Native Americans/European Exploration
Who was the first to reach North America?
What is the Norse/Vikings?
This early colony disappeared without a trace.
What is Roanoke?
These are the names of the three sections of the 13 colonies.
What is New England colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies?
Define Slavery.
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What is Direct Democracy? What is Representative Democracy?
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This term describes crops, animals, and other materials trading between Europe and the New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This historical figure saved the colony of Jamestown by planting tobacco in Jamestown.
Who is John Rolfe?
These colonies made everything by hand and almost everything you used daily, was made by yourself.
What are the New England colonies?
Slavery was a deeply rooted institution in the New World. This colony was the first to use slaves.
What is Jamestown?
This famous compact was signed by the Pilgrims and it is an early example of governance in America.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This is the term for the land-bridge that the Native Americans walked across to get to the New World.
What is Bering Strait?
This event decimated the Jamestown colony and left only 60 settlers remaining.
What is Starving Time?
What colonies allowed for religious freedom and had a mix of different groups of people?
What are the Middle colonies?
Describe the Triangle Trade.
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This important early form of government helped settle the Jamestown colony and provide it with necessary laws.
What is the House of Burgesses?
These crops, known as the "Three Sisters" by the Iroquois, consist of...
What is squash, corn, beans?
Explain the founding of the holiday Thanksgiving.
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This type of work was extremely common in the Southern colonies and a lot of rich, white men had it.
What is plantations or plantation work?
Describe the conditions of the slave ships.
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This is the early form of Government that the Iroquois set up in Central New York.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
Who is Christopher Columbus? What did this historical figure do for the Europeans and for the Native Americans?
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What were the Salem Witch Trials and where were they located?
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What 2 cities became important trade centers during the development of the 13 colonies?
What is Philadelphia and NYC?
These acts had trade restricted to Britain and decreased foreign trade.
What are the Navigation Acts?
How do New England’s town hall meetings show self-government and representative government?
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