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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Which conquistador first landed in what today we call Florida?
- Who argued against de Las Casas in the Valladolid Debate of 1550-51?
- Which European power had the best relationship with the Native Americans?
- Which term best describes how Native Americans were viewed by Europeans?
- Which was the southern most colony of the 13 original colonies?
- What was Henry Hudson, an English explorer who sailed for the Dutch, looking for when he first sailed up the river which today bears his name?
- Which Spanish explorer gave the Pacific ocean its name?
- Which cash crop saved Jamestown and is sometimes referred to as brown gold?
- Why did the Spanish intermarry with indigenous populations more than the English?
- Which musical instrument may have been introduced by Africans to the Europeans?
- Which modern American city was founded at the mouth of the Mississippi River by the French?
- Which of the following is one of the first successful British colonies?
- How were the people who were immigrating to the English colonies best be described?
- Why did the Aztecs think that Cortes was the god Quetzal Quoatl?
- Which General led the U.S. forces in the final battles of the Civil War, and refused to give up until the Confederates showed surrender?
- Who was the Spanish priest who advocated for better treatment of the Native Americans?
- In what town/ what time did General Lee surrender his troops and end the Civil War as a Union victory?
- What disease helped Cortes conquer the Aztecs?
- Who was the guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
- What are the two things God says identify a good ruler?