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| cardinal directions | north, south, east, west |
| intermediate directions | northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest |
| equator | line of latitude that divides Earth into the Northern & Southern hemispheres |
| Prime Meridian | line of longitude that divides Earth into the Eastern & Western Hemispheres |
| monarch | a king or queen |
| colony | a land ruled by a distant country |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| revolution | a sudden, great change, such as the overthrow of an established government |
| Parliament | the lawmaking body of the British government |
| congress | a formal meeting of government representatives who have the authority to make laws |
| bill of rights | a list of freedoms |
| pioneer | a person who first settles a new place |
| militia | a volunteer army |
| immigrant | a person who comes into a country to make a new home |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| Christopher Columbus | Tried to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Thought that Columbus and others had not reached Asia but had found an unknown continent. America is named for him. |
| Marco Polo | Traveled to Asia in the 1200s. Wrote a book about his adventures. |
| Virgina Dare | First English child born in North America. |
| Captain John Smith | Leader at Jamestown who came up with the rule "If you don't work you don't eat." |
| Pocahontas | Daughter of Chief Powhatan who reportedly saved John Smith's life. |
| Squanto | Native American who helped the Pilgrims |
| George Washington | Served in the French & Indian War. |
| Daniel Boone | one of the first pioneers to cross the Appalachians, |
| King George III | King of England during the Revolutionary War |
| Benjamin Franklin | He was sent to Britain to ask Parliament for representation in Parliament. |
| Date Columbus left Spain | August 3, 1492 |
| Date Columbus landed | October 12, 1492 |
| Why did Pilgrims leave England? | Looking for religious freedom. |
| Mayflower | Name of the Pilgrim's ship |
| Pilgrims | Celebrated what we think of as the first Thanksgiving. |
| New England Colony | Massachusetts |
| New England Colony | Connecticut |
| New England Colony | Rhode Island |
| New England Colony | New Hampshire |
| Middle Colony | New York |
| Middle Colony | New Jersey |
| Middle Colony | Pennsylvania |
| Middle Colony | Delaware |
| Southern Colony | Maryland |
| Southern Colony | Virginia |
| Southern Colony | North Carolina |
| Southern Colony | South Carolina |
| Southern Colony | Georgia |
| French & Indian War | War over land in the Ohio River Valley. The British, the colonists, and their Indian allies fought the French and their Indian allies.h |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Made the land west of the Appalachians (the Ohio River valley land won in the French & Indian War) off-limits to the colonists. |
