History Dates and Lists

Question 1

1492

Answer 1

Columbus discovered America

Question 2

1607

Answer 2

James Town, the first permanent British settlement in the new country

Question 3

1620

Answer 3

The pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock brought by Gov. William Bradford on the Mayflower

Question 4

1676

Answer 4

1. King Phillips War (largest war between Indians and Puritans)
2. Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia

Question 5

1763

Answer 5

French and Indian War

Question 6

1776

Answer 6

Declaration of Independence is signed

Question 7

Ten Myths about Native America Before Contact

Answer 7

1. were Indian from India
2. A virgin Land (roughly 10 million b4 colombus)
3. Natives has always been there (actually migrated from asia)
4. Natives were a single unified group (actually divided into diff. tribes and at war)
5. Indians had not developed or changed for thousands of years
6. Uncivilized
7. either noble savages or brute savages
8. Indians worshiped the devils
9. not attached to the land
10. lazy esp. men

Question 8

Differences between Plymouth and settlers from Jamestown

Answer 8

1. Plymouth had families -people of all ages -WOMEN
2. Jamestown Puritans - Plymouth Pilgrims (very committed to God)
3. Plymouth set up a democracy
4. Jamestown fought with Indians - Plymouth got along with Wampanoag

Question 9

Social Structure in Virginia 1642

Answer 9

1. Elite - land owners (first families that settled)
2. Yeomen - independent farmers (middle class)
3. Freedmen - poor but wanted to come to America, didnt have $ so sold themselves as salves (normally worked for 7 years then was let free with some land)
4. Indenture Servant - white slaves
5. Slaves - black

Question 10

Was the revolution inevitable in 1763

please be sappy to the boss’s cat

Answer 10

1. Proclamation of 1763
2. British soldiers in colonies 1772 (most in Boston)
3. Stamp Act crises 1765-66 (tax on anything that was printed; boycott of british goods)
4. Townshend Duties 1767 (taxes on lead, paint, paper, glass, and tea were taxed)
5. The Tea Act & Boston Tea party 1773 (colonist could only buy tea from east india british tea company)
6. Coercive (intolerable) Acts 1774
   a. closed boston port
   b. reduced power of massachusetts assembly by bringing in Thomas Gage
   c. english trial for royal officials
   d. quartering act (british army lived with colonist w/o a say)
   e. Quebec Act - british gave quebec large amount of land in which the colonist could not have

Question 11

Why did British implement new taxation policies

Answer 11

1. Charles III wanted the colonies to remember that they are still under the ruler of the king
2. Lost funds during the French and Indian War

Question 12

Advantages of British Armies

Answer 12

1. military standpoint had trained army and a navy in
2. endless money and more advanced weapon
3. hired additional troops from Germany known as Hessian troops
4. Had most Indian alliance
5. Tapped into an alliance with slaves (if any slaves were to escaped and joined the british they were granted freedom after the war; about 20,000 came)

Question 13

Advantages of American Armies

Answer 13

1. Hometown advantage - had local help (spies, food)
2. Gorilla tactics
3. better quality of officers - good in keeping the army together and alive
4. better moral - was fighting for what they believed
5. Foreign allies - France gave $ and navy came; Spain gave some troops; Netherlands