13 Colonies Location
New England, Middle and Southern
The earliest known explorer to reach the western hemisphere from Europe is who?
Leif Ericson
New Hampshire was known to be what type of settlement?
Fishing Colony
What was the Stamp Act which was passed in 1765?
King of England taxed Americans for any documentation that needed stamping.
What is the name of the people who travel across the Atlantic to come to America to find freedom of religion?
Puritans
The New England Colonies included Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and ?
Rhode Island
Who was Christopher Columbus working for when exploring the west?
What was New York's original name?
New Netherland
How many died in the Boston Massacre?
5 citizens of Boston
What did you call pastors that travel to peoples farm to preach because they all lived so far away from each other?
Circuit Riders
New Jersey
Who was the explorer for England during the early times?
John Cabot
Debtors (working to pay off their debt to England)
Who did the Sons of Liberty dressed up as when they went to throw the tea off the ships?
Indians (Native Americans)
Was the first college in America a Christian college?
Yes
The Southern Colonies included Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and what two other states?
Maryland and Georgia
Who lead the English settlers to Roanoke Island, which later became the Lost Colony?
John White
What was the name of the first college created in America?
Harvard College
Who were the Minutemen?
The First Great Awakening was began by?
Johnathan Edwards
Where was the first English permanent settlement?
Jamestown, Virginia
What was the big settlement called that Pilgrims made when they came to Massachusetts? (Hint: name after a city in England)
Plymouth
Which state was created with a Quaker foundation?
Pennsylvania
At the First Continental Congress, this person gave a speech to change the Loyalists' mind by saying his famous line "give me liberty or give me death"?
Patrick Henry
Who wrote more than 600 hymns of praise and worship to God?
Isaac Watts