Unit 1
What were the "three sisters".
- Corn
- Beans
- Squash
Who was the first foreign person to land in the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Which colony started the American War of Independence?
Massachusetts
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What was the first major military campaign in the American Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
Who was Quetzalcoatl?
A god of creation, planet of venus, science, agriculture, and many other events
Who did the Wampanoags meet first?
The first Native Americans to encounter the Pilgrims
Who were the loyalists?
The Loyalists were loyal to the British crown during the American Revolution
Who lead the independence movements of Argentina, Chile, and Peru?
Jose de San Martin
What is the proclamation that gave Mexico independence?
Plan de Iguala
What language did the Wampanoag speak?
Algonquian
Which Europeans were at a fight for South American land?
The Spanish and Portuguese
Who were the Quakers?
The Quakers were a religious group of the first white people who stood against anti slavery causing the abolitionist movement, which then lead to the civil war and end of slavery.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the treaty that ended the American revolution?
Treaty of Paris
What was Quipu?
A communication device used by the Incas
What was the first war of North America?
French and Indian War
Which was the first country where slaves fought for independence? (DIFFERENT FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION)
Haiti
Who led the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.
Simon Bolivar
What cultural movement defined reason, individualism, skepticism?
The Enlightenment
What writing systems did the Aztecs use?
Hieroglyphs
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What was the United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere?
The Monroe Doctrine
What was the treaty that divided Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
What was the Gran Colombia?
A republic that existed in South America after the wars of independence against the Spanish Empire