U.S. History review

The indigenous people of North and South America originally migrated from

• Asia by walking across a land bridge to Alaska

• Africa by boat

• Hawaii on Southwest Airlines

• Canada by bus

The people from Europe who sailed all over the world looking for stuff are called

• Searchers

• Nosey mariners

• Explorers

• Lost

Most historians believe the first European to reach north America was

• An Italian named Christopher Columbus

• A German named Ernst Farfegnugen

• A viking named Leif Ericson

• A pop group called The Beatles

Christopher Columbus was

• Lost

• Italian

• A lousy navigator

• An Italian who was lost because he was a lousy navigator.

The first English settlement in North America was

• Bobtown in 1670

• Fredtown 1689

• Downtown 1634

• Jamestown 1607

The people who sailed on the Mayflower were called

• Immigrants

• Travelers

• Invaders

• Pilgrims

The pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Rock came from

• Sweden

• Spainq

• England

• Germanuy

From 1607 to 1776, the 13 colonies were ruled by

• England

• Spain

• Germany

• Canada

The British king during the American revolution was

• Charles I

• James II

• Elizabeth I

• George III

In 1776 the members of the Continental Congress wrote a letter to King George saying that they were "breaking up" with him. This breakup letter was called

• The Reclaimation of Independence

• The Refusal to Obey

• The Declaration of Freedom

• The Declaration of Independence