What American mountain range was created approximately 350 million years ago before continental separation?
What are the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
100
The first English attempts at colonization in 1585 was at ____________
What is ROANOKE ISLAND
100
By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was____
What is VIRGINIA
100
What event in 1692 was opposed by the more responsible members of the clergy, but only after a number of people were labeled witches?
What is the SALEM WITCH HUNT
100
The conflict of the 1690's, which was the first of several between England and France over a 75 year period
What is KING WILLIAM'S WAR
200
The Great Ice Age allowed human movement into the Americas from___________
What is ASIA
200
The biggest disrupter of Native American life was ____
What is DISEASE
200
Throughout the great part of the 17th century, the Chesapeake colonies acquired most of the labor they needed from what group?
What were WHITE SERVANTS
200
The New England economy depended heavily on what economic activity?
What is FISHING OR SHIPBUILDING
200
This reshaped social life by promoting a more settled lifestyle, greater specialization of labor, and more social divisions, including classes based on differences in wealth and power.
What is FARMING
300
What Native American group was able to menace its Native Americans & European neighbors because of its military alliances, & sustained political/organizational skills?
What was the IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY
300
In 1649 _______ guaranteed toleration to all Christians.
What is THE MARYLAND ACT OF TOLERATION
300
The Virginia governor's refusal to retaliate against Indian attacks on the frontier settlements led to what event?
What is BACON'S REBELLION.
300
The gruesome ocean voyage to America by slaves was known as:
What is the MIDDLE PASSAGE
300
Harsh treatment Indians received from Spaniards while they spread Christianity
What is BLACK LEGEND
400
Within a century after Columbus's landfall in the New World, the Native American population was reduced by ____%
What is 90%
400
What chief had Captain John Smith kidnapped in order to impress Smith with his power & show the Indian's desire for peace?
Who is CHIEF POWHATAN
400
What English monarch aided the entrance of Protestant beliefs into England when he broke England's ties with the Roman Catholic Church?
Who is HENRY VIII
400
The colony immediately North of Pennsylvania is____
What is NEW YORK
400
The economic system characterized by state regulation of the economy in order to acquire as much of the fixed wealth of the world as possible.
What is MERCANTILISM
500
Nicknamed "sea dog", what individual plundered the treasure ships of the Spanish Main?
Who is FRANCIS DRAKE
500
The busiest seaport in the southern colonies was at _____
What is CHARLESTOWN
500
Who founded Rhode Island & established complete religious freedom for all?
Who is ROGER WILLIAMS
500
Who stated that the "best school of political liberty the world ever saw was a New England town meeting."
Who is JEFFERSON
500
The uprising of Indians and slaves against the emerging French plantations along the lower Mississippi.