This Italian sailed away and disappeared for about seventeen years before returning with stories of cities of gold, "Spices" such as cinnamon, clove, pasta, fireworks, silk, and other wonders. He wrote a book that led to a wave of exploration.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
About 40 miles up this river in Virginia, the first permanent English colony in America was settled.
What is the James River?
100
This religious group in Pennsylvania believed that God lived inside everyone and that you didn't have to go to church to speak to him. The were non-violent (pacifists) and believed all men were equal so they hated slavery and wouldn't defer to the rich. The got their name from their actions when praying.
Who were the Quakers or the Society of Friends?
100
This act placed a tax on all molasses and sugar imported by the colonists. Worse yet, they would stop incoming ships and look for smuggled items. If convicted of smuggling, the were given a trial without a jury and assumed guilty until they proved their innocence. The first act passed specifically to raise money in the colonies.
What is the Sugar Act.
100
In this event the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mokawk Indians, went aboard three British ships and dumped 342 crates of Tea in Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act and taxation without representation.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
The two main countries who jumped on the exploration bandwagon and were looking for a shortcut to Asia and a way to bypass the middle men who were taking so much of the trade profit were
What are Spain and Portugal?
200
Who was the man who told the settlers that if they didn't work, they wouldn't eat and forced those looking for gold to start planting food and building a town.
Who is Captain John Smith?
200
This Reformation was started in England when Martin Luther, a Catholic priest, nailed the 95 thesis on the door of the catholic church and was excommunicated (thrown out of the church) so he started the Lutheran religion.
What is Protestant Reformation?
200
This act placed a tax on all printed materials including legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act.
200
In the Boston Massacre members of the Sons of Liberty picked a fight with British redcoats throwing snowballs containing bits of seashells and daring them to "Fire ye bloody backs, ye lobsters! Ye dare not fire!" They did and in the end five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, a half black and half native dock worker, was killed. Samuel Adams got Paul Revere to create an engraving of the scene depicting the British as the bullies firing on unarmed citizens. This was used to get people angry at England and want a Revolution. It is called
What is propaganda?
300
This present day country held the Aztec Indians, led by king Moctezuma II (aka Montezuma) and was overun by Hernan Cortes, a Spanish Conquistador.
What is Mexico?
300
What Powhatan Indian Princess allegedly saved Captain John Smith from death at the hands of her father?
Who is Pocahontas?
300
After the Protestant Reformation, many people felt they were being persecuted (treated badly) for their religious beliefs. Those that left on a ship that brought them to America on a religious journey are know as this.
Who were the Pilgrims?
300
These acts placed a tax imported items not even made in the colonies. Taxed items included glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. It was thought since the tax was placed before they arrived the colonists wouldn't notice. They did......
What were the Townshend Acts?
300
The shot heard 'round the world was fired here. It meant that the rest of the world's attention was drawn to America to see if they could win their independence from England. If America could win, maybe their country would overthrow their king as well. Consequently five South American countries and France followed suit.
What is Lexington and Concord?
400
Juan Ponce de Leon believed he had discovered the Fountain of Youth in this, the oldest city in North America.
What is St. Augustine, Florida.
400
What crop eventually saved Jamestown financially since there was no gold in the area to pay back the investors in the joint-stock company?
What is tobacco?
400
This is where the Pilgrims landed and started their own colony. Many of them died from starvation and the cold their first year in this place.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
400
This act, referred to by Ms. Kalson as the nanny, nanny, boo, boo act, said that the king and Parliament had ultimate authority over the colonies and could make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
What is the Declaratory Act.
400
This is where George Washington and the Continental Army stayed through a harsh winter attempting to train troops ready to fight come spring. Though there was terrible suffering, and some 2,000 deaths due to sickness and starvation, the soldiers stuck in there.
What is Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
500
The overall driving factor for exploration during this time period was the search for this.
What is a shortcut to Asia?
500
Brackish water, disease carrying mosquitoes and a lack of food.
What were the main problems in Jamestown?
500
The first Thanksgiving was with the Wampanoag Indians. After being taught how to plant corn the Indian way (with fish) and what crops to grow and what was safe to eat, by these two Indians, they celebrated their survival with a three day feast.
Who are Squanto and Samoset?
500
This act came after the repeal of the Townshend Acts, except for the tax on tea.It gave a monopoly to the British East India Company which upset colonial merchants. Though it LOWERED the cost of tea, they feared it would put them out of business.
What is the Tea Act?
500
This author wrote pamphlets that made people want independence (Common Sense) and made people keep fighting when the going got tough (The Crisis). Many people claim the Revolution was one fought with words because without men like him, many would have given up the fight.