Native Americans
Early Colonization
Colonial America
Westward Expansion
Grab Bag!
100
What is a Creation story?
Describes the origin and nature of the universe, and often convey particular belief systems or values of Native American tribes.
100
A person who would sign a contract to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage in a ship over to America was called what?
What is an indentured servant
100
This colony was established by the Virginia Company in present-day Virginia.
What is Jamestown
100
This person was the 3rd president of the United States and authorized the deal to acquire the Louisiana territory and create an expedition team to explore the area.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
This Native American was the daughter of the powerful Powhatan chief in Virginia. She married John Rolf (tobacco!) and became Lady Rebecca.
Who is Pocahontas.
200
This Act made it legal for President Jackson to negotiate with Native Americans to remove them from their lands to federal territory west of the Mississippi.
What is the Indian Removal Act
200
This is an economic theory based on the idea that the wealth and power of a nation depends on the amount of precious metals is has (ex. gold and silver). European nations would use their colonies as a way of obtaining raw materials to enrich the parent country.
What is Mercantilism
200
This colony was the first permanent British settlement in New England. It was founded for religious reasons by the Pilgrims.

What is Plymouth Colony
200
She was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the West Coast
Who is Sacagawea
200
This Native American tribe is from the upstate New York area.
Who is the Iroquois Confederacy
300
This Native American tribe wanted to be considered a country. They created a constitution and a national capitol city called New Echota.
What is the Cherokee Nation
300
A company made up of a group of shareholders
What is a Joint Stock Company
300
Jamestown and Virginia became a very important colony economically for growing what kind of cash crop?
What is Tobacco
300
What was the result of the French and Indian War?
Great Britain won the war and acquired the land between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi river.
300
This was an act dedicated to eliminating the Penobscot people. It provided monetary rewards to colonists for evidence of dead Penobscot men, women, and children.
What is the Scalp Proclamation
400
These are the four Wabanaki tribes
Maliseet, Penobscot, Micmac, Passamaquoddy
400
This person was forced to leave the Massachusetts colony because he disagreed with the church and government practices. He established a new colony in Rhode Island.
Who is Roger Williams
400
This person established the Pennsylvania colony that was based on religious freedom and religious toleration.
Who is William Penn
400
What is Manifest Destiny?
The people of the United States felt it was their mission to extend the "boundaries of freedom" to others. The United States was meant to have their territory extend from the East Coast to the West Coast.
400
This person coined the term "Manifest Destiny"
Who is John O'Sullivan
500
More than 10,000 years ago, this ice bridge allowed people to cross from East Asia into North America. They followed herds of large mammals to hunt for food and shelter. This is one theory about how the America’s were populated.
What is the Bering Land Bridge
500
John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He gave a famous sermon that told the Puritans that their colony and city would be watched by the world. What is the name of that sermon?
What is the "City Upon a Hill" sermon
500
This war was considered one of the most destructive in American history. It was a series of clashes between colonial towns in New England and Native American tribes and settlements in the region. This war ended the presence of Native American tribes in the Massachusetts region.
What is King Philip's War
500
What was the result of the California Gold Rush?
Led to: increase travel to the West, larger interest in Western lands and potential for wealth, spurred a new notion of American wealth and prosperity.
500
This act by the British government (after the French and Indian War) stated that there would be no new settlements past the Appalachian Mountains. This territory would be reserved for Native American tribes.
What is the Proclamation Act of 1763
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