Columbus and the Myth of 'Discovery'
The year Christopher Columbus "discovered" the American continent.
What is 1942?
The production studio that published the animated movie Pocahontas in 1995.
What is Walt Disney?
Seperatists that came to the American continent and went on to build early colonies there.
Who are Pilgrims?
A food that was actually eaten at the original Thanksgiving feast and is still commonly still eaten on Thanksgiving today.
What is turkey?
A document that is commonly associated with the Founding Fathers.
What is the Declaration of Independence? or: What is the Constitution?
The country Christopher Columbus originated from.
The presumed age Pocahontas was when English explorers came to her village.
What is 14?
A group of people leaving Great Britain in order to obtain religous freedoms.
What are Puritans?
The year the first documented Thanksgiving took place.
What is 1621?
The four presidents that are shown on Mount Rushmore.
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt?
The document authored by Columbus that is now considered to be the closest historical piece of writing tracing his exploration.
What is Columbus' third letter?
The tribe Pocahontas belonged to.
Who are the Powhatan?
A stereotypical piece of clothing that Pilgrims did not actually wear.
What are hats with buckles?
The tribe that was present on the day of the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoags?
According to Heike Paul, there are this many Founding Fathers.
What is seven?
The cultural group that claimed Columbus to be their 'own' national hero.
Who are Italian American immigrants?
The English settler that would go on to marry Pocahontas after bringing her to England with him.
Who is John Rolfe?
A phrase used to descibe the American continent and to legitimize the violent colonization through British forces.
What is the Promised Land?
The location of the settlement where the first Thanksgiving took place.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
This is the cause of controversies surrounding the location of Mount Rushmore.
What is native and sacred land?
The author of Columbus' first biography that helped construct his role as an explorer.
Who is Ferdinand Columbus?
Pocahontas original name.
What is Matoaka?
The origin of the name 'Puritans' to describe religously devout settlers.
What is the act of interpreting the bible literally?
The location where a similar festivity to Thanksgiving took place, two years prior to the one that is now commonly understood as the 'first Thanksgiving'.
What is Virginia?
This is how many of the first five American presidents were owners of slaves.