1300-1500
The group of people who caused or forced European countries to begin exploring.
Who were the Ottomans or Ottoman Empire.
This is the name of the person who realized Columbus was not actually in the Indies, and the land was named for him.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci.
This is the name of the first successful English colony which was started in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
These colonies are known for their large plantations and the products of rice, indigo, and tobacco.
What are the Southern Colonies.
This was the first battle and the "shot heard round the world".
What was Lexington and Concord?
He is the person who was the first to try to get to the Indies. He sailed for the country of Portugal.
Who was Dias.
This is the first European country to claim land in the new world.
What is Spain?
This is the item or product the really helped the first successful colony of the English survive.
What is tobacco?
Due to their special natural resources these colonies are know for their whaling, fishing and ship building.
What are the New England colonies?
This was one of the persons responsible for letting the militia know that the British were coming. He was also a prominent business man in Boston.
Who was Paul Revere?
This is the country who hired Columbus to try to find a new route to the Indies.
What was Spain?
This is the name of the first successful colony set up by the country of Spain in 1565 on the land we now call the United States of America.
What is St. Augustine?
This is the name of the group of people who landed at and settled the area of Plymouth Rock in 1620.
Who were the Puritans?
These four colonies, which are known for their wheat and iron making are called this.
DAILY DOUBLE - Name each of the colonies for double the points.
What are the Middle Colonies?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
This was the official date of the birth of a new country and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
This is the person who is given credit for finding a new world and the year he found it.
Who is Columbus, 1492?
This colony was attempted by the English, two different times and still they didn't get it established.
What was Roanoke?
This is the name of the man given credit for planting the seeds that fueled the growth and expansion of the colony of Jamestown.
Who was John Rolfe?
This was the year and the name of TWO of the major taxes placed on the colonies to help recover debt from the French Indian War.
What is 1764 - Sugar Act; 1765 - Stamp Act; 1767 - Townshend Act; 1773 - Tea Act?
This is the name of the treaty and the year it was signed which ended the Revolutionary War.
This is the person who was successful in sailing to the Indies and the country he was working for.
Who was da Gama, and Portugal.
This is the name of the French explorer and the area he explored in the new world, claiming this land for France.
Who was Cartier and the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes area.
This was the year that William Penn arrived in the new world and began a colony in Pennsylvania that allowed religious freedom.
What was 1681?
Name all of the colonies by their region.
What is New England: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Middle: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Southern: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
This is the year it was written and the name of the document that outlines and defined how this new country was to be run.
What is 1787 and the Constitution. Bonus 100 points if can name the year it was ratified.