Portuguese sailors were searching for these as they sailed along the coast of Africa.
What are slaves?
100
He showed explorers the way to this place.
What is the New World/Americas?
100
The first lasting ENGLISH colony
What is Jamestown?
100
Puritans settled here.
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony.
100
This was the first law making assembly in an English colony.
What is on the House of Burgesses?
200
The French, English and Dutch were searching for this
What is the Northwest Passage.
200
He sailed west on his first trip because
What is- he wanted to find a shorter route to the Indies?
200
The English were focused on searching for this instead of food.
What is gold?
200
What ship did they sail on?
What is the Mayflower?
200
Separatists were often faced with unjust treatment because of their beliefs. This is called
What is persecution?
300
The major trade route between China and Europe
What is the Silk Road?
300
The movement of goods and people from western and eastern hemisphere can be referred to as
What is the Columbian Exchange?
300
Tobacco is a type of what grown for profit
What is cash crop?
300
This group wanted to reform the Church of England.
Who are the Puritans?
300
Jamestown settlers expected to find gold when they arrived. They searched for gold instead of planting crops and building houses. Because of this men began dying of starvation. This was called
What is the Starving Time?
400
This person explored and founded Block Island.
Who is Giovanni Verranzano?
400
List three problems that Columbus may have faced on his journey.
What are bad weather, poor technology, mutiny, poor food, sickness, got off course, bad morale. (any three of these can be accepted)
400
Someone AGREED to work for someone if they paid for voyage.
What is indentured servant?
400
What rule did the Mayflower Compact state and why was it important?
What is "all will do for the good of the colony". It was important because it was the first self-government document.
400
This is a settlement that is far from the country that rules it.
What is a colony?
500
List and explain four reasons for exploration
What are God, Gold, Glory, Land, Shorter Route to Northwest Passage (any four are acceptable)
500
Where did Columbus first land and what did he call the first people he saw and why?
What is he landed in the Bahamas and called the people Indians, believing that he had landed in the Indies.
500
Why did colonists come to Plymouth and what would have happened to them if they stayed in England?
What is religious freedom? If they stayed in England they would be subject to persecution.
500
How are Puritans and Separatists alike and different? (2 reasons for each)
What is
Separatists wanted to completely separate from the church, Puritans wanted to reform the church - William Bradford leader of Separatists, John Winthrop was the leader of Puritans, Separatists came 1620, Puritans 1630.
500
This colony mysteriously disappeared when John White returns?