Question 1 - 10

Established in 1607, and named in honor of King James I, ____________ was the first permanent English colony in North America.

Answer 1 10
Jamestown

Question 1 - 20
Who founded the colony of Virginia?

Answer 1 20
Virginia Company of London

Question 1 - 30
A business formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses.

Answer 1 30
Joint-stock company

Question 1 - 40
This man introduced tobacco to Virginia and married Pocahontas.

Answer 1 40
John Rolfe

Question 1 - 50
People who could not pay their way to Virginia would often become an __________ and work for someone for 4-7 years.

Answer 1 50
Indentured Servant

Question 2 - 10
Who founded the colony of Georgia?

Answer 2 10
James Oglethorpe

Question 2 - 20
Which colony was founded by Lord Baltimore as a refuge for English Catholics?

Answer 2 20
Maryland

Question 2 - 30
Farmers from __________ moved to the northern part of the colony Carolina to grow __________?

Answer 2 30
Virginia, tobacco

Question 2 - 40
What were the three major cash crops of the southern colonies?

Answer 2 40
Tobacco, rice, and indigo

Question 2 - 50
Who led an attack against Native Americans and the colonial government of Virginia in 1676 because he was upset with the governors decision to restrict settlement in Virginia south of the James River.

Answer 2 50
Nathaniel Bacon

Question 3 - 10
Who was the earliest religious group to colonize Massachusetts?

Answer 3 10
Pilgrims (Separatists)

Question 3 - 20
Which Massachusetts religious group settled in Plymouth?

Answer 3 20
Pilgrims (Separatists)

Question 3 - 30
The __________ were a very strict religious group that emphasized education and hard work.

Answer 3 30
Puritans

Question 3 - 40
__________ and __________ were two Native Americans that assisted the Pilgrims in surviving the first winter.

Answer 3 40
Squanto, Samoset

Question 3 - 50
Between 1629-1640, nearly 40,000 Puritans came to settle in North America. What is this event called?

Answer 3 50
Great Migration

Question 4 - 10
Which colony was settled by the Pilgrims and Puritans?

Answer 4 10
Massachusetts

Question 4 - 20
The __________ occurred in Massachusetts after the daughter and niece of a Puritan minister experienced unexplainable fits and claimed other women had cursed them.

Answer 4 20
Salem Witch Trials

Question 4 - 30
__________ was forced out of the Massachusetts colony for speaking out about the treatment of Native Americans. He founded the colony of Rhode Island.

Answer 4 30
Roger Williams

Question 4 - 40
Who founded the colony of Connecticut after being forced out of Massachusetts for wanting all men, not just church members, to be able to vote?

Answer 4 40
Thomas Hooker

Question 4 - 50
_________ was forced to leave Massachusetts after she was discovered leading worship and saying that ministers were not necessary.

Answer 4 50
Anne Hutchinson

Question 5 - 10
The middle colonies could grow large amounts of __________ - crops that are always needed, such as, wheat, barley, and oats.

Answer 5 10
Staple crops

Question 5 - 20
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?

Answer 5 20
William Penn

Question 5 - 30
This religious group called themselves the Society of Friends, believed in equality of men and women, supported nonviolence and religious tolerance, and made up a large percentage of colonists from Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Answer 5 30
Quakers

Question 5 - 40
Name the Middle Colonies.

Answer 5 40
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware

Question 5 - 50
The colony of New York was originally colonized by __________.

Answer 5 50
Dutch