C.L. Notes 36-45 Flashcards
A city founded by Dutch settlers in the 17th century on the present site of New York City.
What is New Amsterdam?
An early governor of the Dutch colony bought this.
What is Manhatten?
A group of English PuritAns.
What are pilgrims?
The pilgrims arrived on this.
What is the Mayflower?
A system of mail service by relays of riders on horses established in 1860 between Missiouri and California, through the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Pony Express?
The pony express operated this long.
What is a year and a half?
Native American people, now found in Arizona and New Mexico.
What are the pueblos?
The Spanish explorers discovered the pueblo in.
What is the 16th century?
A hero of the revolutionary war.
Who is Paul revere?
Paul got his info. that the British were coming through this.
What is through signal lights?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow told this story.
What was the story of the “midnight ride”?
His poem was called this.
What was Paul Reveres Ride?
The war for American independence from Britain.
What is the revolutionary war?
The fighting of the revolutionary war started with this battle.
What was the battle of Lexington and concord?
A seamstress of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Who is Betsy Ross?
