Native American
Tribes
Tribes
This tribe was both Iroquois and Algonquin.
Who were the Mohegan? (Who were the Mohicans?)
These criminals weren't pirates, though they often worked with them. They brought the colonists things to buy from Britain's enemies, skipping the taxes they were supposed to pay.
Who were smugglers?
Although somewhat common among the elite, not many low-class colonists held this belief that said God was real, but never or rarely interfered with the world.
What is Deism?
This is the term for a separation of one government into two or more. It can be peaceful or violent, but the focus is on splitting, not changing.
What is a secession?
This is the second most common element in the entire universe -- nowhere near as common as the first, but still far more common than the rest.
What is Helium?
Totem poles were found in this region of North America, where trees grew huge and the fishing was plentiful.
What is the Pacific Northwest?
(What is the Northwest?)
These settlers came from the poor parts of Scotland but moved to Ireland to make money before finally moving to America.
Who were the Scots-Irish?
This was the idea that European monarchs were appointed by God; it bears similarities to the Chinese 'Mandate of Heaven.'
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
This term refers to the unofficial British policy of ignoring American colonists' tax evasion for over a century.
What is salutary neglect?
This "legen-DARY" King of Kings founded the Achaemaenid Empire and instituted a policy of religious tolerance compared to the Babylonians who preceded them.
Who is Cyrus?
This alliance of northeastern hunter and farmer tribes was led by Chief Wahunsonacaugh and later his brother, Opecacanough; Opecacanough would spend his life fighting the English settlers.
What was the Powhatan Confederacy?
This was the crucial 'cash crop' that ended up making Jamestown profitable for Britain.
What is Tobacco?
Thomas Jefferson paraphrased and altered this British philosopher's work when he emphasized the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Who is John Locke?
This set of trade routes exchanged sugar, African slaves, and rum among Europe, the American mainland, and the Caribbean Islands.
What is the Triangular Trade?
She was portrayed as a scheming, evil teenager in The Crucible, but in real life, she was only a little girl when the Salem Witch Trials happened.
Who is Abigail Williams?
Mt. Rushmore was built over a mountain sacred to this tribe, one of the Great Plains horse-riding warriors.
Who are the Dakota? (Lakota, Nakota, Sioux, etc.)
Once called New Amsterdam, the British conquered it from the Dutch. Now the colony, the state, and the city all have the same name.
What is New York (or New York City?)
These were the Christian factions made during the Great Awakening. One side was inspired by the Age of Enlightenment while the other side reacted to the Age of Enlightenment.
Who were the Old Lights and the New Lights?
This Christian group, officially known as the "Society of Friends", was the first American Christian group to condemn slavery and had many rebellions in Pennsylvania as a result of their Native American-friendly policies.
Who were the Quakers?
This "delicious" 19th century model was one of the first concepts of a divisible atom, and compared electrons to raisins in a kind of dessert.
What is the plum pudding model?
This is the term for a prayer and astronomy room in an ancient pueblo.
What is a kiva?
Britain was poorer than the other colonizing countries, so it depended on this economic development to fund its colonies -- a method of getting a lot of people to pay a little money rather than a few people to pay a lot.
What are Joint-Stock Companies?
This preacher gave the Great Awakening its name and claimed that “The Christian World is dead asleep.”
Who is George Whitefield?
This German-American printer was charged with libel for printing what he believed to be a true story -- although it turns out it wasn't.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
Christians call the first five books of the Bible the Pentateuch, but to Jewish people, it is the Hebrew Bible. They more commonly call it by its Hebrew name.
What is the Torah?