Colonies
Great Awakening & Enlightenment
Pilgrims
Colonial Government
Potpourri
100

This was the first permanent English colony in America.

What is Jamestown?

100

This time period in American history is known as a religious revival. 

What is the Great Awakening?

100

The Pilgrims, sailing on the Mayflower, had their eyes on Virginia, but eventually landed in this current U.S. state. 

What is Massachusetts?

100

This important document was signed in 1215 by King John and his barons. 

What is the Magna Carta?

100

This cash crop saved Jamestown and eventually became a major driving force in the colonial economy.

What is tobacco?

200

These are the three regions of the 13 Colonies. 

What is New England, Middle, and Southern?

200

John Locke came up with natural rights, which included these three ideas.

What is life, liberty, and property?

200

This Native American helped establish a peaceful relationship between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people. 

Who is Squanto?

200

Colonists set up this form of government to help manage their local affairs. 

What is representative government?

200

This famous American helped bring the Enlightenment to the colonies. 

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

300

This failed attempt at becoming the first permanent settlement in America is known as "the Lost Colony."

What is the Roanoke Colony?

300

This fiery preacher, based in Massachusetts, is famous for his sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Who is Jonathan Edwards?

300

This time period wiped out over half of the Pilgrims after they arrived in Plymouth. 

What is the First Winter?

300

Jamestown colonists created this elected government, which started a trend towards representative government in America. 

What is the House of Burgesses?

300

This mode of labor was often used by people to gain a charter or to repay a debt or loan.

What is indentured servitude?
400

This man founded Pennsylvania, which became a safe haven for religious freedom. 

Who is William Penn?
400

Baron de Montesquieu came up with this idea, which is still used in today's U.S. government. 

What is the separation of powers?

400

Upon landing, the Pilgrims wrote up this document establishing a representative government for the Plymouth Colony. 

What is the Mayflower Compact?

400

Appointed by the King, these people had final say on laws in the 13 colonies. 

Who are Governors?

400

This man wrote a book about his life and experiences as an enslaved man and became an important advocate for abolition in England. 

Who is Olaudah Equiano?

500

This woman was kicked out of Massachusetts for her religious beliefs and became an important founder and leader in Rhode Island. 

Who is Anne Hutchinson?

500

The Enlightenment is a was a time period known for the growth of these particular ideas. 

What is science, intellect, and human reasoning?

500

This conflict arose between the colonists and the Wampanoag people over 50 years after the first Thanksgiving. 

What is King Philip's War?

500

John Peter Zenger was arrested in 1734 for an article that he wrote in the New York Weekly Journal. His trial established this idea, which is currently used in our nation's 1st amendment. 

What is the Freedom of the Press?

500

This economic system was established through trade in order to make England (Mother Country) richer by importing and exporting through the colonies. 

What is mercantilism?

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