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Taverns and Coffeehouses played an important role:

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was a French sociologist and political theorist who travelled to the United States in 1831 to study its prisons and returned with a wealth of broader observations that he codified in “Democracy in America” (1835), one of the most influential books of the 19th century.

Loyalists were individuals, typically members of the Tory political party, who were ardent supporters of the British government.

Glorious Revolution established

Navigation Acts of 1663 were

Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition discovered the Outer Banks and Roanoke Island

The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the importation of coffee from the East Indies:

Seven Years War brought upon the end of French power in North America (excluding Quebec):

“Remember the Ladies” was a demand Abigail Adams asked of her husband, John Adams, when he was preparing the Declaration of Independence. What did Adams mean by this?

Conquistadores committed what against Native Americans?