Exploration Mr. Griffin. What year was Jamestown founded?

Exploration

Mr. Griffin

What year was Jamestown founded?

1607

In what current US state is Jamestown located in?

Virginia

Who was Jamestown named in honor of?

King James I

What country colonized Jamestown?

England

What were the goals of the Jamestown Colony?

To find goldTo find a trade route to Asia

Did the colonists in Jamestown ever discover gold?

NO

How did the Jamestown Colonists “become wealthy”?

Growing Tobacco

What was the beginning of Representative Government in

North America?

The House of Burgesses

What was the “Northwest Passage”?

A water route to Asia

What countries were exploring/colonizing land in North

America?

England, France, Spain, the Netherlands

What Walt Disney movie was associated with Jamestown?

Pocahontas

Who became a successful leader at Jamestown?

John Smith

What year did the Pilgrims arrive in North America?

1620

The Plymouth Colony is located in what current US state?

Massachusetts

What was the primary goal of the Pilgrims?

Religious Freedom

Where did the term “Puritan” come from?

Puritans wanted to “purify” the church.

Plymouth made profits by processing and exporting this

product.

Lumber

What were the Godspeed and the Discovery?

Ships that brought colonists to Jamestown

True or False

The Plymouth Colony had to endure harsher winters than the Jamestown

Colony

True

What is an apprentice?

Person who learns a trade from a “master” in a particular field

What colonist developed a “sweet” form of tobacco at Jamestown?

John Rolfe

True or False – ½ of the original colonists at Plymouth died during

the first winter

True

Thanksgiving began in which colony?

Plymouth

Which colony was originally built on swamp land?

Jamestown

What is the willingness to let others practice their own customs and

beliefs

toleration

What is the Sabbath

The holy day of rest

Where did slavery in North America begin?

Jamestown

Which colony had good relations with the natives – and poor relations

with the Indians.

JamestownPlymouth

Both

Both

Which colony practiced some form of the Christian religion?

JamestownPlymouth

Both

Both

What is a “town meeting”?

Session in which citizens discuss and vote on local community issues