People (Explorer)
Who was the explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Who was the English settler who was credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco?
John Rolfe
Which colony was founded by Roger Williams, who wanted to create a colony for religious freedom?
Rhode Island
Name this event: an armed rebellion by Virginia settles from 1676-1677 against William Berkeley.
Bacon's Rebellion
What were the Blue Laws?
The blue laws were a set of laws that forbade regular work on Sunday, buying, selling, traveling, public entertainment, or sports.
Who was the Italian explorer who discovered Newfoundland in 1497 under the commission of Henry VII of England?
John Cabot
Who was the Queen who's reign marked the beginning of the Age of Exploration for England?
Queen Elizabeth I
What colony was founded by William Penn, and was largely populated by Quakers?
Pennysylvania
Name this event: an uprising where a southern portion of colonial New York was seized and ruled by two men from 1689-1691.
Leisler's Rebellion
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A Treaty which divided the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between the Portuguese and Spanish Empire.
Who was the English sea explorer known for his explorations of Canada and parts of northeastern United States?
Henry Hudson
Who was the chief of the Wampanoag people who adopted his English name King Philip?
Metacomet
Name all five colonies that were a part of the Southern Colonies.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Name this event: three wars fought between Virginian settlers and Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy during the 17th century.
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
What was the Molasses Act?
The Molasses Act of 1733 was an act that imposed a high tax on imports of molasses from non-British colonies.
Who was the French explorer who founded Quebec and New France?
Samuel de Champlain
Who was the Englishman who founded the colony of Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
Name all four colonies that were a part of the New England Colonies.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Name this event: an armed conflict from 1636-1638 fought between the Pequot tribe and colonists (+Native American allies) cause by the struggle to control trade.
Pequot War
What was Poor Richard's Almanac?
A yearly Almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, created for the purpose of promoting his printing business, which discussed the calendar, weather, poems, sayings, and astronomical and astrological information
Who was the Spanish explorer best known for his conquest of Peru?
Fransisco Pizarro
Who was a very influential female Puritan leader in colonial New England?
Anne Hutchinson
Name all four colonies that were a part of the Middle Colonies.
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware
Name this event: A trial against a certain man for publishing articles criticizing the governor or New York; after a defense by Andre Hamilton, a jury acquitted this man.
The Zenger Trial
The Act of Toleration of 1649 was an act ensured the religious freedoms of those who settled in Massachusetts.