NO VINU AMNORLIAD PREFACE. ally the general and essential principles of the Common School studies. The object is to facilitate the means of reviews, and if, through the publication of this work, teachers are induced to direct the attention of their scholars to questions promiscuously, then much good will be accomplished. The answers which are given are formed of few words, but the intention was to make them clear and concise, and as it is to be used in connection with text books, reference should be made when the teacher or pupil does not fully understand the whole meaning. Errors may be found, and the author will consider it a great favor to be informed of them, that the correction may be made. ASA H. CRAIG. QUESTIONS ON CALIFORNI United States History. I. What is History? 2. What records show that America was discovered previous to the discovery of Columbus? 3. What proofs show that America was inhabited by a race of men previous to the Indians? 4. Into how many chief epochs can the history of the United States be divided? 5. What land did Columbus first discover, and when? 6. 7. How many vessels composed the fleet? When and where did Columbus first discover the main land? 8. How many voyages did he make? 9. Who discovered the continent before Columbus, and where? 10. Why was this continent named America instead of Columbia? II. What reward did Columbus receive for his discoveries? Where was he buried? 12. What nations explored the future United States? 17. THE QUESTION BOOK. Who was Ponce de Leon? Why did he come to the new continent ? 18. 19. 20. 21. What discoveries were made by Vasco de Balboa? When and where was the first colony founded on the continent? Surden 1410 22. When, where, and by whom, was the first permarent settlement made in the United States? The second? 23. Who first attempted to form English settlements in America? 24. When and where was the first permanent English settlement made in the United States? 25. Who sent out the settlers to Jamestown? 26. 27. 28. What territory was granted the London Company? How many charters had the London Company? What territory was granted the Plymouth Company? Who were the first Spanish, French, English and Dutch discoverers? 29. 30. Where was the first permanent settlement made by the Dutch? 31. Where was the first permanent settlement made by the French? 32. Who was James Carter? 33. Who were the Jesuit Missionaries? 34. Who were the first partial explorers of the Mississippi and its branches? 35. Who were La Salle and Father Hennepin? 37. 38. 39. 40. What was the object of Hudson's explorations? What was that country called explored by Hudson? 41. What nations claimed it? 43. When, and by whom was the first colony founded in Massachusetts? 44. How many Puritans came on the first voyage? 45. Who was their first governor? 48. What was the treatment by the Puritans of the Quakers? 49. When, and by what nation was negro slavery introduced into the United States? 50. Who was Captain John Smith? 51. Who were Pocahontas and Powhatan? 52. What became of Pocahontas? 53. 54. When did the first English women come to America? What valuable plants were discovered in America? 55. When was the first Indian plot to massacre the English? 56. When was the first massacre? 57. Who was Nathaniel Bacon? of Bacon's rebellion? The second? What was the cause 58. When was the first Colonial Assembly? 59. What colonies composed the United Colonies of New England? 60. When was King Phillip's war? Phillip? 61. What was the Navigation Act? Who was King 62. Was this Act observed in Massachusetts? 63. Who was Sir Edmond Andros? 64. From what was derived the appellation of Charter Oak? 65. Who was Sir William Phipps? 66. What was the cause and result of the Salem witchcraft? 67. What was the cause of the Pequot war? How did it terminate? 68. What name did the Dutch give their colony on Manhattan Island? 69. How was this island obtained? 70. Give a short history of the early government of New York. 71. When, and by whom was Philadelphia founded? 73. Why did Lord Baltimore obtain a tract of land north of the Potomac river? 74. What was the cause of Clayborne's rebellion? 75. After this rebellion, what was the condition of Maryland? 76. What European wars disturbed the American colonies? 77. What were the causes of King William's war? How long did it last? 78. What was the condition of the colonies during Queen Anne's war? 79. Were the colonies much affected by King George's war? 80. 81. 82. What part did the Indians usually take in these wars? Which of the colonies suffered most in early warfare? Which of the colonies was free from Indian warfare? What was the only treaty never sworn to, and the only one never broken by the Indians? 83. 85. When and where were Harvard and Yale Colleges founded? 86. When, and by whom, was the first newspaper started in America? 87. In 1741, what caused great excitement in New York city? Who was John Eliot? 88. 89. Who was William Kidd? |