Vocabulary
Land next to the ocean.
Coastline
A gathering where people discuss and vote on laws.
Town Meeting
What did the Virginia Company promise to give people for coming to the new colonies?
Land
Why did English people come to the colonies? Give 3 reasons.
For a better life
for religious freedom
to get rich
What is the past tense of "go"?
Went
A place where ships can dock safely.
Harbor
A person forced to work without pay and treated as property
Slave
Did Africans come to the colonies by choice? Explain
No, they were taken from their country.
Why was life difficult at first in Jamestown?
Because the colonists didn't want to work
How many continents are in the world?
7
A large farm that grows crops like tobacco and cotton.
Plantation
The first elected government in the colonies.
House of Burgesses
What marked the beginning of representative government in America?
Which two cities were the largest in the Middle Colonies?
New York City and Philadelphia
How many children does Ms. Brooks have?
3
A document that gives permission to start a colony.
Charter
Goods sent to another country to be sold.
Imports
What group started the House of Burgesses, and why?
Colonists in the Virginia Company wanted the right to elect people to represent them in government.
Which religious group founded Boston?
Puritans
Who is NOT better at Blooket than Ms. Brooks
Everyone except Violeta and Modeste
A system where people elect leaders to make decisions.
People who buy and sell goods to make money.
Merchants
What agreement did the Pilgrims make in the Mayflower Compact?
to obey the laws of the government they would set up.
What did the Native Americans trade with the settlers?
They traded corn and food
What can you turn in at the end of the semester that will allow you to change your lowest grade for 100?
Ms. Brooks' signed class syllabus.