Introductions
Native Societies and EuropeanContact
Native Societies and EuropeanContact
The European disease that killed over 90% of the Native Americans.
What is smalllpox?
The area (state) where Jamestown was located?
What is Virginia?
The 1765 tax required colonists to pay for paper goods and documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
The document adopted on July 4, 1776 which announced colonial independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
He did not have wooden teeth.
Who is George Washington?
The Italian explorer sailed for Spain in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This leader helped Jamestown survive with strict discipline.
Who is John Smith?
The event in 1770 left five colonists dead after a clash with British soliders.
What is the Boston Massacre?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
Who is James Madison?
The exchange of plants, animals, and disease.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This crop, cultivated by John Rolfe, became a cash crop.
What is tobacco?
This 1773 act dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The rebellion of Massachusettes' farmers that showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
He negotiated French support for the American Revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This 1494 treaty, mediated by the Pope, divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
What is Tordesillas?
This Indian chief layed a central role in the survival and struggles of early Jamestown colonists.
Who is Powhatan?
The pamphlet written by Thomas Paine urging colonists to declare independence from Britain.
What is "Common Sense?"
The series of essays defending the Constitution and supporting ratification.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This Founding Father was both the first Chief Justice and co-author of the Federalist Papers.
Who is John Jay?
The name of the people Columbus first encountered?
What are the Taino people?
Jamestown colonists endured a horrific winter from 1609–1610, during which the population dropped drastically due to famine and disease. Historians call this period what?
What is the "Starving Time?"
What did people gather under to discuss and debate events (Boston and Charleston).
What is the Liberty Tree?
This 1787 compromise resolved disputes over counting enslaved people for representation.
What is the Three-Fifth Compromise?
The man who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?