A fence of large pointed stakes, or posts, to protect against attack.
What is a palisade?
100
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut
What are the New England colonies?
100
The number of colonies that began in the United States.
What is 13?
100
Daughter of Chief Powhatan. She was a friend to the Jamestown settlers, especially John Smith, and later married John Rolfe.
Who was Pocahontas?
100
The first permanent English settlement.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
200
The deliberate killing of a large group of people.
What is a massacre?
200
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York
What are The Middle Colonies?
200
The year that the first colony began.
What is 1607?
200
Lived with the Pilgrims and taught them how to plant corn, where to fish, which nuts and berries were safe to eat, and how to trade with other Indians.
Who was Squanto?
200
Established to be a refuge for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
300
Someone who makes iron tools and weapons.
What is a blacksmith?
300
South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia
What are The Southern Colonies?
300
The year the last colony started?
What is 1733?
300
Chosen by the council to be the president of the Virginia colony; his rule was "those who do not work will not eat."
Who was John Smith?
300
A colony in Massachusetts set up by the Pilgrims.
What is Plymouth?
400
A workshop where a blacksmith makes metal tools and other things.
What is a forge?
400
The "bread colonies".
What is The Middle Colonies?
400
A reason colonists came to America.
What is....?
some came for jobs
some came to get rich
some hope to find gold and silver
some came for adventure
some came for religious freedom
400
Leader of the local Indians in the Virginia Colony and father of Pocahontas.
Who was Chief Powhatan?
400
Where those from Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden settled.
What is the Middle Colonies?
500
A group of people who worship together.
What is a congregation.
500
Eventually became the largest city in the 13 colonies.
What is Philadelphia?
500
The 4 important port cities.
What is Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston?
500
Englishman who married Pocahontas and introduced tobacco to the southern colonies.
Who was John Rolfe?
500
A busy, Dutch port. Today it is called New York City.