Important people/places

Question 1

Aztecs

Answer 1

Native American people that settled in the Valley of Mexico in the 1200s

Question 2

Anasazi

Answer 2

Native American group that lived on the cliff sides in modern day Arizona, New mexico, Colorado

Question 3

Christopher Colombus

Answer 3

exlorer hired by Spain to find a route to India

Question 4

Hernando Cortes

Answer 4

Spanish conquistador that conquered the Aztec Empire

Question 5

Montezuma

Answer 5

Aztec Emperor that let Hernado Cortes into the capital city

Question 6

Juan Ponce de leon

Answer 6

Spanish conquistador that was seaching for the fountain of youth and discovered Florida

Question 7

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Answer 7

Spanish conquistador who traveled north to modern day southwest United States

Question 8

Jamestown

Answer 8

First successful colony established by the English

Question 9

Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 9

Englishman that founded Jamestown

Question 10

John smith

Answer 10

First governor of Jamestown that made a good relationship with local natives

Question 11

John Rolfe

Answer 11

Englishmen that discovered tobacco

Question 12

Chief Powhatan

Answer 12

Native American chief that fought with the colonists at Jamestown

Question 13

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Answer 13

colony established by Puritans

Question 14

John Winthrop

Answer 14

First governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony that coined the phrase - A City Upon a Hill-

Question 15

Roger Williams

Answer 15

Purian who felt the church had to much power over the law. Founded Rhode Island

Question 16

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 16

Puritan who preached the Church could not interpret the Bible

Question 17

Plymouth Colony

Answer 17

Colony founded by Separatists (Pilgrims)

Question 18

New Amsterdam/New York

Answer 18

Colony established by the Dutch and taken by the English

Question 19

Quakers

Answer 19

Religious group that believes in nonviolence

Question 20

Pennsylvania

Answer 20

Colony established by William Penn and the Quakers

Question 21

George Washington

Answer 21

Young general that fought in the beginning of the French and Indian War

Question 22

Iroquois

Answer 22

Native American Tribe that fought on the side of the British during the French and Indian War

Question 23

Ohio River Valley

Answer 23

Land that was under disput, cause of the French and Indian War

Question 24

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 24

Leader of The Enlightenment movement in the colonies

Question 25

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 25

Preacher that wanted to bring people back to the Church

Question 26

John Locke

Answer 26

Known as the -Father of Liberalism-

Question 27

Adam Smith

Answer 27

known as the -father of Capitalism-

Question 28

Boston

Answer 28

City where most boycott and rebellion took place

Question 29

Philadelphia

Answer 29

City where the First and Second Continental Congress met to discuss independence

Question 30

Thomas jefferson

Answer 30

Author of the Declaration of independence

Question 31

Samual Adams

Answer 31

Founder of the Sons of Liberty

Question 32

Crispus Attucks

Answer 32

First man to be shot and killed at the Boston Massacre

Question 33

First Continental Congress

Answer 33

Representatives from 12 colonies met to discuss their concerns and write to the King

Question 34

Second Continental Congress

Answer 34

Respresentives from all 13 colonies met to discuss independence and passed the Declaration of Independence

Question 35

Lexington and Concord

Answer 35

First battle that led to War for Independence

Question 36

Bunker Hill

Answer 36

Second major battle of the War for Independence, patriots lost

Question 37

Valley Forge

Answer 37

Camp outside Philadeliphia for the Continental Army

Question 38

Trenton

Answer 38

Surpise attack on the British by patriots, famous for crossing of the Delaware

Question 39

Saratoga

Answer 39

Battle that convinced France to help the Patriots

Question 40

Yorktown

Answer 40

Last mayjor battle, British surrender

Question 41

Friedrich von Steuben

Answer 41

Prussian Military leader who was helping the Patriots

Question 42

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 42

French military leader who was helping the Patriots

Question 43

Charles Cornwallis

Answer 43

British General