A New World Flashcards
Q: What is a region or place ruled and controlled by a far-away country?
A: Colony
Q: Who are people who must work for another person in exchange for learning a trade or passage to America?
A: Indentured Servant
Q: How do we refer to the first people who lived in North America?
A: Native Americans/ Indigenous People
Q: About one hundred years after Christopher Columbus, where did the pilgrims land?
A: Plymouth Rock
Q: What is Roanoke Island also known as?
A: The Lost Colony
Q: Why is Roanoke Island called the “Lost Colony”
A: Everyone mysteriously disappeared
Q: Who was the first child of English Parents born in North America named?
A: Virginia Dare
Q: Who was Jamestown named after?
A: King James
Q: By 1732, how many British Colonies were there?
A: 13
Q: What was the first settlement after Roanoke Island?
A: Jamestown
Q: Where do historians think the colonists from Roanoke Island went?
A: With Native American tribes
Q: What did the Continental Army do when they ran out of bullets?
A: They melted down a statue of King George III
Q: What river did George Washington’s army cross to surprise attack the British?
A: The Delaware
Q: What was the name of the British government?
A: Parliament
Q: Who are the people that we elect to represent us in government?
A: representatives
Q: Why were people in the colonies not happy to pay taxes?
A: They didn’t get to vote for representatives
Q: Who was the King of England during the early colony times?
.A: King George III
Q: What did King George tax that made the colonists of Massachusetts angry?
A: Tea
Q: What event happened when Massachusetts colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?
A: Boston Tea Party
Q: What was the name of the group of colonists that started the Boston Tea Party?
A: Sons of Liberty
Q: What was the group of representatives that met to talk about what to do with Britain?
A: The Continental Congress
Q: Who were the colonists who were loyal to Britain called?
A: Loyalists
Q: What were the colonists who were starting to think of themselves as Americans, not British Citizens?
A: Patriots
Q: What is an army made up of ordinary people, not trained soldiers?
A: militia
Q: What was the nickname of British Soldiers?
A: red coats
Q: Who arranged for a signal to be given- One lantern if traveling by land and two lanterns if A: traveling by sea?
A: Paul Revere
Q: Did the British end up traveling by land or sea?
A: By sea
Q: What did Paul Revere shout as he rode on horse through the colonial towns?
A: The Red Coats are Coming! The Red Coats are Coming!
Q: Who were the colonists who were ready to fight within a minute’s notice?
A: Minutemen
Q: What was the war between the colonists and the British Army known as?
A: Revolutionary War
Q: What was the first shot of the Revolutionary War known as?
A: The Shot Heard Around the World
Q: What was the first army in the United States called?
A: Continental Army
Q: What document explained why the 13 colonies no longer wanted to be controlled by Great Britain?
A: The Declaration of Independence
Q: When is America’s Birthday?
A: July 4, 1776
Q: Who did the 2nd Continental Congress choose to lead the army?
A: George Washington
Q: What is a name for the flag of the United States of America?
A: Stars and Stripes
Q: Why was Pennsylvania a good place to meet for the Continental Conventions?
A: It was centrally located so nobody didn’t have to travel too far.
Q: Who sewed the first American Flag?
A: Betsy Ross
Q: What holiday did George Washington and his men cross the Delaware River to attack the Red Coats?
A: Christmas
Q: Who did the Continental Congress decide to represent the colonies in France?
A: Benjamin Franklin
Q: Where did Washington’s army camp out in the winter of 1777 and 1778?
A: Valley Forge
Q: What country sent the Continental Army supplies?
A: France
Q: Who was the leader of the British Army in the Revolutionary War?
A: General Cornwallis
Q: How did the British show they were surrendering?
A: British drummer boys waved a white flag.
Q: What song did the British Army play after they surrendered?
A: The World Turned Upside Down
Q: What was the name of George Washington’s home near the Potomac River in Virginia?
A: Mount Vernon
