Vocabulary 1
What is money collected by a government from its citizens?
Answer: Taxes
100: What was the name of Britain’s lawmaking body?
Answer: Parliament
100: Jamestown was located in what colony?
Answer: Virginia
100: Jamestown was founded in what year?
Answer: 1607
Plymouth was founded in what year?
1620
This word means a rapid change, often violent, in government.
Answer: Revolution
200: What term means a formal friendship agreement between groups?
Answer: Alliance
200: Plymouth was located in what colony?
Answer: Massachusetts
200: Who helped the colony survive by making rules?
Answer: John Smith
What ship brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth?
The Mayflower
300: What was the first time the 13 colonies met independently of Britain?
Answer: Albany Plan of Union
300: What economic system said colonies should make money for England?
Answer: Mercantilism
300: Which colony was founded by William Penn?
Answer: Pennsylvania
300: What crop saved Jamestown’s economy?
Answer: Tobacco
What agreement created self-government at Plymouth?
Mayflower Compact
400: What British law tried to stop colonists from crossing the Appalachians in 1763?
Answer: Proclamation Line
400: What series of laws controlled trade in the empire?
Answer: Navigation Acts
400: Which colony was first to set up tax-supported schools?
Answer: Massachusetts
400: What Native American is associated with Jamestown but married John Rolfe?
Answer: Pocahonta
Who was the governor of Plymouth?
William Bradford
:500: What movement in the 1730s–40s inspired democratic ideas?
Answer: Great Awakening
500: What treaty ended the French & Indian War?
Answer: Treaty of Paris (1763)
500: What region was known as the “bread basket” colonies?
Answer: Middle Colonies
500: Why did many colonists die the first year?
Disease, hunger and problems with the natives
What holiday is linked to Plymouth's survival with Native help?
Thanksgiving