America Before the Constitution

The exchange of goods, animals, and diseases between the Old World and New World is named after this man

• Henry Hudson

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Sir Francis Drake

• Christopher Columbus

The first successful settlement in the colony of Virginia was named

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam

African slaves were first brought to the New World to grow this cash crop on the islands of the Caribbean

• Sugar

• Rice

• Tobacco

• Corn

John Rolfe was the first Englishman to grow this cash crop in Virginia

• Sugar

• Rice

• Tobacco

• Corn

This disease killed more Native Americans than any other during the Colonial Era

• Malaria

• Smallpox

• Hepatitis

• Yellow fever

The Puritan Pilgrims started their first New World settlement here

• Jamestown

• New Jersey

• Canada

• Plymouth

The Pilgrims began this holiday tradition

• Easter

• Independence Day

• Labor Day

• Thanksgiving

The American colonists began to resent British officials for suddenly increasing these

• interest rates

• tax rates

• lawsuits

• colonial militias

Crispus Attucks was a free black man who was shot and killed during this event

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Bunker Hill

Thomas Paine wrote which of the following documents that explained the reasons for America wanting to break away from the British Empire

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Sentiments