Think Like a Historian
This type of source was created by someone who witnessed or experienced an event.
What is a primary source?
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
This wealthy colonial social group included large planters, merchants, lawyers, ministers, and royal
officials
What is the gentry?
A good sent to markets outside a country is called this
What is an export?
These are the FOUR New England Colonies
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?
A modern history textbook describing Jamestown is this type of source
What is a secondary source?
This cash crop helped Jamestown become economically successful
What is tobacco?
This occupation provided a living for many colonists who lived in the countryside
What is farming?
A good brought into a country is called this
What is an import?
These are the FOUR Middle Colonies
What are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
Historians do this with several accounts of the same event because different sources can provide
different perspectives and details.
What is compare accounts/sources?
This man is associated with bringing tobacco cultivation to commercial success in Virginia
Who is John Rolfe?
This colonial figure published Poor Richard's Almanack and was known for inventions such as bifocals.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This economic theory held that colonies should benefit the economic strength of the home country.
What is mercantilism?
These are the FIVE Southern Colonies
What are Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
These are TWO things a historian should consider when examining a historical source.
What are examples such as who created it, when it was created, why it was created, the intended
audience, or what evidence it provides?
This early Virginia assembly became an important example of representative government.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The trial of John Peter Zenger became associated with the development of this freedom
What is freedom of the press?
Parliament passed these laws to control colonial trade
What are the Navigation Acts?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware belonged to this colonial region
What are the Middle Colonies?
Historians should support their conclusions with this rather than simply guessing
What is evidence?
These are TWO serious challenges faced by the early Jamestown settlers
What are examples such as food shortages, disease, lack of appropriate labor/skills, conflict with
Powhatan peoples, or poor water/location conditions?
This religious movement influenced colonial society during the 1700s
What is the Great Awakening?
This English document, passed after the Glorious Revolution, limited the monarchy and protected certain
rights
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Massachusetts and Connecticut belong to this region; Pennsylvania and New Jersey to this region; and
Virginia and Georgia to this region
What are New England, Middle, and Southern?