Indigenous Peoples
It was this many years ago that we see the arrival of the modern-day indigenous people come across the Bering Strait.
25,000 years ago.
This was the first European country to arrive and begin colonizing North and South America.
Spain
By 1740, more slaves were ___ in the colonies then they were imported from Africa.
Born
The North American portion of the Seven Years’ War was called…
The French and Indian War
Name one of the three men who took the ride to Lexington and Concord to warn the Colonists of the British.
Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes
Indigenous tribes across North America spoke over ____ languages.
300
The British were the ____ European country to expand and colonize the “New World”
Last
The first slave ship arrived in North America in this year.
1619
After the end of the French and Indian War, many taxes were imposed by the British; name one.
Sugar Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, & Tea Act.
This group of men secretly met to plan attacks and dissent against the British.
Sons of Liberty
The Indigenous people had the best relationship with this country.
France
Christopher Columbus first petitioned this government to travel west to India but they declined to support him.
Portugal
Slavery in North America was known as this…
Chattel Slavery
This man is responsible for changing the French and Indian War in the British’s favor.
William Penn
The first battles of the American Revolution took place at…
Lexington and Concord
The Federal Government Created this Bureau to protect Indigenous peoples.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
This term can only be used to describe Spanish and Portuguese soldier-explorers.
Conquistadores
This was a massive religious revival in the Colonies in the 1730s & 40s.
The Great Awakening
The treaty that ended the French and Indian War was called…
The Treaty of Paris
This petition was the final act by the Colonists in trying to repair relations with England.
The Olive Branch Petition
The biggest threat to Indigenous people(s) was not just weapons brought by the Europeans but this…
Disease
These two Indigenous empires were taken over by Spain in Mesoamerica and South America.
The Aztec and the Incan Empires
Name one school that was created as a seminary school in the Colonies.
Princeton, Brown, & Rutgers
This was a method used against tax collectors to prevent them from doing their jobs.
Tarring and Feathering
Name one of the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, & Robert Livingston.