First Contact + Conflict
Slavery + Indentured Servitude
Geography in the Colonies
Miscellaneous (Random)
100

What was the name of the Italian explorer who set foot in the Caribbean in 1492? 

Christopher Columbus

100

How long were most indentured servants' contracts?

4-7 years

100

This colony was known for producing tobacco. 

Jamestown, Virginia

100

What was a determining factor in the diversity of Native American cultures? 

Geography

200

What was the name of the war in the 1670s between Wampanoag Indians (led by Chief Metacom) and New England colonists? 

King Philip's War (1675 - 1678)

200

Why was there more demand for slavery in the South? 

The region's warm climate and fertile soil was ideal for growing labor-intensive crops such as tobacco, cotton and rice.

200

Before Maine became a state it was part of which colony? 

Massachusetts

200

What was the name of the war that led to Great Britain acquiring land as far west as the Mississippi River? 

French and Indian War

300

This animal was an integral part of trade between colonists and Native Americans due to its dense, waterproof fur. 

Beaver Pelts

300

What was the name of the voyage that millions of enslaved Africans enduring across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americans

The Middle Passage

300

Name the four colonies in New England. 

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire

300

What was the name of the first representative government in the colonies? 

Virginia House of Burgesses

400
Before arriving in the New World, this document was one of the earlier forms of self-government.  

Mayflower Compact (1620)

400

How is Bacon's Rebellion connected to slavery? 

Bacon's rebellion led to the expansion of race-based slavery due to plantation owners' fear that poor white laborers would revolt. 

400

Name the four Middle Colonies. 

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

400

What was the boundary that prevented American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War?

The Proclamation of 1763

500

What was the name of the disease that wiped out many Native Americans in the seventeenth century (1600s)? 

Smallpox

500
Although indentured servants were not given a salary, what were some things that were paid for? 

Transatlantic passage, food, clothing and shelter

500

What were the first two colonies? 

Virginia (established at Jamestown in 1607) and Massachusetts Bay (established at Plymouth in 1620)

500

Which Native American tribes allied with the British and French during the French and Indian War?

Iroquois (British)

Algonquin (French)

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