Indigenous Americans
Located between Russia and Alaska, this land bridge is how the first Indigenous Americans came to North and South America.
What is the Bering Strait?
He is known for discovering America in 1492 A.D., but he thought he landed in India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The first successful settlement in America founded in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
The New England Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were mainly settled by this group of people.
Who were the Puritans?
This war from 1636-1637 was fought between the Pequot people and the British in Connecticut.
What is the Pequot War?
Early Native Americans used these Structures for shelter across the Great Plains.
What is a Teepee?
While not credited with the discovery of America, he was the first person to settle in North America in 1000 A.D.
Who is Leif Erikson?
Originally called Separatists, this group of people settled in Plymouth after fleeing Europe to practice religion freely.
Who were the Pilgrims?
This group of colonies had New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
What were The Middle (Mid Atlantic) Colonies?
This war fought between 1675-1678 was between the Wampanoag people and the New England Confederation after 3 natives were hanged for the murder of a Christian Wompanoag.
What is King Phillip's War?
Daughter of Chief Powhatan of the Potowomac people, She was kidnapped by the people of Jamestown and held for ransom.
Who is Pocahontas?
These were the three ships that made the first journey with Christopher Columbus given to him by the King and Queen of Spain.
What were the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
This ship brought the Separatists to the New World in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This group of people living in Pennsylvania were persecuted because of their religious beliefs also called "Friends"
Who are Quakers?
The land in this valley was highly disputed between the French and British leading to war.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
These giant poles were carved with animals and decorated to to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events of the Northwest peoples.
What are Totem Poles?
America gets its name from this Italian explorer who realized that the New World was actually a new continent between Europe and Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
After coming to inspect what they thought was a battle, the Wompanoag people joined in celebrations of survival with the early settlers in Plymouth and had a harvest feast known as this.
What is Thanksgiving?
The New England Colonies industry included whaling and harvesting of this inside whale bowels used to make perfume.
What is Ambergris?
This marked the end of the French and Indian War, giving French territory east of the Mississippi to the British.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
A member of the Wampanoag people, he was instrumental in helping the early pilgrims survive by translating and teaching them to farm.
Who is Squanto?
This "lost" colony was established in 1585 but was mysteriously abandoned without a trace.
What is the Roanoke Colony?
Similar to a slave these people were granted freedom usually after 7 years to repay their debt to travel to the New World.
What were Indentured Servants?
The Southern Colonies of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland had great soil to farm and England bought these huge farms for owners to grow cash crops.
What are Plantations?
This young soldier was a colonel in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian war and would later become a founding father of the USA?
Who is George Washington?