Colonization.
The First English
Colonies.
The Thirteen
Colonies.
The Slave Trade.
The French & Indian
War.
100

True or False: Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.

FALSE: The Natives discovered it thousands of years ago.

100

What was the first SUCCESSFUL English colony in North America?

Jamestown. 

100

What were the three regions of the 13 colonies?

New England, Middle & Southern.

100

Europeans bought slaves from which part of the world?

Africa.

100

Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?

Benjamin Franklin. 

200

Who was Christopher Columbus?

An Italian sailor/explorer who opened the New World to the Old World. 

200

Which European country established the colonies that would later go on to become the United States?

England / Great Britain. 

200

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut & New Hampshire were _____ colonies. 

New England.

200

Slaves were seen as _____ not _____.

Property, not people.

200

What led to the French & Indian War?

Britain and France both wanted control of the Ohio region. 

300

What is the New World and the Old World?

New World: North and South America. 

Old World: Europe, Asia & Africa. 

300

What type of Christians were the Pilgrims?

Puritans. 

300

Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania were _____ colonies.

Middle.

300

Between 1500 and 1800, how many people were kidnapped from Africa and sold into slavery?

10,000,000. 

300

Why did the Native Americans mostly ally with France and not Great Britain?

The French just wanted access to the Ohio region to trade, while Britain wanted to settle colonists there.

400

Why did Christopher Columbus sail west?

To find an alternative trade route to Asia. 

400

Why were the New England colonies established?

To establish a representative government, to make profit and for religious freedom. 

400

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia were _____ colonies.

Southern. 

400

Why was slavery common in the Southern colonies but not the Middle or New England colonies?

The southern colonies' economy was based on farming cash crops on plantations. 

400

The Albany Plan of Union proposed that the colonies should what?

Unite under one single government. 

500

European countries wanted to colonize for what three major reasons?

To make a profit / find resources. 

To spread Christianity. 

To serve their country. 

500

What is a Representative Government?

A government where leaders make laws on behalf of the people who chose them. 

500

What are cash crops?

Crops that are raised to be sold, not eaten. 

500

What are Slave Codes?

Laws that protect the institution of slavery and denied slaves their rights. 

500

What did Great Britain get after winning the French & Indian War?

The Ohio Region and Canada. 

600

What was the Columbian Exchange?

The movement of people, goods, ideas and diseases between the Old and New World. 

600

What was the Mayflower Compact?

An agreement made my the Pilgrims to establish a government in the Plymouth Colony.

600

Why did the Southern colonies have so many plantations?

The southern colonies had a warm climate perfect for farming. 

600

What were the three steps / stages of Triangular Trade / The Atlantic Slave Trade?

One: Enslaved Africans were brought to the colonies.

Two: Slaves would harvest raw materials.

Three: Materials were sent to Europe to be sold. 

600

Why were the colonists so upset after the French & Indian War?

Great Britain wanted the colonists to help pay for the war through taxes.