Native Americans Flashcards
When did Native Americans reach America?
10,000 BCE across the Bering Strait
Where was Spanish Florida?
An area formed in 1513, covering South Eastern USA
Where was New Spain?
Spanish Central America and Mexico, formed in 1519
Where was New France?
An area stretching from the Gulf of Mexico (New Orleans) to the Hudson Bay, formed in 1534
Between which years were the British Thirteen Colonies founded?
1603 and 1733
When was New Amsterdam formed (now NYC)?
1625
When was the US Declaration of Independence signed?
4th July 1776
When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1783 (British acknowledged US independence)
When did the Mayflower land?
1620, at Plymouth, Cape Cod
What was the name of the chief who agreed a peace treaty with the Pilgrims?
Massasoit
What was the name (and regnal name) of Massasoit’s son?
Metacomet (King Philip). He lost a battle which occurred between 1675 and 1678
Who said ‘every state is founded on force’?
Trotsky
Who said: ‘It is true that transactions were sometimes made with the price in one hand and a knife in the other’?
Thomas Jefferson
Who proposed the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’?
Garrett Hardin
What were the five leagues?
A band of Native American tribes
