Spanish & French Exploration
The "Three Gs" of the Spanish Conquest
God, Gold & Glory
The first permanent English colony in the New World was...
Jamestown
Signed by the Pilgrims aboard their ship when they first arrived in the New World.
Mayflower Compact
The contested region that was MOST associated with the outbreak of the French & Indian War in North America.
Ohio River Valley
Which month has 28 days?
All of them!
The "Three Fs" of French Exploration
Furs, Forts, Friendly (with the Natives)
The Puritans (Separatists)
The first written constitution in the British colonies was...
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A colonial victory, this was the last major Native American attempt to resist British expansion in New England.
King Philip's War (Metacom's War)
What is the most recent high school activity to be approved as an official OSAA sanctioned sport?
Girls Flag Football
Acceptable Answers: The Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River Valley, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Mississippi River Valley, Ohio River Valley, Louisiana Territory
Unacceptable (but kind of correct) Answers: Canada, Quebec, the northern part, New France, the Midwest, and possibly more.
Before it was called New York, it was a Dutch colony called...
New Amsterdam
First colonial law granting freedom of religion to all Christian denominations in the colony.
Maryland Act of Toleration
The official agreement that ended the Seven Years War.
Treaty of Paris (1763)
What is the historical term for the roughly 100 year colonial period in which the British government did not interfere much in the political systems of the American colonies?
Salutary Neglect
What did Hernan Cortes rename the territory that he conquered and ruled over after defeating the Aztec Empire?
New Spain
The Original Charter of Georgia was very different from other southern colonies in that...
It banned slavery, alcohol and large plantations.
The first attempt at a unified colonial government for all 13 colonies was called...
The Albany Plan of Union
What action did the King take in the immediate aftermath of the French & Indian War that was perceived as a betrayal by many American colonists?
Proclamation of 1763 (Forbidding settlement past the Appalachian Mountains, in the Ohio River Valley)
The uncle of your mother's son's dad is...
Your great uncle
Which conquistador led a long and winding journey through the (future) southeastern United States ultimately failing to find anything of monetary value and dying along the way.
Hernando de Soto
Multi-ethnic European population, variety of Christian denominations openly practiced, major waterways to the interior of the continent, good harbors on the Atlantic Coast. Which colonial region am I describing?
The Middle Colonies (Mid-Atlantic Colonies)
This document repealed the Duke's Laws in New York after they became impossible to implement due to the pre-existing diversity in the colony.
New York Articles of Capitulation
Name two specific examples of colonial resistance to new British policies between 1763 and 1774.
Boston Massacre, Boycotting British Goods, Sons of Liberty, Boston Tea Party, Smuggling, Committees of Correspondence, Stamp Act Congress, 1st Continental Congress
Who currently has the most passing yards in the NFL? (as of Wednesday afternoon)
Matthew Stafford