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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- What was the main goal of the French in colonizing the Americas?/What were the French doing in the ORV before the English started fighting them?
- Who was initially winning the F&I war?
- What major event was the boiling point of the reactions to the Townshend Acts?
- How much less taxes did colonists living in Britain pay compared to British citizens?
- What part of the Townshend Act was NOT repealed?
- What was the real reason British troops were in the colonies? (Quartering Act)
- What piece of land was fought over in the F&I War?
- Who is considered to be the "Father of our Country?"*
- There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Name one. (Know the amendment number and what it says/who it allows to vote)*
- Name one right and responsibility that is only for United States citizens.**
- What new name did the English give to the Dutch city of New Amsterdam?
- What Europeans were the first to explore North America around 1000AD
- What are two of the rights in the Declaration of Independence?*
- Who is responsible for introducing tobacco into the American colonies?
- How do many archeologists believe the earliest peoples arrived in North America?
- What ocean is on the West Coast of the US?*
- Which colony was the first to allow religious freedom?
- When was the first English colony established in America, what was its name?
- What countries led European exploration of the present-day United States in 1400s-1600s?
- The ___ Continental Congress was responsible for the formation of the Continental Army