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100

Vocabulary: 

A difference of opinion

Dissent

100

Vocabulary:

an assembly in the New England Colonies in which male landowners could take part in government

Town meeting

100

Vocabulary:

an economic system where people are free to choose the goods and services they buy and produce

Free market

100

Vocabulary

an official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person, group or business

Charter

100

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!   200 POINTS!!!

Vocabulary:

to force to leave

Expel

200

Vocabulary:

all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service

Industry

200

Vocabulary:

a product that leaves a country

Export

200

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Vocabulary:

a shipping route that linked England, the English colonies in North America, and the West Coast of Africa, forming an imaginary triangle in the Atlantic Ocean

Triangular trade route

200

Vocabulary:

the travel of enslaved Africans from Africa to the West Indies

Middle passage

200

Vocabulary: 

an open area where sheep and cattle graze/ village green

Common

300

Person:

______founded the settlement of Hartford, which became part of the Connecticut Colony

Thomas Hooker

300

Person:

  • ______ led the second group of Puritans to New England and was an early leader of the Massachusetts Colony

John Winthrop

300

Person:

  • _____leader of the Wampanoag Indians who called for an all-out war against the colonies in New England.


Metacomet

300

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Person:

______led followers to an island near Providence after being expelled from Massachusetts Colony for sedition.

Anne Hutchinson

300

Person:

______founded the settlement of Providence, which became part of the Rhode Island Colony  

Roger Williams

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!    800 POINTS!!!

What caused the major conflicts and wars that broke out between settlers and American Indians in the 13 colonies?  

The colonists and Indians had different ideas about the ownership of land.  The colonists settled on the Indians’ lands and tried to force them to leave. Some colonists did not treat the Indians with justice.

400


What was the main purpose of town meetings in the New England Colonies?

To take care of town government  

400

Who led the Puritans from England to Massachusetts Bay in 1630?

John Winthrop

400

For which economic reason did most people first settle in the Connecticut River Valley?

To have fertile land to farm

400

In what ways did the New England colonies have representative governments?

The colonists elected their own leaders to public office  

500

What were some responsibilities of Colonial children in New England? Name at least two responsibilities for the boys and two for the girls.

Girls helped prepare food and make items such as clothing quilts, soap, and candles for their families. 

Boys helped hunt for food, cut firewood, make tools, and tend crops.  

Puritan children had to learn to read the Bible, so they were expected to go to school or take lessons from their parents at home.

500

What were some important industries in the New England Colonies?  Name three

Farming 

lumber 

fishing 

trade

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!   1000 POINTS!!!

What was the main reason that the Puritans started the Massachusetts colony?

To live according to their religious beliefs  

500

Which three trade places did the triangular trade routes connect?

England, the English Colonies, and Africa  


500

What was the major issue that caused King Philips War?  

Colonist and Indians disagreed about ownership of the land.