Exploration
What famous explorer is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Which Founding Father fought in the Seven Years War?
George Washington.
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine.
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington.
What event marked the end of the Articles of Confederation?
The Constitutional Convention.
What group of people came to America to escape religious persecution?
The Puritans
What was the main cash crop of the Virginia colony?
Tobacco.
Who is considered the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson.
What is the concept that divides power between a national government and local/regional governments?
Federalism.
What was the conflict between the United States and Great Britain over territory in what is now Canada?
The War of 1812.
What was the first colony established by King of England in the New World?
Jamestown, Virginia.
Which colony was established by the Quaker William Penn?
Pennsylvania
What was the form of government established after the Declaration of Independence?
The Articles of Confederation.
Who was the only Federalist Party member to be elected President?
John Adams.
What term is used to refer to the right to vote?
Suffrage.
Who was the Viking explorer that landed in the Americas before European conquest?
Leif Eriksson.
Which colony was established as a safe haven for Catholics?
Maryland.
What were the punitive laws passed by British parliament after the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts.
Who shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
Aaron Burr.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis.
What were the names of the ships used in the first expedition led by Christopher Columbus?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Which group of natives founded a confederate form of government before the European conquests?
The Iroquois.
Where was the final battle of the War for Independence?
Yorktown.
What event marked the end of the War for Independence?
The Treaty of Paris.
What is the term used by historians referring to the period after the Civil War?
Reconstruction.