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American History 1600-1700s

What do you know about the most important events and facts of Colonial America from 1601 to 1800?
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1. What colony was the first attempt by the English to establish a colony in the Americas?
Roanoke ✓
New Netherland ✓
Massachusetts Bay ✓
Plymouth ✓
2. What famous explorer brought the settlers from the first colony back to England?
Sir Francis Drake ✓
Henry Hudson ✓
Christopher Columbus ✓
James Cook ✓
3. What town became the first permanent English settlement in the Americas in 1607?
Jamestown ✓
New Amsterdam ✓
Hudson Bay ✓
Charlestown ✓
4. What famous leader helped the first English colony to survive its early years?
John Smith ✓
George Washington ✓
William Penn ✓
John Carver ✓
5. What was the name of early English settler of North America who was married to Pocahontas?
Roger Williams ✓
John Smith ✓
John Rolfe ✓
William Penn ✓
6. What Native American tribe was Pocahontas from?
Cherokee ✓
Powhatan ✓
Navajo ✓
Sioux ✓
7. The first Africans arrived in what British colony in 1619?
Massachusetts ✓
Virginia ✓
Georgia ✓
Connecticut ✓
8. What colony the Pilgrims established in North America in 1620?
Williamsburg ✓
Jamestown ✓
Plymouth ✓
Massachusetts ✓
9. What holiday was started with the Pilgrims?
Memorial Day ✓
Christmas ✓
Thanksgiving ✓
4th of July ✓
10. Who did the English colonists of New England fight in King Philip's war between 1675 and 1678?
Mexicans ✓
Spanish ✓
Native American tribes ✓
French ✓
11. What was the name given on in 1717 to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America?
New Spain ✓
Gran Colombia ✓
New Granada ✓
Grenadine Confederation ✓
12. The Seven Years' War was a conflict between which European powers in North America?
Great Britain and Spain ✓
Spain and Portugal ✓
Portugal and France ✓
France and Great Britain ✓
13. What major event started the Revolutionary War and occurred between the First and Second Continental Congress?
Boston Tea Party ✓
The Intolerable Acts ✓
Battle of Lexington & Concord ✓
The Battle of Yorktown ✓
14. When did the Revolutionary War begin?
1775 ✓
1685 ✓
1715 ✓
1661 ✓
15. What was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the Revolutionary War?
Harriet Tubman ✓
G.I. Jane ✓
Molly Malone ✓
Molly Pitcher ✓
16. What event in the Revolution took place in Williamsburg?
Gunpowder incident ✓
First shots of the war ✓
Tea party ✓
Declaration of independence ✓
17. Which city was the site of a Massacre in the growing rebellion?
Boston ✓
Portland ✓
New York ✓
Salt Lake City ✓
18. Who was the Commander of the Continental Army and helped organize the efforts of the colonies to fight against Great Britain?
John Smith ✓
Thomas Jefferson ✓
George Washington ✓
Abraham Lincoln ✓
19. What group formed in Boston in 1765 to protest British taxes and laws?
Sons of Liberty ✓
Knights of Templar ✓
Redcoats ✓
Patriots of America ✓
20. What did patriots in Boston dump into the harbor in a 1773 protest?
Paint ✓
Tax documents ✓
Tea ✓
Wool ✓
21. What peace treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Tordesillas ✓
Treaty of Versailles ✓
Treaty of Paris ✓
Treaty of Danger ✓
22. What is considered the final major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Germantown ✓
Battle of Cowpens ✓
Battle of Lexington ✓
Battle of Yorktown ✓
23. When did the Revolutionary War end and the USA was finally declared independent?
1783 ✓
1812 ✓
1755 ✓
1800 ✓
24. What was the date that the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?
3rd June ✓
4th July ✓
2nd August ✓
1st September ✓
25. What famous founding father wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson ✓
George Washington ✓
Benjamin Franklin ✓
John Adams ✓
26. How many British colonies were established during the 17th and 18th centuries in what is now a part of the eastern USA?
15 ✓
7 ✓
13 ✓
9 ✓
27. Who was the first President of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson ✓
Abraham Lincoln ✓
Benjamin Franklin ✓
George Washington ✓
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