Week 4 Review Flashcards

1
Q

Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:

A

Manhattan Island

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2
Q

Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

A

Mason-Dixon Line

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3
Q

King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

A

Henry the Navigator

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4
Q

Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

A

Ferdinand Magellan

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5
Q

Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

A

St. Augustine, Florida

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6
Q

First English sailor to circle the globe:

A

Sir Fancis Drake

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7
Q

The agreement that establihsed a form of government for the pilgrims:

A

Mayflower Compact

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8
Q

Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

A

Bacon’s Rebellion

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9
Q

General who captured Quebec:

A

James Wolfe

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10
Q

French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

A

Jacques Cartier

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11
Q

European credited with the discovery of America:

A

Christopher Columbus

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12
Q

Land granted to William Penn:

A

Pennsylvania

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13
Q

French and Indian War dates:

A

1754-1763

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14
Q

Explorer after whom our continent is named:

A

Amerigo Vespucci

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15
Q

War between France and England in America:

A

the French and Indian War

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16
Q

Columbus Discoverd America in:

A

1492

17
Q

First European to reach India by sea:

A

Vasco da Gama

18
Q

Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

A

Separatists

19
Q

Head of the colony in Jamestown:

A

Captian John Smith

20
Q

The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:

A

Lief Ericson

21
Q

First lasting English colony:

A

Jamestown

22
Q

The original inhabitants of this continent:

A

Native Americans

23
Q

Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

A

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

24
Q

Separatists that sailed to the new land:

A

Pilgrims

25
Q

First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

A

The House of Burgesses

26
Q

Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

A

Samoset and Squanto

27
Q

Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

A

Puritans

28
Q

Document that signified the end of the French and Indian War:

A

the Treaty of Paris

29
Q

English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

A

John Cabot

30
Q

Who establised the colony?

A

Sir Walter Raleigh

31
Q

Law that forbade colonists from building boats and required all goods to be carried on English ships:

A

the Navigation Act

32
Q

War between France and England in Europe:

A

the Seven Years’ War

33
Q

Protectore of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:

A

Oliver Cromwell

34
Q

First English colony in America, which disappeared:

A

Roanoke