Jamestown
Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America, was founded in this year.
What is 1607?
The Roanoke colony was settled on an island in what is now this U.S. state.
What is North Carolina?
The Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic in 1620 aboard this famous ship.
What is the Mayflower?
This magnetic tool, with a needle that always points north, helped sailors stay on course when they couldn't see land.
What is a compass?
Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year was this slang term, short for "charisma," meaning someone has game.
What is "rizz"?
Jamestown was named after this English king.
Who is King James I?
This English explorer and courtier sponsored the Roanoke colony.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
The Pilgrims left England mainly to gain this freedom.
What is religious freedom?
Europeans were pulled toward Asia by the promise of wealth from trading these flavorful goods, like pepper, cinnamon, and cloves.
What are spices?
Potatoes, tomatoes, and corn went to Europe in this "bussin" exchange of foods, animals, plants, and diseases between hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
John Rolfe's success growing this cash crop helped save the colony's economy.
What is tobacco?
Born in 1587, she was the first English child born in the Americas.
Who is Virginia Dare?
Signed in 1620 before landing, this document set up rules for self-government in Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Sailors used this handheld tool to measure the angle of the sun or stars above the horizon to find their latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of America, was a gift from this country.
What is France?
The winter of 1609-1610, when most colonists died of disease and hunger, is known by this grim name.
What is the Starving Time?
When John White returned in 1590, he found this word carved into a post, a possible clue to where the colonists went.
What is "Croatoan"?
This English-speaking Patuxet man taught the Pilgrims to plant corn and fish the local waters.
Who is Squanto (Tisquantum)?
Religious conflict, poverty, and lack of land at home are examples of this type of factor that pushes people to leave their homeland.
What are push factors?
"Delulu" is short for "delusional," meaning believing something that isn't true. Historians avoid this by relying on this type of source, created at the time of an event, like a diary or letter.
What is a primary source?
Established in 1619, this was the first representative government in the English colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
John White's return was delayed three years because England was at war with this country.
What is Spain?
Before sailing to America, the Pilgrims spent about a decade living in this European country to escape religious persecution in England.
What is the Netherlands (Holland)?
This small, fast Portuguese-style ship used triangular lateen sails to sail against the wind, and was the type of ship Columbus's Niña and Pinta were.
What is a caravel?
This president is "peak sigma" for turning down the chance to be king and stepping down after two terms.
Who is George Washington?