Early Explorers and Settlements
This Italian explorer, born around 1451, was motivated by Biblical passages and arrived in the New World in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This young Native American woman saved Captain John Smith's life by placing her head over his when he was about to be executed.
Who is Pocahontas?
This Pilgrim governor and historian wrote about their experiences and signed the Mayflower Compact.
Who is William Bradford?
This version of the Bible, first published in Geneva, Switzerland in 1560, was the primary Bible used by Pilgrims and Puritans.
What is the Geneva Bible?
This southern colony developed a class system with slavery at the bottom, while northern colonies emphasized individual rights and Biblical equality.
What is Virginia?
This was the first permanent English settlement in America, established in 1607 in Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
Pocahontas converted to Christianity and took this Biblical name when she was baptized.
What is Rebecca?
This Puritan leader spoke of creating a "city upon a hill" and led the Great Puritan Exodus of 1630.
Who is John Winthrop?
The Puritans' official colony seal showed an Indian saying these four words from Acts 16:9.
What is "Come Over And Help Us"?
This economic system was first abandoned by the Pilgrims when they realized it led to food shortages and lack of productivity.
What is socialism (or communalism)?
This ship carried 102 Pilgrims to America in 1620 after the Speedwell had to turn back due to leaks.
What is the Mayflower?
This Indian chief, grandson of Massasoit, led an anti-Christian war in 1675-1676 that targeted both white settlers and Christian Indians.
Who is Metacom (or King Philip)?
This was the first governing document written in America, signed aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This Catholic lord established Maryland in 1633 as a colony that welcomed both Protestant and Catholic settlers fleeing persecution.
Who is Lord Baltimore (or Cecil Calvert)?
This was America's first privately owned business, established by the Pilgrims in 1627.
What is the Aptucxet trading post?
This young Pilgrim was swept overboard during the Atlantic crossing but grabbed a trailing rope and survived, later becoming ancestor to millions including three US presidents.
Who is John Howland?
This missionary, known as the "Apostle to the Indians," created the first written language for the Algonquin tribe and translated the first Bible printed in America.
Who is John Eliot?
This minister founded Rhode Island after being expelled from Massachusetts for his views on religious liberty and separation of church and state.
Who is Roger Williams?
This minister led his congregation from Massachusetts to Connecticut in 1636 and preached that civil authority should be based on the willing consent of the people.
Who is Thomas Hooker?
The text argues that the Civil War would not have occurred if this institution had not been an issue, despite other economic and political factors.
What is slavery?
This Bible verse from Psalms 65:5 about God being "the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas" specifically inspired Columbus in his voyage.
What is Psalms 65:5?
King Philip's War had the highest casualty rate by percentage of total population of any war in American history, lasting this many months.
What is 15 months?
This legal code written in 1641 by Rev. Nathaniel Ward used the first five books of the Bible as its foundation and included specific Bible verses as the basis for laws.
What is the Massachusetts Body of Liberties?
According to the text, this is what President Andrew Jackson called the Bible: "the rock on which our Republic rests."
What is "the rock on which our Republic rests"?
According to the 1888 wall map mentioned in the text, God's blessings flowed outward from the Biblical principles introduced here, while God's curses moved outward from the bad philosophy applied in Jamestown.
What is Plymouth?