American history years

Question 1

First explorers?

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus-1492
Amerigo Vespucci-1497
John Cabot-1497
Jacques Cartier-1534

Question 2

The first permanent settlement?

Answer 2

Jamestown, Virginia-1607

Question 3

First slaves brought to Jamestown?

Answer 3

1619

Question 4

Mayflower?

Answer 4

1620-English ship carrying English separatists from Plymouth to the New World.
1620-The Mayflower Compact-first form of democracy according to which every member attributes to the welfare of the community.

Question 5

First Thanksgiving?

Answer 5

1621

Question 6

Salem Witch Trials?

Answer 6

1692

Question 7

King Philip’s War?

Answer 7

1675-1676

Question 8

The Seven Years’ War/French-Indian War?

Answer 8

1756-1763

Question 9

Pontiac’s Rebellion?

Answer 9

1763

Question 10

The Stamp Act?

Answer 10

1765

Question 11

Boston Tea Party?

Answer 11

1773

Question 12

American War of Independence/American Revolutionary War?

Answer 12

1775-1783

Question 13

Common Sense, by Thomas Paine?

Answer 13

1776

Question 14

Declaration of Independence?

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson drafted it in 1776. Adopted on the 4th of July, 1776.

Question 15

George Washington president?

Answer 15

1789

Question 16

Fugitive Slave Act?

Answer 16

1793

Question 17

Embargo Act?

Answer 17

1807

Question 18

1812 War?

Answer 18

1812-1814

Question 19

Indian Removal Act?

Answer 19

1830

Question 20

The Trail of Tears?

Answer 20

1838

Question 21

Mexican-American War?

Answer 21

1846-1848

Question 22

Texas Revolution?

Answer 22

1835-1836

Question 23

Battle of Alamo?

Answer 23

1836

Question 24

The Dred Scott decision?

Answer 24

1857

Question 25

American Civil War?

Answer 25

1861-1865

Question 26

The Wounded Knee Massacre?

Answer 26

1890