American History Beginnings To 1877 Myworld Interactive Review

The Great Awakening (1730s–1740s) was a religious revival led by preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. It encouraged questioning authority and fostered a shared colonial identity. Part 3: Road to Revolution (1754–1775) Key Vocabulary: French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Taxation without representation, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts

Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts (1774) , closing Boston Harbor and restricting Massachusetts’ self-rule. Colonists responded by forming the First Continental Congress and preparing militias. Part 4: The American Revolution (1775–1783) Key Vocabulary: Militia, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine, Loyalist, Patriot, Saratoga, Yorktown, Treaty of Paris 1783 american history beginnings to 1877 myworld interactive

The Proclamation of 1763 banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachians—enraging land-hungry colonists. Then came a series of acts: Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765), Townshend Acts (1767) . Colonists shouted, “No taxation without representation!” They boycotted British goods, formed the Sons of Liberty (led by Samuel Adams), and staged protests like the Boston Tea Party (1773) dumping tea into the harbor. The Great Awakening (1730s–1740s) was a religious revival

Seeking a sea route to Asia, Christopher Columbus (sailing for Spain) landed in the Caribbean in 1492. This contact began the Columbian Exchange —a vast transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Europeans brought horses, wheat, and sugar; they took back maize, potatoes, and tobacco. Devastating diseases like smallpox wiped out up to 90% of some Native populations. Colonists shouted, “No taxation without representation

Before Europeans arrived, diverse Indigenous cultures thrived across North America. The Ancestral Puebloans (Southwest) built cliff dwellings, the Mississippians (Southeast) built huge mounds like Cahokia, and the Iroquois (Northeast) formed a powerful political league (the Iroquois Confederacy). Most tribes relied on hunting, fishing, and farming—especially maize (corn), which allowed populations to grow.