Life In England
What are Push Factors? Give two examples.
Negative features that make people want to leave a place. War, famine, lack of jobs, lack of space,
Identify 2 struggles/challenges faced by the colonists in Jamestown:
Lack of food/starvation, lack of farming supplies, hostile native american tribes, contaminated water, cold winters.
Name the 3 Colonial Regions:
New England Region, Middle Region, Southern Region
What were the 3 “points” of the Triangular Trade?
Finished goods/store-bought goods/factory-made goods
Mr. Rodgers favorite sports team
Greenbay Packers, & Chicago Bulls
What are Pull Factors? Give two examples.
Positive features that make people want to move to a place. Lots of jobs, new start at life, peace, security/safety.
Choose 1 thing John Rolfe did to help save the struggling colony of Jamestown.
Brought the cash crop tobacco, and (2) married Pocahontas and made peace with the natives.
This region mainly focused on agriculture and relied heavily on slave labor and indentured servants to harvest the crops.
Southern Region
In the Triangular Trade, what was sent from the NEW WORLD to EUROPE?
Natural resources/raw materials
Mr. Rodgers is related to John Pork?
False
What two continents made up the “New World?”
North America and South America
Identify 2 struggles/challenges faced by the colonists in Plymouth:
Blown off course, landed in the wrong location, cold winters, sandy soil, hard to grow crops, widespread sickness
This region had religious roots and had jobs such as trading animal furs, whaling, fishing, and factories as well as the first weekly colonial newspaper, the Boston News-letter:
New England
In the Triangular Trade, what was sent from EUROPE to AFRICA?
Finished goods/store-bought goods/factory-made goods
Mr. Rodgers lucky number is?
5
If a person in England in the 1600s could not pay off their debt, what happened to them?
They would get thrown in prison.
What role/function did Squanto fill in Plymouth? How did he help them survive?
He acted as a translator between the colonists and the natives, and (2) he showed them how to farm the sandy soil.
This region had huge amounts of huntable animals, farmable soil, and forests, leading them to produce a lot of ships and food for the 13 colonies.
Middle Region
In the Triangular Trade, who was sent from AFRICA to the NEW WORLD?
Enslaved Africans
What was the Date and Time Mr. Rodgers was Born?
1:14 on October 18th
Who got all of the family inheritance in England in the 1600s when the parents passed away?
Either the oldest son, or the oldest daughter’s husband.
You will need both answers to get the points. Why was Jamestown colony originally founded, and why was Plymouth colony originally founded?
Jamestown was founded to search for gold and precious metals, and Plymouth was founded for religious freedom.
Name 3 cash crops grown in the southern region:
Cotton, tobacco, indigo, sugarcane
Give 3 different details that describe life for enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage:
Lying in their own waste, awful smell below decks, cramped living quarters, chained at hands, feet, and neck, forced exercise, thrown overboard if you get sick, given bad food, kept just healthy enough to sell at the market, whipped/beaten/killed for disobeying or fighting back, nets on the ships to catch people who tried to throw themselves overboard
How many Siblings does Mr. Rodgers have?
9