Explorers
This explorer was the first to reach the America's in 1492. However, he mistakenly thought he was in India, which is why Natives were called Indians.
Christopher Columbus
The first English settlement was established by John Smith. What was the settlements name located in Virginia?
Jamestown
This Colony was the first to have their own government called the House of Burgesses.
A. New Jersey
B. Pennsylvania
C. Virginia
D. Massachusetts
C. Virginia
Which Colonial Region had large plantations used from growing cash crops like tobacco and indigo?
New England, Middle, or Southern?
Southern
In the French and Indian War, the French and Natives are actually fighting:
A. The British and the Colonists
B. The Dutch and the Portuguese
C. The Spanish
D. The King of England
A. The British and the Colonists
This explorer discovered Florida and claimed it for Spain.
A. Hernan Cortes
B. Juan Ponce de Leon
C. Christopher Columbus
D. Francisco Pizzaro
B. Juan Ponce de Leon
John Rolfe sailed to Jamestown after a difficult period called, "starving time" in Jamestown. He helped save the settlement by marrying Pocahontas, to create peace with the Powhatan tribe and grew....
A. Corn
B. Indigo
C. Cotton
D. Tobacco
D. Tobacco
This colony had the best education during Colonial times.
A. New Jersey
B. Pennsylvania
C. Virginia
D. Massachusetts
D. Massachusetts
Which Colonial Region as known as the breadbasket Colonies because they grew so much wheat and other grains?
New England, Middle, or Southern?
Middle
Which country gained land because they won the French and Indian War?
A. France
B. Great Britain
C. Spain
D. The Netherlands
Great Britain (British)
This country had a successful, business relationship based on trading furs with Natives.
France or the French
The Pilgrims traveled on the Mayflower to _________ ______ Massachusetts to have religious freedom.
A. Jamestown
B. Plymouth Rock
C. Boston
D. St.Augustine
B. Plymouth Rock
A group of people who would receive free passage to the Colonies in exchange for working for free for a certain number of years.
Indentured Servant
Which Colonial Region manufactured, fished, whaled, cut down huge trees, and built ships to trade with Europe and the other Colonies?
New England, Middle, or Southern?
New England
What was the negative result of the British winning the war?
A. They had too much land.
B. They lost all their land.
C. The French hated them.
D. They were in a lot of war debt.
D. They were in a lot of war debt.
This country enslaved, took hostage and killed many Natives and Africans when exploring and conquering land in North America.
Spain or the Spanish
This American Holiday was created after Natives helped Pilgrims farm and the Pilgrims returned the favor by helping the Natives defeat a rival tribe.
Thanksgiving
A person who was bought or taken from Africa and forced to work long hours for no pay.
Slaves
Why did the Colonial Regions of New England, Middle, or Southern adopt different ways of life?
A. They just did what they felt like because they were free.
B. The colonists were from different places.
C.They had different natural resources and geographies in each area.
D. They did the same jobs that they did back in Egnland.
C.They had different natural resources and geographies in each area.
The treaty that officially ended the French and Indian War was called:
A. Treaty of Versailles
B. Treaty of Paris of 1763
C. Treaty of Antartic
D. Friendship treaty
B. Treaty of Paris of 1763
Spain made this first settlement in Florida, a place where you can find the famous, "fountain of youth."
St.Augustine, Florida
What was the largest impact European exploration and settlement had on Natives Americans?
Died from diseases.
This Colony acted as a barrier between Spanish Florida and the English Colonies:
A. Georgia
B. Pennsylvania
C. Virginia
D. Massachusetts
A. Georgia
Which Colonial Region was the most diverse?
New England, Middle, or Southern?
Middle
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What do they call Colonists who are loyal to the crown also known as the King back in England (Great Britain)?
A. A patriot
B. A true Colonist
C. a Loyalist
D. a neutralist
C. a Loyalist