USA (1600s and earlier)

Question 1

In 1642, Harvard became the first American university to grant this degree.

Answer 1

Bachelor of Arts

Question 2

Born August 18, 1587, she was the first English child born in America.

Answer 2

Virginia Dare

Question 3

The empire of this leader who fought Jamestown’s colonists was a confederacy of Algonquian tribes.

Answer 3

Powhatan

Question 4

Though he never visited North America himself, Sir Walter Raleigh made two attempts to found an English colony on the continent, both of which were on what island (and both of which were unsuccessful)?

Answer 4

Roanoke

Question 5

Originally hired as a military adviser for Plymouth Colony by the Pilgrims, he was eventually elected to the position of commander of the Plymouth Colony militia and served in that position for the rest of his life.

Answer 5

Myles Standish

Question 6

Her marriage to John Rolfe was the Virginia social event of 1614.

Answer 6

Pocahontas

Question 7

In 1632 this colony was chartered by Cecil Calvert as a safe haven for Catholics being persecuted in England.

Answer 7

Maryland (Cecil Calvert = Lord Baltimore)

Question 8

In 1612 this future husband of Pocahontas introduced a new tobacco into the colonies using seeds from the West Indies.

Answer 8

John Rolfe

Question 9

Founded around 1610, this US state capital once served as the seat of power for the Spanish empire north of the Rio Grande.

Answer 9

Santa Fe, NM