Age of Exploration
Spain and the New World
Life in the English Colonies
Tensions with Britain
The American Revolution
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Who was the explorer that sailed west in 1492 and landed in the Bahamas?
Christopher Columbus
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What were Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas called?
Conquistadors
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What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown, Virginia (1607)
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Why did Great Britain raise taxes on the American colonies?
To pay for the French and Indian War and maintain British troops in America
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What was the name of the meeting where delegates demanded rights from Britain?
The First Continental Congress
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What was the main reason European countries began exploring the seas?
To find new trade routes to Asia and gain wealth
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Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Hernán Cortés
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Which crop helped save Jamestown’s economy?
Tobacco
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What was the slogan colonists used to protest taxes?
“No taxation without representation”
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Who wrote Common Sense and encouraged independence?
Thomas Paine
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Which Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India by sea?
Vasco da Gama
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Who conquered the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
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What group of people came to the New England Colonies seeking religious freedom?
Pilgrims and Puritans
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What event caused resentment after British soldiers killed five colonists in 1770?
The Boston Massacre
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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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What was the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
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What was the encomienda system?
A system that allowed Spanish settlers to tax or force Native Americans to work
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How did slavery develop in the English Colonies?
Colonists relied on enslaved Africans for labor on plantations, especially in the Southern Colonies
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
A protest where colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor to oppose the Tea Act
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What are people called who supported independence from Britain?
Patriots
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Who were the first Europeans to land in the Americas (North and South America)
The Vikings
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Colonists response to stamp act
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Who founded the Jamestown Colony?
The London Company/John Smith
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What was the Quartering Act?
A protest where colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor to oppose the Tea Act
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Which groups did the Declaration of Independence fail to recognize or protect?
Women, enslaved African Americans, and Native Americans