Native American History
Native American tribes sided with both sides during this war between Britain and France.
What is the French and Indian War?
This 1770 event resulted in the deaths of five colonists at the hands of British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
George Washington held this title during the American Revolution.
What is Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
This man served as the first Secretary of the Treasury and was the subject of a famous Broadway musical.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This English colony, founded in 1607, was the first permanent settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This was the main goal of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
What is to assimilate Native American children into Euro-American culture?
Paul Revere is famous for warning that these troops were coming.
Who are the British (or Redcoats)?
Washington crossed this icy river on Christmas night in 1776.
What is the Delaware River?
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This religious group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in search of religious freedom.
Who are the Puritans?
This man’s rebellion in 1763 was a response to British policies after the French and Indian War.
Who is Pontiac?
This 1773 protest involved the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This was the last major battle of the American Revolution, where Cornwallis surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These two explorers led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This 1620 agreement established a basic form of democracy in Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This law forced Native Americans to relocate west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
These laws were passed by Britain in response to the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This brutal winter camp tested Washington's army in 1777–1778.
What is Valley Forge?
This belief that Americans were destined to expand westward was known as what?
What is Manifest Destiny?
This woman was banished from Massachusetts Bay for challenging church authority.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
This term describes the U.S. government's effort to erase Native American identity.
What is assimilation (or cultural genocide)?
This 1775 battle was the first military engagement of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This foreign ally helped train U.S. troops at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
Lewis and Clark’s expedition was aided by this Shoshone woman.
Who is Sacagawea?
This war between settlers and Native Americans in New England occurred in 1675–1676.
What is King Philip’s War?