Violent Conflict
Government development
Famous Folk
Riddles
100

How did Thomas Dale and Lord De La Warr stabilize Jamestown

He installed a harsh legal code

100

Name one of the major causes of immigration into the colonies 

War, Religious persecution or economic opportunity 

100

He was the Captain during the first mission to settle Jamestown who opened trade with the natives and did his best to keep the struggling citizens alive

John Smith

100

What has a head and a tail but no body?

A Coin

200

Why were the natives at a disadvantage when facing the colonists 

Superior weaponry 

200

What was the major cash crop in Virginia 

Tobacco 

200

He was the Lord who founded Maryland as a refuge for Catholics

Lord Baltimore

200

I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?

A Candle 

300

Why did the natives stop trading with the starving people of Jamestown

They begun raiding their territory 

300

Why did people begin to leave the Puritan colonies in New England

The Puritans were restrictive 

300

He was the leader of the Wampanoag who helped the colonists survive 

Squanto 

300

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Footsteps

400

Why did the Wampanoag assist the colonists during early settlement

To help fight rival tribes

400

IN 1705 what did Virginia create relating to the slave trade

A legal code/Slave code

400

Name either the Lord or his deputy who helped stabilize Jamestown by enacting a harsh legal code where the death penalty was used frequently 

Lord De La Warr or Thomas Hale

400

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter M

500

Why did the Virginia company lose it's Charter to Jamestown

They had caused conflict with the natives damaging the business 
500

How did John Winthrop avoid allowing others to take power from him

He hid the charter from the rest of the colonists and claimed power

500

He was the leader of the Puritans who famously declared they would be a shinning city on a hill for everyone to admire. He his the English Charter and elected himself ruler 4 times

John Whinthrop

500

Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn’t have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet. How was this possible?

He's bald