This phrase was used by explorers to explain their motives for traveling to far off lands. The three words expressed the mindset of almost all early explorers.
What is the phrase "For God, Gold, and Glory"
100
This was the first American settlement made in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
100
These people fought along the French during the series of conflicts between 1754 and 1763.
Who are the Native Americans?
100
This was the name given to the British government.
What is Parliament?
100
This was the term given to seizing Americans at sea and drafting them into their navy.
What is impressment?
200
This was the year Christopher Columbus traveled across the ocean blue.
What is 1492?
200
This man lead a group that created the first American colony.
Who is John Smith?
200
This was the place where the French and Indian conflicts took place.
What is the Ohio Valley?
200
In March of 1765 Parliament passed this act which imposed a tax on documents and printed items such as wills, newspapers, and cards
What is the Stamp Act.
200
This building was burnt during the war of 1812
What is The White House
300
This disease was brought over from the New World to the Old World.
What is Syphilis?
300
This cropped saved the colony of Jamestown from its struggling economy and helped the with trading.
What is tobacco?
300
The British were led by two men during the French and Indian war one was American the other was British. He is the British leader.
Who is William Pitt?
300
This secret resistance group was formed in 1765 to protest the taxes and laws set upon America by the British.
Who are The Sons of Liberty?
300
The war of 1812 ended this political party.
What is Federalism?
400
This was the name of the Spanish explorers that went to central and South America.
What is Conquistador?
400
This was the word to describe the style of the preachers popular in the mid 1700s
What is fire and brimstone?
400
The British government prohibited colonists from moving past these mountains.
What are the Appalachian Mountains
400
This act taxed goods brought into the colonies from Britain – including lead, paint, glass, paper and tea.
What are The Townshend Acts.
400
Known as the Father of the Constitution He was the president during the war of 1812.
Who was James Madison?
500
This modern day North American state was the most explored by the Spanish.
What is California
500
This intellectual movement that started in Europe which emphasized: reason, science, and observation.
What is the enlightenment movement?
500
This was the treaty that ended the French and Indian war in 1763.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
This was an event in 1770 when a mob taunted British soldiers – 5 colonists were killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
This was the treaty that ended the war of 1812, it was signed it was on Christmas eve in 1814.