This man discovered the mouth of the Saint Lawrence for France.
Who is Jacque Cartier?
100
Because the Pilgrims were so grateful to God for allowing them to survive the winter in the New World they began this tradition which continues to this day.
What is Thanksgiving?
100
This was the first settlement in the Virginia Colony.
What is Jamestown?
100
The main cause of the French and Indian War was the ______ supplying the Indians with weapons.
What is the French?
200
The great Aztec Civilization was overthrown by this Spanish Explorer who was disgusted at their barbaric human sacrifices.
Who is Cortes?
200
The Mississippi River was explored by this great French Explorer.
Who is La Salle?
200
Most English settlers came to the New World to escape religious ___________.
What are Persecution?
200
This group settled in the Massachusetts Bay and believed that the material world was evil.
What is Puritans?
200
This man fought in the French and Indian War and eventually went on to win great fame in the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
300
This was an evil Spanish explorer who destroyed the peaceful Inca Empire in search of treasure.
Who is Pizzaro?
300
America gets it name from this man who wrote so many beautiful things about the New World that people thought he discovered it!
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
The _____ originally settled New York State; because of this New York City was originally called New Amsterdam.
Who are the Dutch?
300
This group fled persecution in both England and Sweden to build a better life in America.
What are the Pilgrims?
300
This was a fort built by George Washington right outside of Fort Duquesne. This for was NECESSARY.
What is Fort Necessity?
400
Florida was discovered because of this man's severe case of love sickness.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
400
This man sailed around the entire world, proving that the earth was round.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
400
The main product produced in the Jamestown settlement was this.
What is tobacco?
400
This was the first formal, written, representative government in the New World.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
This book was written by James Fenimore Cooper and was set during the French and Indian War.
What is Last of the Mohicans?
500
The Spanish culture is mainly Catholic because of this extraordinary event that took place in the 1500s in Mexico.
What is the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe?
500
The French claimed all the territory West of the Mississippi for France, calling it the __________________.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
500
This man laid claim to Virginia. He was a favorite of the queen and was give land because of this.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
500
Pennsylvania was settled by this group of tolerant people.
What are the Quakers?
500
Because of the debt caused by the French and Indian War _______ started raising taxes on the English Colonies.