ORIGINS
This is the year that Columbus serendipitously reached the New World.
When is 1492.
When did early settlers began arriving to the 13 colonies?
When are the early 1600s?
This is the name of an agricultural commodity grown to sell in exchange for currency.
What are cash crops
Indentured servants often times had to read this carefully and sign their initials.
What are contracts
What are the states that comprise the northern colonies?
What are MA, CN, RI and NH
What is the European country that Christopher Columbus was hired to sail for?
Where is Spain
What are the years indentured servants began arriving to the 13 colonies?
When are the mid-late 1600s.
This was known as being a slave for the rest of your life, including your children.
What is chattel slavery?
This power controlled the land north of the 13 colonies.
Who are the French
What are the states that comprise the southern colonies?
What are MD, VA, NC, SC and GA
Where was Christopher Columbus from?
Where is Genoa, Italy
When did enslaved Africans begin to arrive to the 13 colonies?
When are the late 1600-1700s.
What are some examples of cash crops grown in the south?
What are rice, tobacco, cotton
Juan Ponce de Leon was the famous explorer looking for the fountain of youth and landed in this state and claimed it for this country.
What are Florida and Spain.
What are the states that comprise the middle colonies?
What are NY, NJ, PA and DE
What are the "Three G's" that served as inspiration for Columbus (as well as many other European explorers) to sail across the seas?
What are God, Glory and Gold.
About how many enslaved Africans arrived to the 13 colonies?
What are 12.4 million
This was brought the New England colonies much money!
What are fishing and ship building?
This adjective describes the types of forest and land that made it difficult for the New England colonies to farm.
What is rocky
What is trading and industry
What was the word Columbus called the indigenous people he encountered?
What are "indios" (Indians)
How many European countries were competing far westward and caused indentured servitude to become harder to maintain?
What is three? (Spain, UK, France)
What was a benefit that the Middle colonies had that the other two did not?
What are big cities and ports?
What is the name of the large mountain chain found westward of the 13 colonies?
What are the Appalachian Mountains
What did early Europeans arriving to the thirteen colonies come in search of?
What are economic opportunities and religious freedom?