Pilgrims
What is a pilgrim?
Someone who left their country for religious reasons
What is a gentleman?
A person who did not know how to work
What shape is the transatlantic slave trade?
triangle
Which of the following Native American groups was living in the area near where the Jamestown settlement began?
a. Sioux
b. Powhatan
c. Navajo
Powhatan
Who signed the Mayflower Compact and was governor of the Plymouth Colony?
a. William Penn
b. William Bradford
c. George Washington
William Bradford
Who were the Puritans?
A group of people who left to change the church
What was the name of the first successful colony started by the Virginia Company in 1607?
Jamestown
What did North America receive from Africa during the triangular trade?
slaves
Which product was a major export for the New England Colonies but not the Southern Colonies?
a. lumber
b. indigo
c. rice
lumber
Which colony did Roger Williams found in 1636 based on the principle of religious freedom?
a. Massachusetts
b. Pennsylvania
c. Rhode Island
Rhode Island
What was the name of the Indian who helped the Pilgrims?
Squanto
Why was Jamestown founded? What did they want?
Gold
How did Africans pass on their traditions?
a. by telling folk tales
b. they made drums
c. they made baskets
by telling folk tales
How was local government in New England different from government in the other colonial regions?
a. women voted in many elections
b. voters decided directly on laws
c. royal officials established most laws
voters decided directly on laws
Which of the following people served as the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a. William Penn
b. John Winthrop
c. Roger Williams
John Winthrop
What are the three sisters?
Corn, beans, squash
What is the name of the colony that was lost?
Roanoke
Why was it possible to expand the growth of tobacco when Africans arrived in Jamestown?
a. Africans were heavy smokers
b. Africans owned a lot of land
c. Africans provided extra labor
Africans provided extra labor
What was the point of town hall meetings?
to participate in local government
Which group of people did John Winthrop lead to Salem, Massachusetts in 1630?
a. Puritans
b. Quakers
c. Pilgrims
Puritans
The Mayflower Compact in Plymouth was an early example of what?
a. slavery
b. self government
c. monarchy
self government
What happened to most of the raw materials found in Jamestown?
a. They were traded with African nations
b. they were destroyed by insects
c. they were sent back to England
They were sent back to England
The first Africans to arrive in Jamestown were:
a. slaves
b. indentured servants
c. residents
Indentured servants
What did charters mean for residents of Jamestown?
a. Captain John Smith was elected governor
b. Jamestown became an official city
c. Colonists were promised the same rights as the people of England
the colonists were promised the same rights as the people in England
Who granted charters that allowed Jamestown to be settled?
a. Queen Elizabeth
b. Captain John Smith
c. King James I
King James I