Jamestown
Plymouth
Characteristics
Important Explorers
Random
100
What year was Jamestown discovered?
What is 1606
100
What types of people ventured to Plymouth?
What is Pilgrims and Puritans.
100
What are the characteristics of Southern Colonies?
EX: What is rich soil, trade, and diverse agriculture. Answer can vary.
100
What did Christopher Columbus unknowingly start?
What is the Columbus Exchange
100
What was Bacons Rebellion?
What is a rebellion between poor Englishmen/Slaves against the "well to do" settlers.
200
What are indentured servants? How many years do they serve?
What is a colonist that has debts and in order to pay off these debts they work as slaves for 5-7 years.
200
What is the difference between Pilgrims and Puritans?
The Pilgrims wanted to get rid of the catholic church all together while the Puritans wanted to purify it.
200
What colonies had colder climates, more trading, and rocky soil.
What is New England Colonies.
200
Who was John Smith.What did he do?
What is the savior of Jamestown, saved Jamestown by trading with Natives.
200
What is the Mayflower Compact?
What is the first framework establishing self-government.
300
How many original settlers actually made it to Jamestown?
What is 100
300
True or False....settlers planned on landing in Plymouth.
What is false.
300
What colony had the least amount of slaves?
What is New England
300
Who was John Winthrop?
What is the first governor of the Boston Colony.
300
What was the Salem Witch Trials?
What is a time where the colonist were trailing each other if they were witches.
400
What is the House of Burgesses?
What is a place where all settlements in VA met via representatives. They had the power to tax and make laws with Royal Governments approval.
400
Give two reasons that caused King Philips War.
EX:The colonist were taking over the Indians land and captured the King. Answer varies.
400
True or false the middle colonies had characteristics from both southern and New England colonies?
What is True.
400
Who was Hernan Cortes?
What is a young noblemen who led the revolt of subject tribes that resented human sacrifices, he also conquered the Aztecs.
400
What was the 1st Great Awakening?
What is a series of protestant revivals that encouraged people to question the authority.
500
What was the head right system? What did it do?
What is a system that gave 50 acre grants to anyone who traveled and settled in VA, it drove many Englishmen to America.
500
What was the Puritan Ethic?
Belief that the soul shall be cured and purified through hard work while living.
500
What characteristics do they all share?
What is minimal slavery and diverse economies.
500
What is the Wampanoag Indians.
What is the Indians who shared the first Thanksgiving with the pilgrims and puritans
500
What is the triangular trade?
What is a trade system between Africa, America, and Europe that traded goods, raw materials, and slaves.
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