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The effort by the Spanish to expel the Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula.
What is Reconquista?
100
This man had a river and a bay named in honor of him.
Who is Henry Hudson?
100
This settlement was the first settlement founded by the French.
What is Quebec?
100
This revolt in 1680 against the Spanish killed many people including priests.
What is the Pueblo Revolt of 1680?
100
This type of colony was governed by a person who was given full governing rights by the king.
What is Proprietary Colony?
200
Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded this Spanish settlement, and today it is the oldest city in America.
What is St. Augustine?
200
This word was found on a tree in the abandoned colony of Roanoke.
What is Croatoan?
200
Louis Joliet and this man searched for the Northwest Passage, but they did not find it.
Who is Jacques Marquette?
200
This item was spiritually significant to Native Americas, but Europeans saw it as a type of currency.
What is Wampum?
200
This term refers to a person who contracts their work for a fixed period of time in exchange for transportation to the new world.
What is indentured servant?
300
These resources were the reasons that the Spanish gain so much wealth during their stay in the New World.
What is gold and silver
300
In order to pay off a debt to this young Englishman, King Charles II of England gave huge land grants to this man.
Who is William Penn?
300
The team that the Seneca football team is versing at this Friday's homecoming game.
What is De Soto?
300
This war in 1637 resulted in more than 500 Native America killed around the New England area.
What is Pequot War?
300
This term is the idea that people of different religions should live in peace.
What is Religious Tolerance?
400
He searched for the Fountain of Youth and also named the land he searched Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
400
This Lord created a safe haven for Catholics in Maryland in 1634.
Who is Lord Baltimore?
400
What new voting law requires voters to show proof you are you with a picture.
What is Voter ID Law?
400
This tribe was the rivals of the Wampanoag and could have destroyed the Wampanoag if the Pilgrims did not come to the new world.
Who are the Narragansett people?
400
A group of investors fund the colony and share the profits and losses.
What is Joint-Stock Company?
500
The Spanish term for mixed, this term was used to describe the descendants of Native Americans and Spanish.
What is Mestizos?
500
This person set up the colony of Georgia. It was a haven for debtors from England.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
500
DAILY DOUBLE. Rule: Bet up to your maximum score, or Risk up to 800 points if your team has less than 500 points.
Who are Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, and Barrack Obama and Joe Biden?
500
This Native American leader unified the Native Americans in the New England colonies at the start of King Philip's War. Use his Native American name.
Who is Metacom?
500
This legislature was the first instance of limited self-government in the English Colonies.
What is House of Burgesses?