Virginia
What cash crop eventually helped the Jamestown colony survive?
50 points for defining cash crop
50 points for correctly stating the crop
Cash Crop: a crop grown mainly to be sold for profit rather than used by the farmer for food.
Tobacco
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on to cross the Atlantic?
Mayflower
What does the name “Pennsylvania” mean and who was it named after?
Penn’s Woods, named after William Penn
Which colonial region is known as "America's Breadbasket"
Middle Colonies
What country did the Pilgrims come from?
England
What was the period of extreme hardship and famine in Jamestown when colonists ran out of food and struggled to survive?
The starving time
What was the name of the tribe the Pilgrims first encountered in Massachusetts?
Wampanoag
Which religious group played a central role in the founding of Pennsylvania?
Quakers
Which colonial region had thin, rocky soil, harsh winters, and relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and other maritime industries?
Earn 50 extra points for each of the four colonies in this region that you can name.
New England
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
What was the name of the settlement the Pilgrims would establish in modern day Massachusetts?
Plymouth
Which leader helped Jamestown survive by enforcing rules and working with the surrounding tribe?
John Smith
Who was the leader of the Wampanoag tribe when the Pilgrims arrived, and what was the name of his son?
Massasoit & Phillip/Metacom
Define "Penn's Holy Experiment"
William Penn’s plan to create a colony in Pennsylvania based on religious freedom, fair treatment of Native Americans, and peaceful, just governance. It was meant to serve as a model for a society where people of different faiths could live together peacefully.
Which colonial region had warm weather, fertile soil, long growing seasons, and relied on cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo?
Earn 50 extra points for each of the five colonies in this region that you can name.
Southern Colonies
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland
What was the name of the joint-stock company that funded the Jamestown expedition?
The Virginia Company of London
What was the name of the powerful tribe that surrounded Jamestown?
Powhattan
2 questions, 200 points each:
What was the name of the Indian slave who first confessed to witchcraft in 1691?
What type of evidence, based on visions or dreams, was used during the Salem Witch Trials to convict accused witches?
Tituba
Spectral Evidence
What was the name of the boat William Penn and 100 other settlers arrived on?
Welcome
Which group of colonies was known for having fertile soil, growing staple crops, and being home to a mix of different cultures and religions?
Earn 50 extra points for each of the four colonies in this region that you can name.
Middle Colonies
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
What do you call a person who worked for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to the American colonies, room, and board?
Indentured servants
Name the hardships of the Jamestown settlers
100 points for everything you can name
Starvation, disease from bad water, conflict with the Powhatan, harsh winters, lack of farming skills, contaminated drinking water, drought, mosquito-borne illnesses, shortages of food from failed crops, weak leadership in the early years, a high death rate, lack of labor skills among the original gentlemen settlers, constant struggle to find enough clean water.
Describe Wampum and explain how the English interpreted its use.
Wampum were beads made from shells that Native Americans used for trade and ceremonies. The English thought Wampum was money or a form of currency.
How did Pennsylvania's relations with the Natives compare to that of colonies such as Massachusetts and Virginia
Penn signed treaties and paid Native Americans for land rather than taking it by force
What economic system in colonial America required the colonies to provide raw materials to England and buy manufactured goods in return, benefiting the mother country?
Mercantilism
What were the outcomes of the John Punch & Elizabeth Key cases?
John Punch was sentenced to lifelong servitude, one of the first legal distinctions between African and European laborers.
Elizabeth Key won her freedom, but her case led to the colonial principle that a child’s status, free or enslaved, would follow the status of the mother.