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100
He was looking for a passage to Asia by sailing west, and "discovered" America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This was England's first colony in North America that mysteriously disappeared
What is Roanoke?
100
A direct record left behind from a particular historical period.
What is a primary source?
100
This is when the Native Americans and the Pilgrims celebrated a successful harvest together.
What is Thanksgiving?
100
Columbus' ships were the Nina, the Pinta, and the ______
What is the Santa Maria?
200
This Native American girl "saved" John Smith
Who is Pocahontas?
200
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
200
Another term for a privateer
What is a pirate?
200
This war caused Britain to go into debt, and Britain passed new taxes on the colonies to help pay this debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This tax passed by Britain against the colonists required that all legal documents have special stamps on them
What is the Stamp Act?
300
He was the lawyer who defended the British soldiers accused of the Boston Massacre
Who is John Addams?
300
The Pilgrims founded this colony in New England
What is Plymouth?
300
This is a form of government where a king or queen rules
What is a monarchy?
300
The colonist dressed like Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
The name of the US army during the American Revolutionary War
What is the Continental Army?
400
He said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
400
The first battle of the American Revolutionary war was fought here; it was the "shot heard round the world"
What is Lexington and Concord?
400
In this form of government, citizens have a voice through elections.
What is a democracy?
400
This was when a Patriot rode through the streets to warn that "the British are coming!"
What is Paul Revere's ride?
400
This cartoon, with pieces of a snake representing the colonies, was the first political cartoon published in an American newspaper?
What is Join or Die?
500
This Native American culture from the Southwest built cliff dwellings to defend themselves from invaders
Who are the Anasazi?
500
The city where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written
What is Philadelphia?
500
An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products
What is a boycott?
500
During this conflict, Native Americans were given small pox infected blankets to wipe them out
What is Pontiac's War?
500
These were the first Europeans to bring African slaves to the New World
Who are the Dutch?
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