North America
Name 2 of the 4 countries in North America
United States of America, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland
Spanish
English
French
French
What is a colony?
a settlement ruled from far away
What war got the United States of America its freedom or independence?
Revolutionary War
What is a tax?
money paid to the government
Who were the first people who lived in North America?
Native American Indians
The first European settlers in North America were who?
French
Spanish
English
Spanish
How many colonies were there?
13
What is the name of the document or paper that says the USA is independent from Britain (the British King and Queen)?
a. Emancipation Proclamation
b. Declaration of Independence
c. neither of these
b. Declaration of Independence
People that come to a country to explore the land and learn more about it are called
explorers
Name 3 of the other continents
South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Antarctica
English
Spanish
French
Spanish
What was it called when the colonists dumped the tea into the harbor because of unfair taxes?
Boston Tea Party
The Constitution of the United States does what?
a. a paper signed by the president
b. a set of laws that tells how our government works
b. a set of laws that tells how our government works
a ________ is land that is owned by the government and not a person
a. settlement
b. territory
c. pioneer
b. territory
What continent did European settlers come from to North America?
Europe
The first English settlement settled in 1607 was a town called what?
Jamestown
Who ruled the 13 colonies?
Britain (king and queen)
Why did some pioneers head west in the 1800s?
a. The West offered land and jobs.
b. It was easy to travel there.
c. there were too many jobs in the easta. The West offered land and jobs.
When 2 parts of one country fight against one another it is known as a
a. war
b. argument
c. civil war
c. civil war
Which words describe a history learned through spoken stories like the Native Americans did?
A. audio history
B. spoken history
c. history legends
d. oral history
d. oral history
What can people build to protect them from the weather?
shelter
What two groups of people were in conflict or fought at the Jamestown settlement over food and land?
English settlers and Native Americans
Why did Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
to free slaves
a newly built town or region people settle in
settlement