Notable Figures of Colonial America

Everything has to start somewhere. In the case of the United States of America and its far-reaching global influence, all of this political machinery began amid humble colonial circumstances. The original Native American tribal societies found themselves uprooted when European settlers first began to enter the continents of the Western Hemisphere. However, those descended from the original European settlers quickly found a new identity as neither European nor Indigenous to the continent. Such individuals simply became Americans.

This quiz will wind back the clock to the centuries when America was first being settled by European colonial forces. In each question, you will be asked to identify a certain fact relating to the figures who were most impactful to this period of American history. Native American leaders, colonial settlers, and even influential foreign dignitaries all had a part to play in the formation of the American colonies.

As long as someone’s contribution to American history happened between the continent’s rediscovery by Christopher Columbus and its subsequent revolutionary period, they are eligible to appear on this quiz. What’s more, we will primarily be focusing on the areas that would become the United States and Canada in this quiz since Central and South America might be better served by their own additional quizzes considering how distinct their colonial periods were.

As much as to test, this quiz is meant to inform. So, we hope you come out of it knowing something new. How much do you know about this iconic period of world history? Take our quiz, Notable Figures of Colonial America, to find out.

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