Spanish & French Colonies
Christopher Columbus received support for his exploration from this queen of Spain.
Who is Queen Isabella?
No historian knows for sure what happened to the colonists of this colony off of modern North Carolina, the first attempted English colony in what is now the United States.
What is the Roanoke colony?
What city was the site of the Tea Party?
What is Boston?
Members of the House of Representatives are elected for a term of this length.
What is two years?
This is the year Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
What is 1492?
The English established a settlement in Jamestown during this year.
What is 1607?
This act taxed printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
There are these number of Senators in Congress.
What is 100?
This daring Spanish conquistador burned his own ships as part of his strategy to conquer the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortez?
This leader of Jamestown successfully got the colony back on track after implementing Biblical rules such as "he who works not, eats not."
Who is John Smith?
This Founding Father made the honorable but unpopular decision to serve as the defense attorney for the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre incident.
Who is John Adams?
If a president doesn't veto a law within these many days, it becomes law even if the president never signs it.
What is 10 days?
St. Isaac Jogues and his companion martyrs were missionary members of this religious order.
What are the Jesuits?
The colonists of the New England colonies were primarily members of this religious group.
What is Puritanism?
This group, lead by Samuel Adams, radically opposed British policies and wanted a Revolution?
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The North American martyrs were tortured and killed by this warlike Indian tribe they were attempting to evangelize to.
Who are the Iroquois?
This colony was established to be a safe haven for English debtors.
What is Georgia?
Prior to the American Revolution, this war had left Britain deeply in debt, causing the country to want to impose new taxes on the American colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?