Lost, Found & Settled!
Question: What was the first successful English colony in America?
Answer: Jamestown
Question: What ship brought the Pilgrims to America?
Answer: The Mayflower
Question: Which group believed people should have religious freedom?
Answer: Quakers
Question: What is a crop grown to be sold for profit called?
Answer: Cash Crop
BONUS QUESTION: Who founded Pennsylvania and promoted religious freedom?
Answer: William Penn
Question: Why is Roanoke called the “Lost Colony”?
Answer: The settlers disappeared.
Question: What were the Pilgrims searching for?
Answer: Religious freedom
Question: Which group started the first public schools in America?
Answer: Puritans
Question: What is a written agreement giving power to create a colony called?
Answer: Charter
BONUS QUESTION: What was an enslaved person?
Answer: A person who was forced to work without freedom.
Question: What crop helped Jamestown become successful?
Answer: Tobacco
Question: Who helped the Pilgrims learn to hunt, fish, and plant crops?
Answer: Squanto
Question: What was the purpose of the first public schools?
Answer: To learn to read the Bible
Question: What is an area controlled by a country outside its borders called?
Answer: Colony
BONUS QUESTION: What was the Mayflower Compact?
Answer: An agreement created by the Pilgrims to establish rules for their new community.
Question: What did the Jamestown settlers originally hope to find?
Answer: Gold and other valuable resources.
Question: Which group celebrated the first Thanksgiving?
Answer: The Pilgrims
Question: What did the Quakers believe about different religions?
Answer: People should respect different religions and have religious freedom.
Question: What is a broad geographic area with a shared feature called?
Answer: Region
BONUS QUESTION: What was an indentured servant?
Answer: A person who worked for a set period of time in exchange for something such as passage to America.
Question: Why did Europeans want to create colonies in the New World?
(1) Answer: For land, resources, wealth, and opportunities.
(2) Answer: God, Gold, & Glory
Question: Who was connected to Jamestown and the Powhatan people?
Answer: Pocahontas
Question: What was the Mayflower Compact?
Answer: An agreement to create rules for the Pilgrims’ new community.
Question: What does “persecution” mean?
Answer: Treating someone poorly because of their religious beliefs or background.
BONUS QUESTION: A newspaper from 1863 is an original source from the time. A history textbook explains events from the past. Which is the primary source and which is the secondary source?
Answer: Newspaper = Primary Source
Textbook = Secondary Source