U.S History - 1492 to Civil War

What happened in October 1492?

• Columbus claimed America for Ital

• Columbus claimed India for Spain

• Columbus claimed America for Spain

What did Christopher Columbus want to do?

• Travel to India by crossing the Atlantic Ocean

• Show that the world was flat

• Learn how to make maps of America

Why did the Pilgrims go to America?

• To find gold

• To have freedom of religion

• To have fair laws

What is the name of the colony that ws started in Virginia in 1607?a

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

Who was William Penn?

• A Quaker member of the church of England

• A Quaker who started the colony of Pennsylvania

• A Quaker who started the Georgia colony

Why did the French come to America?

• To start schools

• To grow tobacco

• To get furs and teach Native Americans to be Catholic

What was the American Revolution?

• A fight for freedom from Great Britain

• A fight between the French and Native Americans

• A fight between England and France

The American Revolutionary War began in what year?

• 1776

• 1876

• 1676

This important paper said that the 13 colonies were independent from Great Britain

• Magna Carta

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

What did loyalists do during the American Revolution?

• They fought for Great Britain

• They were spies for Americans

• They made clothes for the American army.