This was the primary crop grown in the Caribbean with the help of slave labor.
What is sugar cane?
100
Puritans and Pilgrims migrated to North America because of this.
What is religious freedom (persecution)?
100
This document was written by Thomas Jefferson and announced it was breaking away from English rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Columbus was from Italy, but sailed for this country.
What is Spain?
200
This was the transfer of people, plants, animals, and diseases back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Columbian Exchange?
200
These people exchanged 7 years of hard labor to pay for passage to America.
Who are indentured servants?
200
This was a common saying regarding taxes and why Americans wanted to break free from England.
What is "No taxation without representation?"
300
This helped the first Americans get from Siberia in Asia to Alaska in North America.
What is a land bridge?
300
The French who settled North America mainly traded this to make a living.
What is fur?
300
Examples of this are tobacco, sugar, or cotton which are sold for a profit (not eaten by the farmer).
What is a cash crop?
300
This country helped the American colonies win their war for independence.
What is France?
400
This empire was based in Mexico City, but was ultimately conquered by Cortes and his Spanish conquistadores.
What is the Aztec Empire?
400
John Smith was one of the members of an expedition that settled this "town."
What is Jamestown?
400
The Pilgrims agreed to this social contract.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
This man was the leader of the American army.
Who is George Washington?
500
This man conquered the Incan Empire in South America.
Who is Pizarro?
500
This killed a large portion of the Native American population.
What is disease (small pox)?
500
These laborers became much more common as indentured servants became more scarce.
What are slaves?
500
FINAL JEOPARDY:
These two men explored, documented, and mapped the American West after the U.S. purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They were in search of a water passage to the Pacific Ocean.