How and when did the first (ever) people migrate to the Americas?
During the Ice Age, by the landbridge.
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Name three reasons why Spain wanted to explore a route to India?
They were running out of land, money, and resources.
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What were the three types of settlers in the colonies?
Puritans, Quakers, and Businessmen.
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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A Revolutionary War turncoat, his name is now used to describe a traitor.
Benedict Arnold
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How did the Native Americans first treat Columbus and the other Spanish explorers?
With kindness and hospitality.
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What did Columbus want to do with the Native Americans? What did the Queen of Spain want to do with the Native Americans?
Columbus wanted to make them slaves. Queen Isabella wanted to convert them to Christianity.
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What boat did the puritans cross on?
The Mayflower.
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Name three causes of The Revolutionary War.
Taxation without representation, unfair laws (and enforcement), and strong political views (in the form of pamphlets and speeches, i.e. Common Sense, The American Crisis)
200
A sweet wrapped in a small paper, and baked in the oven. Once it is cooled, you frost it, add sprinkles, and put a cherry on top.
What is a cupcake?
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What were three major Native American nations?
Aztecs, Iroquois, and the Inca Empire
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What was Columbus's crew mostly composed of?
Criminals and men who had no other hope.
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Which colony flourished the first?
Jamestown.
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What was "The Shot Heard Round the World?"
The Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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What mainly started slavery in the Americas?
Jamestown needed free labor to farm Tobacco, and since they couldn't capture the Natives, they imported Africans.
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Why were the Native Americans hard to enslave?
There were more of them, they knew the land better (so, stronger), and they had food to keep them healthy.
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Did Columbus treat the natives at Hispaniola well?
NOOOOOOO.....
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In which colony did the starving times take place in?
The Jamestown Colony
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What was the famous document that helped rally soldiers who were about to quit fighting?
(Hint: These are the times that try men's souls)
*BONUS:* What was the famous speech that rallied people for the Patriot cause?
The American Crisis
*BONUS:* Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
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He was a Frenchman, a Revolutionary War Hero, and a close friend of General Washington. Who is he?
General Lafayette!
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Who was nicer to the natives: The colonists, the Spanish (Columbus), or the French?
The French.
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Columbus sailed the seas of blue in...
1492 (Fourteen hundred ninety-two).
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What happened in the Salem Witch Trials?
Women who men held a grudge against or who did not follow certain rules were accused of being witches, and 99.9% of the time were killed after the "trials."
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What was the battle that motivated everyone in the war?
The Battle of Trenton.
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How many years between the Stamp Act and The Revolutionary War?