl who became a poet. At age eight, she was brought to Boston. Although she had no formal education, Wheatley was taken to England at age twenty and published ...

William Penn

History; American history

English Quaker;" Holy Experiment"; persecuted because he was a Quaker; 1681 he got a grant to go over to the New World; area was Pennsylvania; "first American advertising man"; freedom of worship ...

Aztecs

History; American history

The Azetcs were a Native American Empire who lived in Mexico. Their capital was Tenochtitlan. They worshipped everything around them especially the sun. Cortes conquered them in 1521.