Misc

Question 1

Who was the famous Norse explorer from Iceland who established the Vinland colony? (Also discovered Newfoundland and Finland)

Answer 1

Leif Eriksson

Question 2

Who was the Italian Explorer who is credited for “discovering America” but never really made it to North America

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus

Question 3

What was the royal charter of political rights given to King John by rebellious English barons in 1215 (first formal type of Constitution ever made)

Answer 3

Magna Carta

Question 4

Name the 4 New England colonies

Answer 4

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

Question 5

What were the name of the people that settled in the New England colonies?

Answer 5

Pilgrims

Question 6

What were the 4 Middle Colonies? Who originally owned them?

Answer 6

Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Originally owned by the Dutch

Question 7

What were the 5 Southern Colonies?

Answer 7

Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland

Question 8

What were the main cash crops?

Answer 8

Tobacco, Cotton, Indigo, Sugar

Question 9

What were the three legs of the Triangular Trade

Answer 9

America Colonies to Europe to West Africa

Question 10

What was the Outer Passage?

Answer 10

Europe to West Africa. They sent guns and alcohol to West Africa

Question 11

What was the Middle Passage?

Answer 11

West Africa to America. Slaves were mainly sent on the middle passage

Question 12

What was the Inward Passage?

Answer 12

America to Europe. Sugar, Rum, and Tobacco made in America and exported to England

Question 13

What was the big religious revival called that happened in the 1730s where people attended big religious parties led by John Edwards

Answer 13

The Great Awakening

Question 14

Who was John Edwards?

Answer 14

Famous Puritan Preacher during the Great Awakening known for his fiery, passionate sermons

Question 15

What is the type of government where you elect delegates or representatives to make decisions on your behalf?

Answer 15

Representative Government (or a republic)

Question 16

What was the name of the Puritan leader who was kicked out of Massachusetts and went on to found Rhode Island

Answer 16

Roger Williams (famous rebel!)

Question 17

What was the Toleration Act of 1649

Answer 17

• Granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely
• Passed by Lord Baltimore in 1649, in Maryland
• Protected Catholics from any attempt to make Maryland a Protestant colony

Question 18

Who was William Penn

Answer 18

A Quaker who established PENNsylvania

Question 19

What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 19

First first formal written Constitution written by Thomas Hooker in Connecticut

Question 20

What is the definition of a pilgrim?

Answer 20

A person that goes on a journey for religious reasons

Question 21

What is the significance of Plymouth Rock?

Answer 21

Pilgrims land at Plymouth, Massachusetts on their trip over from England

Question 22

What was the Mayflower Compact?

Answer 22

Formal Plan for the Plymouth Colony’s government

Question 23

What is an indentured servant?

Answer 23

Someone that worked to pay off the price of their trip on the boat from England to America

Question 24

What was the House of Burgesses

Answer 24

Early form of representative government in the Virginia colonies (2 representatives from each community gathered to discuss and vote on issues)

Question 25

What was Vinland?

Answer 25

The first settlement made in Canada. Discovered by Leif Eriksson

Question 26

What was Columbus’s goal?

Answer 26

To find a quicker route to Asia

Question 27

Where did Christopher Columbus actually land and when?

Answer 27

He landed in the Caribbean in 1492 and he thought it was America

Question 28

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 28

The exchange of ideas, goods, and people between Europe and the Americas during Columbus’s exploration

Question 29

What was the Berengia Land Bridge

Answer 29

The land bridge that the Indians crossed to get from Asia to the Americas (aka The Bering Strait)

Question 30

Who was the Virgin Queen?

Answer 30

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 31

How did Queen Elizabeth I help establish the colonies?

Answer 31

She granted the charter for the Roanoke settlement (the settlement that totally vanished!)

Question 32

Who was Amerigo Vespucci?

Answer 32

An explorer that the Americas are named after

Question 33

What was the Roanoke Settlement?

Answer 33

FIrst attempt at a European colony

also known as the “Lost Colony”

Question 34

Charter

Answer 34

A document that grants land to a certain group

Question 35

Who was John Smith?

Answer 35

English Captain that was captured by Powhatan but was saved by Pocahontas

Leader of Jamestown settlement

Question 36

Who was Pocahontas?

Answer 36

• Daughter of Chief Powhatan
• Contributed to the early survival of Jamestown
• allegedly saved John Smith
• important supplier of food and information for Jamestown

Question 37

Who was John Rolfe?

Answer 37

English sailor who came over to Jamestown. Married Pocahontas and had a son with her named Thomas

Question 38

What was the French and Indian War?

Answer 38

A war between France and England that erupted in 1754 Albany, New York due to the British and French rivalry

Question 39

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 39

law forbidding english colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 40

What was the First Continental Congress?

Answer 40

56 men sent as delegates to Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss what to do about Britain and the redcoats

Question 41

What were Minutemen?

Answer 41

Civilian Soldiers who were ready at a minute’s notice

Question 42

Militia

Answer 42

a group of civilian soldiers trained to fight in emergencies

Question 43

Redcoats

Answer 43

British soldiers in the Revolutionary War