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Why
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100
Who was the person who "discovered" America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
100
What year did Columbus "Sail the Ocean Blue" and "discover" America?
1492
100
Why did the Pilgrims first come to North America?
To have religious freedom
100
How many people were on the Mayflower coming to North America?
about 100
200
Who was the person who saved the Jamestown colony?
John Smith
200
What was one thing North America RECEIVED from Europe in the Columbian Exchange?
Disease Pigs Cows Horses Rice Potatoes
200
Why was Jamestown first called the "starving time".
Nobody wanted to work and there was no food.
200
According to Disney, what Native American "married' John Smith.
Pocahontas
300
Who was the Native American who helped both the Native Americans and the Pilgrims?
Squanto
300
What were small places that were set up in North America to educate and enforce religion called?
missions
300
Why did the men in Jamestown try to kill John Smith?
They had a MUTINY because John Smith was strict in the colony.
300
What kind of car do I drive?
Dodge Charger
400
Who taught Squanto the English Language?
Monks in Europe
400
What was the ship called that the first 100 pilgrims sailed to North America on?
The Mayflower
400
Why did Columbus call the people he saw on the New Land "INDIANS"?
He thought he landed in INDIA
400
Explain the purpose of the first Thanksgiving.
For the Native Americans to help the pilgrims with food/crops and the Pilgrims to help the Native Americans with their enemy tribes.
500
Who tried to kill John Smith while he was sleeping?
His own colony members (Jamestown)
500
What was the motto that John Smith used to save the Jamestown colony? Why did it work?
"He who works not, eats not."
500
Why was sailing at sea so dangerous for the early explorers?
Storms, Starvation, Getting lost, Sea Monsters
500
Why did the Europeans gain all power when they came to the "New World"?
The Native Americans didn't have guns The Native American tribes were split.
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