Explorers
Colonial America
American Revolution
U.S. Government
Westward Expansion
100
What is the name of the explorer who traveled through China for 30 years and wrote a book that inspired many Europeans to look for new routes to Asia?
Marco Polo
100
What is the name of the first successful English colony in North America.
Jamestown
100
What is the name of the war in which the French and their Native American allies, the Wyandot, fought the British?
The French and Indian War
100
What is the most powerful document in our country?
The Constitution
100
What is the name of the territory that nearly doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana
200
What is the name of the explorer who thought he discovered a faster water route to Asia, but really discovered a new continent.
Christopher Columbus
200
What is the name of the settlement that the Pilgrims settled in present day Massachussetts?
Plymouth
200
What is the name of the event in which Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped into Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
200
What are the first 3 words of the Preamble to the Constitution? (Hint: School House Rock)
We the people
200
What is the name of the invention that caused many farmers to move to the cities to work in factories?
The reaper (or mechanical plow)
300
What is the Spanish word for conqueror?
Conquistador
300
What is the practice of treating people as property and forcing them to work?
Slavery
300
Where was the "shot heard 'round the world" fired?
Lexington
300
What is the name of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution which stated the liberties guaranteed by the government to the people?
The Bill of Rights
300
What is the name of the journey that Native Americans were forced to take from Georgia to Indian Territory
Trail of Tears
400
What is the name of the explorer who was searching for the Fountain of Youth?
Juan Ponce de Leon
400
What is the name of the three-sided route that ships took to drop off and pick up slaves and supplies from England, Africa, and then the Colonies.
Triangular Trade Route
400
What is the name of the document that stated the colonies were independent from Great Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
400
What is the name of the 3 branches of government?
Executive, Judicial, and Legislative
400
What is the name of the country the United States fought with that allowed us to gain more land in the southwest?
Mexico
500
What is the name of the explorer whose crew took over his ship and put him, his son, and eight loyal sailors into a small boat never to be seen again.
Henry Hudson
500
What are the names of the 3 cash crops that made plantation owners in the Southern Colonies very wealthy?
Indigo, Tobacco, and Rice
500
What is the name of the person who was named the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
500
What is the name of the first plan of government in the United States that DID NOT work?
Articles of Confederation
500
What is the name of the idea that inspired thousands of people to head west and make a fresh start?
Manifest Destiny (The belief that the U.S. had a right to expand its borders and claim new lands.)
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