12 Questions
Amerigo Vespucci wrote a series of letters about his experiences in America and stated that America formed a very great continent.
True
Hernando Cortez destroyed the Aztecs.
True
Mercantilism is the economic theory holding that the Colonies were independent from the mother country.
False
Tobacco was the most important crop to the 17th and 18th century Virginia.
True
John Wesley founded Methodism.
True
The New England Colonies include Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Delaware.
False
George Whitefield was a Dutch reformer.
False
The southern economies were based on industry, while the northern economies were based on agriculture.
False
The first Americans were immigrants from Europe.
False
The Pacific Northwest Indians had a staple food of maize.
False
Columbus believed he had reached India and named the people he met Indians.
True
The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 was made between Spain and France.
False
Test your knowledge of the founders and notable figures of Colonial America with this quiz. Identify key individuals from the Southern Colonies, New England Colonies, and Middle Colonies, as well as their contributions to history.
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