If the 1600's thermometers where not filled with mercury, what were they filled with?
Brandy.

Who was the first English child born in the New World?
Virginia Dare was born on August 18th, 1857.  Her parents were Ananias Dare and Eleanor White (the daughter of Governor White).  Virginia's baptism was the second recorded Christian sacrament administered in the New World.

What did Lord John De La Ware bring to the colonists in 1610?
Fresh supplies!

Who was the first woman in the North American Colonies to act as an attorney before a court of common law?
Hint: She was also a significant founding participant in the early history of the Colony of Maryland and the Colony of Virginia.
Margaret Brent.

When did the Salem Witch Trials occur?
February 1962 through May 1693.

The 1600s economy of Europe was roughly equivalent to what country's economy?
China.

In what country were the ships used by larger nations in the 1600's created?
Portugal.

What was the first permanent English colony in North America?
Jamestown, Virginia.

Who was the first European to sail to Australia?
Willem Jantzsoon.

What Queen dies in 1603 having reigned since 1558?
Hint: The era named after her saw the rise of England as an international power and the coming of the Renaissance to northern Europe.
Queen Elizabeth I.

What was a carrack?
A large, 4-masted Portuguese sailing ship with a flat deck for guns.

What colony was settled in 1607?
Jamestown, Virginia.

What country severed ties with the world during the 1600s?
Japan.

What was the average number of children women in America had in the 1600s?
Hint: Benjamin Franklin was born just after the end of the 17th century and was his mother's 16th child.
Thirteen children!

New Amsterdam was founded by_________ in North America in 1626?
The Dutch West India Company

True or False:
In 1765 after the Stamp Act was enacted, did colonists' wills require a stamp?
Hint: Even a simple deck of playing cards required a stamp.
True!

What Act prohibited the export and intercolonial sale of wool?
The Woolen Act.

Where did some 1700s families live before they could afford building materials?
In a cave carved out of a hill.

The _____ Act of 1732 prohibited export and intercolonial sale of what?
The Hat Act; hats.

How many Navigation Acts were there, and which was the first one to be enforced?
There were three: in 1651, 1660, and 1696.  The first said that any goods being shipped to England had to be on English or English colonial ships.  It was ignored.  The second was the same, but was enforced.  The third said that anyone who violated the act would be tried by a crown appointed judge and not by a jury of peers.