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Reasons for Moving to the Colonies Famous People From Jamestown People Groups Jamestown History Plymouth Team One Team Two Team Three Team Four Team Five Team Six

Topic 1 Question for 5 Points This reason for moving to Jamestown or another American colony is shiny and usually requires digging Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 5 Points gold Back to Board

Topic 1 Question for 10 Points This reason for going to Jamestown or another American colony involves sharing good news Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 10 Points God (spreading Christianity) Back to Board

Topic 1 Question for 15 Points This reason for going to Jamestown or another American colony involves personal attention Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 15 Points glory Back to Board

Topic 1 Question for 20 Points This reason for going to Jamestown or other American colonies might motivate the poor or indentured servants Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 20 Points Possibility of a better life, jobs, finding a husband, owning your own land… Back to Board

Topic 1 Question for 25 Points This reason for going to Jamestown or another American colony involves cuddly woodland creatures Show Answer

Topic 1 Answer for 25 Points Fur trade Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 5 Points Who was the Native American chief that sometimes helps and sometimes fights against the colonists? Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 5 Points Chief Powhatan Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 10 Points Who was the Jamestown leader who helped save Jamestown by trading for food and making everyone work? Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 10 Points John Smith Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 15 Points Who was chief Powhatan’s daughter who supposedly saved John Smith’s life and later married a colonist? Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 15 Points Pocahontas Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 20 Points Who married Pocahontas and was the first to plant a successful crop of tobacco in Jamestown? Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 20 Points John Rolfe Back to Board

Topic 2 Question for 25 Points What was the name of the governor of Jamestown that arrived after the “Starving Time” and prevented the inhabitants of Jamestown from leaving? Show Answer

Topic 2 Answer for 25 Points Lord De La Warr Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 5 Points What is the name of the group of people who work in exchange for passage to the colonies? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 5 Points Indentured servants Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 10 Points What group of people were first brought from western Africa to Jamestown in 1619 and sold to work on tobacco plantations? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 10 Points slaves Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 15 Points What do you call a young person who is learning a trade from a more experienced worker? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 15 Points apprentice Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 20 Points What is the name for a skilled worker who makes things by hand? Example: silversmith, carpenter, etc… Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 20 Points artisan Back to Board

Topic 3 Question for 25 Points What was the name of the first legislative assembly in Jamestown? Show Answer

Topic 3 Answer for 25 Points House of Burgesses Back to Board

Topic 4 Question for 5 Points Name one of the three ships that sailed in the first trip to Jamestown Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 5 Points Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery Back to Board

Topic 4 Question for 10 Points Why did colonists move to Jamestown? Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 10 Points For money (gold, etc) Back to Board

Topic 4 Question for 15 Points How did John Smith help the Jamestown colony? Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 15 Points He traded with the Indians for food, made everyone work (or they didn’t eat), and mapped the Chesapeake Bay area Back to Board

Topic 4 Question for 20 Points What was the name of the winter of 1610 where all but about 60 colonists died from hunger, disease, or Indian attack? Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 20 Points The Starving Time Back to Board

Topic 4 Question for 25 Points What finally saved Jamestown from failure? Show Answer

Topic 4 Answer for 25 Points Growing tobacco Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 5 Points What ship carried passengers to Plymouth? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 5 Points The Mayflower Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 10 Points What group of people are famous for settling in Plymouth? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 10 Points Separatists (or Pilgrims) Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 15 Points Why did the Pilgrims/Separatists move to Plymouth? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 15 Points Religious freedom Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 20 Points What led to the high death rate in the Pilgrims’ first winter? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 20 Points Cold, disease, lack of good food, lack of shelter… Back to Board

Topic 5 Question for 25 Points How did the Pilgrims (and the rest of the group) survive the first year in Plymouth? Show Answer

Topic 5 Answer for 25 Points The Wampanoag taught them to grow corn, hunt, and fish Back to Board

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“Big Points” Question Name 2 major differences between the colonists at Jamestown and the colonists at Plymouth Show Answer

Big Points Answer for Big Points Treatment of Natives, reason for moving, work ethic, crops, etc… Back to Board

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