Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
The committee of five which drafted the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston
The President of the Second Continental Congress
John Hancock
The discoverer of the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
The ___ tried to make reforms within the Anglican Church.
Puritans
The colony of Pennsylvania, meaning ___, was founded by ___, who was of the ___ religion.
Penn’s Woods (Latin); William Penn; Quaker
The religious revival which swept the colonies in the mid-1700s
Great Awakening
The French and Indian War lasted from ___ until ___. The two sides were the ___ versus the ___.
1756 until 1763; British, French
credited with saving Jamestown
John Smith
___ founded the colony of Virginia, which he named after ___.
Sir Walter Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth I
remembered as the founder of Rhode Island
Roger Williams
The witch trials of 1691-1692 were held in ___, ___.
Salem, Massachusetts
The great agitator among the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Columbus was born in the country of ___ but sailed from ___.
Genoa; Spain
The Battle of Quebec was a victory for the ___, although their general, ___, was killed
British; James Wolfe
The first blood shed in the American Revolution was on ___ (complete date) in the town of ___, ___.
April 19, 1775; Lexington, Massachusetts
The city of New York was originally known as ___ and was settled by the ___.
New Netherland; Dutch
___ founded the colony of Maryland as a refuge for ___.
George Calvert; Catholics
The Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tax on what?
various printed documents
represented the defendants in the Boston Massacre Trials
John Adams
England’s king just before and during the American Revolutionary War
George III
The Pilgrims laded at ___ in ___ (year).
Plymouth; 1620
The explorer whose expedition was the first to sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
The colony of Georgia was founded by ___ as a refuge for ___.
James Oglethrope; poor debtos
husband of Pocahontas
John Rolfe
