Age of Discovery
First Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
100

These were the first people to settle in the Americas.

Who are the Native Americans? 
100

Growing this crop produced the most money in Jamestown. 

What is tobacco? 

100

This colony was named after a county in England. 

What is New Hampshire?

100

This colony was named after a Duke.

What is New York?

200

Europeans left their lives behind to sail across the world for these reasons. 

What is God, Gold, and Glory?

200

England's first two colonies. One failed, and one flourished. 

What are Roanoke and Jamestown? 

200

This infamous series of trials led to the execution of over twenty people in Massachusetts. 

What are the Salem Witch trials?

200

These are the reasons why the Middle Colonies produced so much grain. 

What is rich soil and a suitable climate?

300

Columbus and the explores that followed him brought this now eradicated disease to the New World.

What is Smallpox? 

300

The 13 colonies are divided into these three regions.  

What are New England, Middle, and Southern colonies? 

300

This group of people founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to find religious freedom. They found it but did not extend it to others.  

Who are the Puritans?

300

The Middle Colonies produced large quantities of grain crops, garnering this nickname. 

What is the Breadbasket Colony?

400

This Spanish conquistador is famous for leading the expedition that resulted in the fall of the Aztec Empire.

Who is Hernan Cortez?
400

This leader helped ensure the survival of Jamestown with his policy of "He who will not work shall not eat."

Who is John Smith?

400

These were the primary economic activities of New England due to the region's rocky soil and long winters. 

What are shipbuilding, fishing, and trading? 
400

These four ethnic groups settled the Middle Colonies.

Who are the Dutch, English, German, and Scottish-Irish? 

500

Columbus landed on this Caribbean Island in 1492.  

What is the Bahamas? 

500

This Native American chief ruled over the region where Jamestown was founded and interacted with the settlers, sometimes through conflict and other times through diplomacy.

Who is Powhatan? 

500

This is the reason why New England was the first region in the Americas that had public schools. 

What is religion? 

500

This prominent religious group in Pennsylvania believed in pacifism, equality, and inner light and was led by William Penn. 

Who are the Quakers? 

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