Founding of America
Colonial America
Founding Fathers and the Constitution
Westward Expansion and Industrialization
Early Settlements
100

Which was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

What is Jamestown?

100

What was the name of the Pilgrims' ship that arrived in Plymouth in 1620?

What is the Mayflower?

100

Who presided over the Constitutional Convention?

Who is George Washington?

100

Which 1803 purchase doubled the territory of the United States?

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

100

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

What is Jamestown?

200

Who wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense," which argued for American independence from Britain?

Who is Thomas Paine?

200

Which colony was founded by Roger Williams as a haven for religious freedom?

What is Rhode Island?

200

Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers?

Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?

200

Which Native American tribe was forcibly relocated from the Southeast to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s?

Who are the Cherokee?

200

Which group of settlers landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 seeking religious freedom?

Who are the Pilgrims?

300

What compromise resolved the issue of representation in Congress between large and small states?

What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)?

300

What conflict between France and Britain in the colonies significantly weakened French power in North America?

What is the French and Indian War?

300

How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights?

What is ten?

300

Who invented the cotton gin?

Who is Eli Whitney?

300

Who was the Puritan leader that founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630?

Who is John Winthrop?

400

Who served as the third President of the United States and was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

 Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

Who was the fourth President of the United States and known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

Who is James Madison?

400

Which two railroad companies built the first transcontinental railroad in the United States?

What are the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads?

400

What was the name of the Dutch colony that later became New York?

What is New Netherland?

500

What was the name of the 1803 land acquisition from France, doubling the territory of the United States?

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

500

What was the first governing document of the United States before the Constitution?

What is the Articles of Confederation?

500

Who was the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court?

Who is John Jay?

500

Which business magnate was known for his control of the steel industry in the late 19th century?

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

500

Which European nation had a significant presence in present-day Florida before English colonization?

What is Spain?

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