Colonies
The number of original colonies
What is 13?
Who is Columbus?
3 Ideas that affect history
What is Land, Money, and Power?
What is a compass?
In order to support their extremely large farms, landowners needed these.
What are slaves or slave labor?
3 other reasons people went exploring
What are gold, glory, and God
The first permanent colony in what is now the United States.
What is Jamestown?
The invention of these navigational tools allowed explorers to determine latitude.
What is an astrolabe or cross staff?
Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and the Carolinas
What are the Southern Colonies?
These are the ones who paid for Columbus' voyage.
Who are the King and Queen of Spain?
What is the Southern Colonies?
Always shows one direction (in the sky)
What is the North Star?
The Middle Colonies
What are New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania?
The first explorer given credit for circumnavigating the globe (sailing around the world).
Who is Magellan?
These colonies were founded in order to obtain religious freedom.
What are the New England colonies?
A triangular sail that allows a ship to "tack" into the wind.
What is a lateen sail?
This colony is named after the Quaker Oats man.
What is Pennsylvania? Named after William Penn
The true criteria of success for an explorer.
What is "making it back home"?
These colonies had good farmland and access to ports for trading.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This person builds barrels.
What is a cooper?