New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
13 Colonies
Grab Bag
100

The type of government in these colonies

What is Self Government?

100

A common nickname for these colonies

What is The Breadbasket?
100

The type of people eligible to vote in these colonies

What are white men who owned property?

100

JACKPOT JEOPARDY (1 million points!): The name of the country we live in

What is The United States of America?

100
The group of people who heavily influenced the New England Colonies

Who are the Puritans?

200

A person who agrees to be a servant in exchange for a ticket to the New World

What is an Indentured Servant?

200
The founder who promoted religious freedom

Who is William Penn?

200

Three types of workers found on plantations

Who were hired help, artisans, indentured servants, or slaves.

200

The number of original colonies

What is 13?

200

QUADRUPLE JEOPARDY: The names of Mrs. Whitaker's kids

Who are Nicholas (Nick), Ethan, and Jaden?

300

Reasons why the economy was NOT based on farming

What are rocky soil and a cool climate?

300

The main economic activity in these colonies

What is agriculture?

300

A large part of the economy here

What are cash crops?

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The first colony

What is Virginia?

300

The sets of colonies known for having fertile soil and a long growing season

What were both the Middle and Southern colonies?

400

The people who could vote and make laws in these colonies

Who are male Puritans?

400

A famous inventor and postmaster 

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

400
Four examples of common Cash Crops

What are tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton, and/or sugar?

400

The sets of colonies known for having religious freedom

What are both the Middle and Southern colonies?

400

The two sets of colonies controlled by Governors

What are the Middle and Southern Colonies?

500

The reason some people moved away from these colonies

What is to find Religious Freedom?
500

The group who made the laws for these colonies

Who were the Colonial Legislature?

500

The reason people compared plantations to little cities

What is because everything a person needed could be made or found on a plantation?

500

Four important crops grown in the Middle Colonies

What are wheat, rye, barley, and corn?

500

The Southern Colonies listed from North to South

What are Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?