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Jeopardy 100 200 100 200 300 400 500 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 QuotesColoniesEconomicsColonies IIPeople FINAL
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“I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.” 100 Harriet Tubman ===
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200 === Portugal This nation controlled the route around the Cape of Good Hope to Asia.
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300 === Spain This nation sponsored Christopher Columbus on his journeys of exploration
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400 === England - Jamestown 1607 This nation was the first non- Spanish European nation to settle in the New World.
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500 === This nation’s first settlement in the New World was in 1608. They claimed waterways, rivers, and lakes as well as land. France
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100 This colony had the first permanent English colony in 1607. Virginia ===
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200 === This colony was the site of the Pilgrims’ landing in 1620. Massachusetts
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300 === The Dutch settled here calling it New Netherlands with its capital at New Amsterdam. New York
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400 === This colony was settled by Quakers. They were “pacifist”, opposing all violence. The colony was named after its founder. Pennsylvania
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500 === This colony was the center of rebellion in 1776. It had been settled by Puritans and was to be a “light on a hill” for all to see what a Christian colony was like. Massachusetts
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100 === The trade pattern between the colonies, Africa, and the West Indies. Triangular Trade
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200 === This tax law lowered the tax on a staple good in America and caused the colonies to protest the lowering of this tax. (It was collected) Sugar Act
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300 === This law placed a tax on all legal documents -- newspapers, wills, land titles, etc. It caused the first major united opposition to English rule in America. Stamp Act
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400 === A series of laws passed that taxed most goods within the colonies. Major violent opposition resulted in the repeal of all the taxes except on tea.. Townsend Acts
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500 === A series of laws aimed at regulating colonial trade. Only English ships with English crews could transport selected goods to England first to be taxed. Navigation Acts
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100 === This colony was settled by Puritans as a “light on a hill” to be an example of what a true Christian community should be like. Massachusetts
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200 === This colony was once controlled by the Dutch and called New Netherlands with its capital being New Amsterdam. New York
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300 === This colony was once controlled by the Dutch and called New Netherlands with its capital being New Amsterdam. Help
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400 === This colony had a split personality due to the Dismal Swamp. Its ruling class culture was a reflection of the upper class society in Britain. Carolina
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500 === This small colony was once New Sweden. Its claim to fame was the introduction of the log cabin in America. New Jersey
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100 === Commander of the colonial Army during the Revolutionary War. George Washington
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200 === Smuggler of Boston, wanted by the British at Lexington/Concord, President of the Continental Congress. John Hancock
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300 === Led the mob actions in Boston, wanted by Britain at Lexington/Concord. A rabble- rouser in the true sense of the word. Sam Adams
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400 === This man is noted in history as a traitor. He attempted to surrender to the British his command at West Point (Today this site is the U.S. Military Academy). Benedict Arnold
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500 === This American is known to most as an inventor, but his importance to our nation is in the area of diplomacy. He negotiates with France to enter the Revolutionary War on our behalf. He was also on the committee to write the Constitution. Ben Franklin
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FINAL JEOPARDY! It is the first official shots of the Revolutionary War. It is called the “shot heard around the world.” Name this Massachusetts town. Lexington
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