Early Humans Exploration Colonial America Road to Independence American Revolution
100
What is Archaeology
The study of ancient peoples?
100
Who was Marco Polo?
Influenced the Christopher Columbus to be an explorer, allowed mapmakers to identify physical geographic features, brought the compass back to Europe, and promoted the usage of coal, gunpowder, and paper money
100
What was the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
Vanished after settling in the New World
100
What was the Stamp Act?
A tax on all printed goods - Newspapers, pamphlets, Wills, playing cards
100
Who were Loyalists?
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
200
What are artifacts? weapons, tools, and other things made by humans called?
Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans
200
What was Spain?
Financed or paid for Columbus' journey across the Atlantic
200
What was Jamestown?
First permanent English settlement in North America, 1607, an economic venture by the Virginia Company
200
What was the Boston Massacre?
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five colonists
200
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that can't be taken away from somebody no matter what
300
What is Beringia?
The land bridge called that connected Asia and North America?
300
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Financed or paid for Columbus' journey across the Atlantic
300
What was the House of Burgesses?
The first elected assembly in colonial America; first form of government to make laws in Jamestown
300
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The laws called that were passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
300
What is guerilla warfare?
The type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy
400
What is Maize?
The early form of corn called that was grown by Native Americans?
400
What were the two pillars of exploration?
New Trade Routes (Economy) and Christianity (Religion)
400
What are charters?
Documents that grant people the right to organize settlements in an area
400
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The first battle of the American Revolution
400
Who was General Cornwallis?
The British General who fought the Patriots in the South and was surrounded and surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown
500
What was Cuzco?
The capitol city of the Incan Empire
500
What is "The man with a million stories"?
"il milione"
500
What is a proprietary colony?
A colony in which the owner owned all the land and controlled the government
500
What were the Townshend Acts?
New set of taxes placed on goods that were imported to the colonies; taxed common goods used by the colonists such as tea, glass, and paper; Colonists believed that only they should tax themselves
500
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The author of the Declaration of Independence






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