America: The Story of Us Episode 1: Rebels
1. = the most valuable resource. North America is home to billions of trees,
millions of bison, and countless number of other natural resources.
2. Early Jamestown was ‘hell on earth.’ Of the original 500 settlers only ___ remain when Rolfe arrives.
This was known as the “ Time.”
3. The real money at Jamestown came not from gold, but from - a resource
previously controlled by the Spanish. Rolfe’s first harvest is worth than $ in today’s money.
4. Pilgrims were not the first Europeans in the region; a group 5 years earlier brought the plague.
of 10 of the local Natives are dead by the time the Pilgrims arrive.
5. The surviving Native Americans form an alliance with the Pilgrims. They help the Pilgrims survive
and the Pilgrims help eliminate an enemy. They celebrate peace with a feast known today as
.
6. With citizens like John Hancock and Paul Revere, is the most rebellious of all the
colonial cities. It is eventually a city under British occupation. There was 1 Redcoat for every
residents.
7. Britain and the colonies are linked economically. ___% of British exports goes to the colonies.
8. Between 1700 and 1800 over African slaves are brought to the colonies.
9. In 1774, 56 delegates (including Adams, Henry, and Washington) meet in at the
First Continental Congress. They agree that an attack on any one colony equals an attack on all.
10. In Lexington, Massachusetts the first shot of the revolution is fired. It is called the “Shot Heard
Around the .”