Colonies, Colonies, Colonies.
Indigenous Peoples
Labor in the Colonies
European Motives
History Mystery
100
Name the Colony Regions starting with Green, then Yellow, last, Red.
Green - New England
Yellow - Middle Colonies
Red - Southern Colonies
100
What was the name of chief Powhatans daughter?
Pochahontas
100
Name FIVE types of laborers that existed in the 13 colonies.
Indentured Workers, Enslaved People, Free Workers, Farmers, Skilled Artisans, Merchants, Professionals, Tavern Keepers, Housewives, Midwives
100
What four European Crowns set up Colonies in North America?
Spain, England, France, and Holland/the Dutch
100
What makes an item an Artifact?
(Think...what is the difference between a random rock on Plymouth beach when the Pilgrims arrived and the one with the year they arrived carved into it?)
An artifact is an object that is made or changed by a person that often has historical significance.
200
Name the FOUR New England Colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
200
What does Indigenous with a capital I mean?
The first people who originally lived in a particular region or environment
200
What is the difference between an Indentured Worker and an Enslaved Person.
An Indentured Worker WANTED to come to America and an Enslaved Person was FORCED to come to America.
200
What were the three main reasons for the European Crowns to want to Colonize America?
Gold/Money, Glory/Competition & Rivalry, and God/Religious Freedom
200
What is a PRIMARY SOURCE.
A historical source that comes directly from the time period that tells us how people lived and viewed the world around them.
300
Name the FOUR Middle Colonies
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
300
Name ONE example of cooperation between Indigenous Peoples and the English Settlers.
Accepted Answers: Bringing food to starving colonists, Teaching colonists to farm, trading with colonists.
300
Name THREE types of labor women were able to do in the Colonies.
Women were often Housewives, Midwives, Farmers, Household Servants, Merchants, Shopkeepers, and Tavern keepers
300
What was the MAIN reason for the establishment of the Southern Colonies?
Money
300
What is a SECONDARY SOURCE.
A DESCRIPTION of a Primary Source that was written later and relies on the Primary Source for Evidence.
400
Name the FIVE Southern Colonies
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia
400
Name ONE example of conflict between Indigenous Peoples and English settlers.
Acceptable answers: Settlers taking land, Settlers kidnapping Pocahontas, etc.
400
What was the driving force behind Enslaved People being brought to America? What type of labor were they often forced to do?
Enslaved People were often brought to America to work on large scale farms called plantations.
400
What was the MAIN motive for the colonization of the New England Colonies?
Religious Freedom
400
Name and Locate ALL 13 Colonies. If you can do it in 2 minutes you will get +100 points.
500
Label all of the 13 Colonies on this map.
500
How did Indigenous People feel about land ownership? Did Indigenous Peoples think it should belong to one person? Who should the land benefit?
Indigenous People believed that land and nature should benefit everyone and should not belong to one person or peoples.
500
What was the number one crop that required slave labor in America?
Sugar
500
What were the MAIN TWO reasons for the establishment of the Middle Colonies
Religious Freedom and Money
500
Give an example of a Primary Source and a Secondary Source.
A primary source would be something like a Pilgrim Hat, A Diary Entry, A letter, or Artifact from the time period. A Secondary Source could be a document from a historian telling us the significance of the Primary Source.