The most widely used textbook in colonial America
What is the New England Primer?
The colony that set a precedent of religious freedom
What is Rhode Island?
Founded the city of Quebec
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
The first secretary of state of the United States
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States
What is St. Augustine?
Interest in trade with the East was revived by
What are the crusades?
The famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was given by
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
The United States government was founded as
What is a federal republic?
The English monarch who broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church, beginning the English Reformation
Who is Henry VIII?
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The year Harvard College was founded
What is 1636?
This battle in the War for Independence is described as the turning point
What is Saratoga?
This battle in the War for Independence is described as the Patriot victory which ended the war
What is Yorktown?
This battle in the War for Independence is described as the first major battle
What is Bunker Hill?
This battle in the War for Independence is described as the shot heard 'round the world'
What is Lexington and Concord?
This battle in the War for Independence is described as nearly 1,000 Hessians were captured
What is Trenton?
Poor Richard's Almanac was published by
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The Articles of Confederation helped to establish a weak government by
What is
required all states to approve ammendments
lacked branches of government
and had no power to handle foreign affairs
The first secretary of the treasury
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
In the War for Independence in 1777-1778 the winter camp of the Continental army
What is Valley Forge?
Wrote History of Plymouth Plantation
Who is William Bradford?
The settlement where the House of Burgesses met
What is Plymouth?
Wrote the famous pamphlet Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
The branch of government that interprets the laws
What is judicial?
Conflict over territory, fur trade, and fishing rights between Britain and France led to
What is the French and Indian War?
The reason the colonists fought the War of Independence
What is they wanted to protect their liberties?
The form of government the Constitution guarantees to each state
What is republican?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first governor of the Plymouth colony
Who is John Carver?
The Great Awakening prepared the colonies for political and what other kind of freedom
What is religious?