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1 Exploration Mr. Griffin

2 What year was Jamestown founded?

3 1607

4 In what current US state is Jamestown located in?

5 Virginia

6 Who was Jamestown named in honor of?

7 King James I

8 What country colonized Jamestown?

9 England

10 What were the goals of the Jamestown Colony?

11 To find gold To find a trade route to Asia

12 Did the colonists in Jamestown ever discover gold?

13 NO

14 How did the Jamestown Colonists “become wealthy”?

15 Growing Tobacco

16 What was the beginning of Representative Government in North America?

17 The House of Burgesses

18 What was the “Northwest Passage”?

19 A water route to Asia

20 What countries were exploring/colonizing land in North America?

21 England, France, Spain, the Netherlands

22 What Walt Disney movie was associated with Jamestown?

23 Pocahontas

24 Who became a successful leader at Jamestown?

25 John Smith

26 What year did the Pilgrims arrive in North America?

27 1620

28 The Plymouth Colony is located in what current US state?

29 Massachusetts

30 What was the primary goal of the Pilgrims?

31 Religious Freedom

32 Where did the term “Puritan” come from?

33 Puritans wanted to “purify” the church.

34 Plymouth made profits by processing and exporting this product.

35 Lumber

36 What were the Godspeed and the Discovery?

37 Ships that brought colonists to Jamestown

38 True or False The Plymouth Colony had to endure harsher winters than the Jamestown Colony

39 True

40 What is an apprentice?

41 Person who learns a trade from a “master” in a particular field

42 What colonist developed a “sweet” form of tobacco at Jamestown?

43 John Rolfe

44 True or False – ½ of the original colonists at Plymouth died during the first winter

45 True

46 Thanksgiving began in which colony?

47 Plymouth

48 Which colony was originally built on swamp land?

49 Jamestown

50 What is the willingness to let others practice their own customs and beliefs

51 toleration

52 What is the Sabbath

53 The holy day of rest

54 Where did slavery in North America begin?

55 Jamestown

56 Which colony had good relations with the natives – and poor relations with the Indians. Jamestown Plymouth Both

57 Both

58 Which colony practiced some form of the Christian religion? Jamestown Plymouth Both

59 Both

60 What is a “town meeting”?

61 Session in which citizens discuss and vote on local community issues


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