Twenty Questions Subject: British Colonies

Twenty Questions Team 1Team 2

1. Who was the founder of Rhode Island? Roger Williams.

2. Who why did the Pilgrims come to the New World? For religious freedom.

Pocahontas. 3. Who saved John Smith’s life?

4. What holiday did the Pilgrims celebrate? Thanksgiving.

5. Where is Jamestown and Roanoke? Virginia.

6.What was the 1 st representative gov’t in the new world? House of Burgesses.

7.Who founded Georgia? James Oglethorpe.

8.Which section of colonies was known as the Breadbasket? Middle.

9.If I lived on a plantation, name one colony I could live in? VA, NC, SC, GE.

10. What was the main occupation of the New England colonists? Ship building and fishing.

11. In a New England town, where would cattle graze? In the common.

12.Where were issues discussed in a New England town? At a town meeting.

13.Who was the founder of Connecticut? Thomas Hooker.

14.What religion was William Penn? Quaker.

15.What section of colonies was known as the “Ironworks? Middle.

16. Who was the founder of Maryland? Lord Baltimore.

17. What 2 colonies were separated by the Mason-Dixon Line? Pennsylvania and Maryland.

18.What became the cash crop of the southern colonies? Tobacco.

19. Who was the founder of Massachusetts? John Winthrop.

20.Who criticized the church and was put on trial? Anne Hutchinson.

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