Fact or Fib: Colonization Directions: Using a scratch piece of paper, make two cards. Label one card fact and the other fib. When I put the statement on the screen decide whether it is a fact or fib. When I say go, lay down your card. Whoever plays the write card, gets a point!

The main reasons for exploration are God, Glory, and Gold! Fact or Fib: Statement 1 The main reasons for exploration are God, Glory, and Gold! FACT

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 2 The main reasons for establishing colonies was for religious and political freedom as well as economic opportunity. FACT

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 3 The New England Colonies were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. These are the Middle Colonies. The New England Colonies were Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 4 The Southern Colonies were Maryland, Virginia, North and South Caroline, and Georgia. FACT

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 5 Jamestown was founded in 1620 by the Puritans escaping religious persecution in England. This is true for the New England Colonies. Jamestown was founded in 1607 for economic reasons.

Mayflower Compact was the first written constitution in America. Fact or Fib: Statement 6 FIB Mayflower Compact was the first written constitution in America. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first written in Constitution in America. .

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 7 The Jamestown Colony was saved by John Rolfe who discovered that tobacco grew well in this new land. FACT

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 8 The Mayflower Compact was the first representative assembly in America. The Mayflower Compact was a rule of law for the colonists. House of Burgesses (in Virginia) is the first representative assembly.

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 9 Mercantilism is the economic theory that as a nation’s trade grows, its wealth and power increases. FACT

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 10 The geography and climate of the New England colonies was harsh, cold winters; rocky soil poor for farming; and fast moving rivers. FACT

The Middle Colonies grew cash crops like tobacco, rice, and cotton. Fact or Fib: Statement 11 FIB The Middle Colonies grew cash crops like tobacco, rice, and cotton. The Middle Colonies were known as the breadbasket colonies because they grew a lot of grain. The Southern Colonies grew these cash crops.

William Penn is to Pennsylvania as Lord Baltimore is to Maryland. Fact or Fib: Statement 12 William Penn is to Pennsylvania as Lord Baltimore is to Maryland. FACT

William Bradford is to Plymouth as Roger Williams is to Vermont. Fact or Fib: Statement 13 FIB William Bradford is to Plymouth as Roger Williams is to Vermont. Bradford was the leader at Plymouth, but Williams founded Rhode Island because he was kicked out of Massachusetts.

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 14 The Mason-Dixon Line set the Maryland-Virginia Border that divided the North and South. It was the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania. The rest of the statement is true!

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 15 Triangular Trade is the trade routes between West Africa, American Colonies, and Britain. FACT

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 16 The Middle Passage was the part of the Triangular Trade route that transported sugar to the colonies. Middle Passage transported slaves!

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 17 The Navigation Acts ensured that both Britain and the Colonies would benefit from colonial trade. The Acts were designed to make sure that only Britain benefited from colonial trade.

The First Great Awakening (1720’s) was a religious revival movement. Fact or Fib: Statement 18 The First Great Awakening (1720’s) was a religious revival movement. FACT

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 19 The Enlightenment was a movement that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society. FACT

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 20 The Iroquois Confederacy was the most powerful Native American alliance that alternately supported France and Britain. FACT

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 21 The Albany Plan of Union was proposed by Ben Franklin to unite the colonists in separating from Britain. It was designed to unite the colonists against the French and Indian threat.

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 22 The French and Indian War was when the British and French with the Native Allies fought for control of land and trade. FACT

FACT Fact or Fib: Statement 23 France lost all of its territory to Britain and Spain after the French and Indian War. FACT

The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the French and Indian War. Fact or Fib: Statement 24 The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the French and Indian War. FACT

FIB Fact or Fib: Statement 25 The New England colonies had plantations and small farming with little industry. This describes the Southern Colonies. The New England colonies were based on industry; fishing/whaling, shipbuilding, and sea trade.