Identify the Colonial Region
Identify the Colony
French and Indian War
People
Events
100
This colonial region is most known for a climate that was agreeable to growing cash crops which led to the forming of large plantations and an increase in slave labor.
What are the Southern Colonies?
100
This colony was founded by the Puritans and Pilgrims and was extremely intolerant of other religious beliefs.
What is the Massachusetts colony?
100
This young, 21-year-old Major was sent on behalf of Virginia to ask the French to leave their fort.
Who is GEORGE "FREAKIN" WASHINGTON?
100
This Great Awakening preacher was known for his famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
100
This event occurred in the Massachusetts colony. Over 20 people were executed for being accused of witchcraft and conspiring with the Devil.
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
200
This colonial region was primarily founded for religious freedom and its rocky soil made it nearly impossible to farm.
What are the New England Colonies (Northern Colonies)?
200
This colony was founded for Quakers to have a place to worship freely.
What is Pennsylvania?
200
This individual was the author of this political cartoon that called for political unity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
This Great Awakening preacher was known for his famous sermon entitled "City Upon a Hill."
Who is John Winthrop?
200
This widespread religious movement led to greater religious diversity and acceptance in the colonies.
What is the Great Awakening?
300
This colonial region was founded by a diverse group of people and was known as the "Breadbasket" of the colonies for the amount of grain they grew there.
What are the Middle Colonies?
300
This colony was founded as a place for debtors prisoners and as a buffer zone between the English colonies and the Spanish colonial holdings.
What is Georgia?
300
The French and Indian War was fought over claims to this territory.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
300
This Virginia colonist was known for saving Jamestown from near destruction with his "he who shall not work, shall not eat" rule and his fortification of the colony.
Who is John Smith?
300
This event brought the end of indentured servitude as a main labor source in the Virginia colony and created a racial hierarchy with racialized slavery.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
400
This colonial region was known for having two of the largest cities in all of the colonies.
A bonus 400 points if you can name BOTH of the cities.
What are the Middle Colonies? (New York and Philadelphia)
400
This southern colony was the only colony founded specifically as a safe haven for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
400
Despite winning the French and Indian War, this was the biggest negative effect for the British.
What is a large amount of debt?
400
This Virginia colonist introduced tobacco to the Jamestown colony and married Pocahontas.
Who is John Rolfe?
400
This event was a conflict between Metacom and his Native American allies and the colonists of several New England colonies. It led to the end of any chance of good relations between the two groups.
What is King Philip's War?