People
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The Colonies
Roots of the Revolution
The New Republic
100
This man sailed in 1492. He thought he was in India, but he accidentally discovered another continent.
Who is Christopher Columbus.
100
The Northern Colonies had this type of Government.
Who are male church leaders.
100
This happened when American colonists were provoking British troops.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
These are the dates for the War of 1812.
What is 1812-1815.
200
He was searching for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
200
What buildings were created along the California coast while California was being explored.
What are missions?
200
This crop is most abundant in the South as the colonies are developing.
What is tobacco.
200
The Boston Tea party happened because the colonists were upset about this.
What is the monopoly on tea by the East India Trading Company?
200
Who purchased Louisiana, and where did he/she get it from?
What is Thomas Jefferson and France.
300
He was the first European to see the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando De Soto?
300
This concept describes traded goods between Europe and the New World. Europe also carried over disease to the Americas through this practice.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
300
The Middle Colonies practiced this when it came to religion.
What is religious toleration?
300
The Boston Port Act, Government of MA Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act were all parts of this one Act.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300
This group of people wants to give the government more power.
What are federalists?
400
This man made it to the Indian Ocean.
Who is Bartolomue Dias?
400
Columbus used this natural phenomenon to trick the Native American people into feeding and supplying his settlers.
What is a lunar eclipse?
400
The North relied on these two things as their major "crops."
What is fish and timber?
400
The colonists had to use paper with a British seal on it.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
This group of people believes in a strict definition of the Constitution. They do not want the government to have a lot of power.
What are Democratic Republicans?
500
This man made it to India, but he did not have the right gifts to impress the sultan.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
500
This man fought against the Aztecs.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
500
The Southern Colonies used this British institution for government.
What is the House of Burgesses?
500
This is the Act we haven't had a question about yet.
What is the Sugar Act?
500
Washington warned the United States about these three things.
What is the rise of political parties, foreign alliances, and fighting for the common good (morality).
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