The First Americans
This theory, which has some flaws, argues that Native Americans first migrated into the Americas through taking advantage of land bridges during the Ice Age.
What was the Bering Land Crossing?
Name the speaker: "I could conquer the whole of (the Taino Indians I 'discovered') with 50 men, and govern them as I pleased."
Who was Columbus?
The first known permanently settled English colony, founded in 1607; it was originally a disaster that John Smith had to impose martial law on.
What was Jamestown?
The infamous 1692 witch craze began in this famous town...
What is Salem?
This famous philosophical movement argued that logic and reason should govern us, and by the 1700's more British-American leaders were believing it.
What was the Enlightenment?
Tenochtitlan was probably one of the most advanced cities in the world during the Middle Ages; this current city was built on top of its ruins.
What is Mexico City?
A group of Spanish "explorers," who were often much more interested in conquest and exploitation.
Who were conquistadors?
This famous American holiday was based off a ceremony held by the Plymouth settlers in the 1620's.
What was Thanksgiving?
This famous American colony grew out of the old Plymouth colony, and became the center of New England.
What was Massachussetts?
What was the Great Awakening?
This name was given to a series of plagues which crossed North America in the 1600's, and devastated the indigenous population.
What was the Great Dying?
This system, which granted Indian villages to Spanish men to "govern," often resembled an early form of slavery.
What was the "encomienda system?"
The famous "Lost Colony," which might have been assimilated by local Indians, was founded in this region.
What was Roanoke?
In 1675, Chief Metacomet launched this famous major war against the New England colonies.
What was King Philip's War?
This was the center of the whole British economy; it described how goods and people were transported to three major regions of the British Empire.
What was the triangular trade?
The name of our local indigenous nation; they were expert basket weavers, and lived in the Clear Lake region for thousands of years.
Who are the Pomo?
The French colonies of North America much depended on this system; in the beginning, everyone benefitted, but in the end it harmed the Native Americans and their ecosystems.
What was the fur trade?
This famous girl, of the Powhatan Indian nation, was probably a part of a much-misunderstood dominance ritual shown against the English.
Who was Pocahontas?
This famous Indian war in New England showed the different ideas of warfare between the Puritans and their Indian allies.
What was the Pequot War?
This famous conflict played a major role in accelerating the rise of slavery in the Southern colonies.
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
This Indian nation is probably the oldest democratic government in North America.
Who were the Iroquois?
This colonial empire actually founded the colony that eventually grew into New York.
Who were the Dutch?
What was enclosure?
Many Puritans in New England believed in this famous religious idea--that God chose our paths for us long ago, and there's nothing we can do to change them.
What is predestination?
The idea that ordinary people should know politics and participate in them; it became a growing aspect of colonial culture throughout the 1700's.
What was the public sphere?