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Chapter 4 The Spanish Colonies The Virginia Colony The Plymouth Colony The Dutch and French General Information 200 400 600 800 1000 Final Jeopardy

Topic 1: 200 Question: This nation started colonies in the Americas first. Answer Spain Back

Topic 1: 400 Question: These were started in the borderlands of New Spain to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Answer Missions Back

Topic 1: 600 Question: Give two effects missionaries had on Native Americans in New Spain Answer Converted them to be catholic Forced them to work as slaves Forced to change how they lived Forced to change how they work Back

Topic 1: 800 Question: A land ruled by another country Answer colony Back

Topic 1: 1000 Question: Large homes or estates found in the borderlands. Answer Haciendas Back

Topic 2: 200 Question: The Virginia colony made huge profits from the sale of this crop Answer tobacco Back

Topic 2: 400 Question: The name of England’s first permanent settlement in North America Answer Jamestown Back

Topic 2: 600 Question: A lawmaking branch of government. Answer legislature Back

Topic 2: 800 Question: The reason the Jamestown land was a bad choice for the settlement. Answer The land was swampy and not good for farming. Back

Topic 2: 1000 Question: Give one reason the House of Burgesses was important. Answer Helped make laws that were needed to keep order. The first representative assembly in the English colonies. Back

Topic 3: 200 Question: What was an advantage of the Pilgrims’ building their settlement on a bay? Answer Easy access to shipping and trade Back

Topic 3: 400 Question: “We whose names are written agree to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws…for the good of the Colony.” What do these words from the Mayflower Compact mean? Answer The people who signed agree to follow the laws. Back

Topic 3: 600 Question: The leader of the Pilgrims Answer William Bradford Back

Topic 3: 800 Question: Tisquantum helped the first colonists in New England by teaching them how to do these two skills… Answer Farm the land and fish Back

Topic 3: 1000 Question: This Native American was the first to greet the Pilgrims Answer Samoset Back

Topic 4: 200 Question: New Netherland was established in the area that is now known as these two US States. Answer New York and New Jersey Back

Topic 4: 400 Question: The part of North America that LaSalle claimed for France in 1684. Answer Mississippi River Valley Back

Topic 4: 600 Question: The main trading center for New Netherlands. Answer New Amsterdam Back

Topic 4: 800 Question: The most southern colony, founded for France. Answer Louisiana Back

Topic 4: 1000 Question: Samuel de Champlain founded this as the first French Settlement. Answer Quebec Back

Topic 5: 200 Question: The main reason the Pilgrims left Europe. Answer Religious freedom Back

Topic 5: 400 Question: Name at least two activities that made up the economy of the North American colonies. Answer Farming Ranching Fishing Fur trading Shipping goods back and forth to Europe Back

Topic 5: 600 Question: A resource that can be used to make a product. Answer Raw material Back

Topic 5: 800 Question: A crop that people grow to sell Answer Cash crop Back

Topic 5: 1000 Question: Workers who came from Europe and worked for four to seven years and were then freed to live in the colonies. Answer Indentured servants Back

Final Jeopardy Question: The river explored by Marquette, Joliet, and La Salle. Answer Mississippi River Back