Native Americans and
Early Life
Early Life
Native Americans taught early settlers to grow this important crop.
What is corn (maize)?
The Pilgrims landed here in 1620.
What is Plymouth?
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What is Great Britain (England)?
This document begins with "We the people".
What is the Constitution?
This event was the first peaceful exchange between the Pilgrims and Native Americans.
What is the first Thanksgiving?
The first permanent settlement of America was built here in 1607.
This viking reached North America before Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
This event in Boston started when colonists dumped tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This document declared America to be free from Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark on their journey.
Who is Sacagawea?
This region was known for its rocky soil and ship-building.
What is New England?
He was a sailor that explored the river and bay in New York that is now named after him.
Who is Henry Hudson?
This famous phrase meant the colonists didn’t want to pay taxes without having a say in government.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Powhatan people lived near this colony and helped early settlers survive.
What is Jamestown?
People who disagreed with the Church of England were called this.
Who are the Puritans?
He was key in showing Europeans that Christopher Columbus did not land in Asia but instead a"new world".
Who is Amerigo Vespucci? (The America's were named after him)
This man rode through the night shouting, "The British are coming".
Who is Paul Revere.
The pilgrims wrote this agreement to ensure fair laws would be made in their new colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Native Americans often used this shiny shell as a type of currency.
What are Wampum Beads?
The middle colonies were known for growing large amounts of this crop.
What is wheat?
He searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
The first plan for the US government, that was later replaced by the Constitution, was called this.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by this religious group who believed in peace.
Who are the Quakers?