This was the first permanent British settlement in the New World
What is Jamestown
100
This colonial region depends on large plantations and farms for its economy, and used many indentured servants and slaves to work on these farms.
What is the Southern Colonies
100
This group founded the Massachusetts colony and wanted to "purify" the Church of England.
What is the Puritans
100
A public education and being able to read was important to Puritans in New England because
They wanted children to be able to study the Bible
100
This event involved a group of British soldiers firing into a crowd of protesters, killing 5 of them
What is the Boston Massacre
200
This settlement is important to history because it was the first attempt by the British to start a colony in the New World, even though it failed after the colonists mysteriously disappeared.
What is Roanoke
200
This region was home to several Protestant groups that were looking to escape religious discrimination in England
What is New England
200
This Protestant group found a safe home in Pennsylvania to practice religious tolerance and non-violence thanks to William Penn
What is the Quakers
200
This religious movement was important because it exposed many colonists to new religious, political and social ideas as they began meeting people from other colonies at "revivals"
What is the Great Awakening
200
Explain what was meant by "No Taxation without Representation"
Answers vary; up to Mr. Sorge
300
The colony at Plymouth needed to create this important document in order to ensure they would have laws and rules for people to follow.
What is the Mayflower Compact
300
This Colonial region had a diverse population made up of people from many different countries, cultures and religions. It promoted religious tolerance in most of its colonies and used both trading and farming for its economy.
What is the Middle Colonies
300
This group were also known as "Separatists" because they wanted to separate completely from the Church of England
What is the Pilgrims
300
This non-religious movement emphasized using logic and reason and gave us ideas about "natural rights" like "equality" and
"liberty" .
What is the Enlightenment
300
The British used this economic system as a way of carefully controlling trade between the colonies
What is Mercantilism
400
This country was the first to colonize the New World and enslaved Native Americans to work in mines and on farms.
What is Spain
400
This region had poor soil for farming and relied on trading, fishing and craftsman (blacksmiths, shipbuilders, printers, etc...) for their economy
What is New England
400
This leader of the Great Awakening drew huge crowds to his emotional sermons that preached about the dangers and punishments that sinners would face in Hell.
What is Jonathon Edwards
400
Name 1 of the 2 colonies that could elect parts of its government (you must name the colony and what its colonists could elect).
What is Virginia (House of Burgess) and Connecticut (governor)
400
Explain 2 ways the French-Indian War made the colonists upset with the British (think about events that happened after the war ended).
Answers will vary; may include increased taxation, soldiers brought to the colonies, Proclamation of 1763, etc...
500
The British became powerful enough o begin colonizing the New World after their navy defeated the ________ (2 words)
What is the Spanish Armada
500
Name 2 differences between indentured servants and slaves in the colonies. Be specific.
Answers are up to Mr. Sorge (how they come to America, length of service, treatment by "owners", etc...)
500
This Bostonian leader founded protest groups like the Sons of Liberty and helped create the slogan "No Taxation Without Representation"
What is Samuel Adams
500
Name 1 of the 2 colonies that could elect parts of its government (you must name the colony and what its colonists could elect).
What is Virginia (House of Burgess) and Connecticut (governor)
500
Name 2 ways the colonists protested or resisted unpopular British taxes or policies
Answers vary; may include Boston Tea Party, smuggling goods, attacking tax collectors, angry mobs, "No Taxation without Representation" and propaganda