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Colonial Jeopardy!

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Exploration Settlement New SpainMystery New France

Exploration $100

QUESTION: This person helped this country defeat the Spanish Armada at sea.

Exploration $100

QUESTION: This person helped this country defeat the Spanish Armada at sea.

ANSWER: Sir Francis Drake helped the English Navy defeat the Spanish Armada

Exploration $200

QUESTION: Bringing England it’s first land claim in America, which explorer claimed Newfoundland for Queen Elizabeth?

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QUESTION: QUESTION: Bringing England it’s first land claim in America, which explorer claimed Newfoundland for Queen Elizabeth?

ANSWER: Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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QUESTION: This English Explorer felt the Americas would be a good place to settle, and tried to settle Roanoke, Virginia.

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QUESTION: QUESTION: This English Explorer felt the Americas would be a good place to settle, and tried to settle Roanoke, Virginia.

ANSWER: Sir Walter Raleigh

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QUESTION: In order to gain the opportunity to explore the Americas, what must you first gain from you king?

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QUESTION: In order to gain the opportunity to explore the Americas, what must you first gain from you king?

ANSWER: A charter

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QUESTION: What was the importance of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

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QUESTION: What was the importance of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

ANSWER: It allowed all European nations to explore the Americas without fear of capture by the Spanish Armada.

Settlement $100

QUESTION: What do Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Charles Town all have in common as large colonial cities?

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QUESTION: What do Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Charles Town all have in common as large colonial cities?

ANSWER: They are all port cities which allowed for fast transport and trade by ship during colonization.

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QUESTION: What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

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QUESTION: What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

ANSWER: It was created by the Plymouth settlers for the good of colony, but to also focus on remaining loyal to the king of England.

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QUESTION: Why is the Mayflower Compact important to the development of the United States?

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QUESTION: Why is the Mayflower Compact important to the development of the United States?

ANSWER:

During the creation of the Constitution, ideas from the Mayflower Compact were considered and influenced the writing.

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Question: What were the 3 reasons that the Jamestown Colony struggled to survive?

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Question: What were the 3 reasons that the Jamestown Colony struggled to survive?

ANSWER:

1) Government (unfocused efforts of the colony)

2) Weather (horrible drought kills crops; winter leaves few food options)

3) Native Americans (colonist anger by taking good land)

4) Disease (from new climate like malaria from swamps)

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QUESTION:

What are three reasons why the Jamestown colony survived?

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QUESTION: What are three reasons why the Jamestown

colony survived? ANSWER: 1) Colony Structure (fort; peninsula) 2) Native Americans (Pocahontas connects) 3) Tobacco (Cash Crop to trade and pay for settlement) 4) Reinforcements (enough came to replace the dead) 5) Military Government (gave colony structure)

Mystery $100

Question: What is the main difference between indentured servitude and slavery in the colonies?

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Question: What is the main difference between

indentured servitude and slavery in the colonies?

ANSWER: Indentured servants signed a contract that

would allow them to leave their poor working conditions after a period of time (example: 4 to 7 years)

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Question:

What are three reasons why Native Americans lost out during colonization?

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Question:

What are three reasons why Native Americans lost out during colonization?

ANSWER:

1) Disease (brought over from Europe)

2) Land loss (English settlements take the best land)

3) Loss of Supplies (hunting and crop growing becomes more challenging with increased population)

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QUESTION: Why were African Americans not the beneficiaries of colonization?

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QUESTION: Why were African Americans not the

beneficiaries of colonization? ANSWER:

Africans were forced to come to America and worked for little compensation with no opportunity for freedom.

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Question:

What were the Navigation Acts and why were they created?

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Question:

What were the Navigation Acts and why were they created?

ANSWER: An act that forced colonists to use British ships for trade including the trade of sugar and tobacco. This would cement the idea that Britain would benefit from it’s colonies (poorly enforced initially)

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QUESTION:

What was Triangle Trade, who was involved and what did they have to offer in this exchange?

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QUESTION:

What was Triangle Trade, who was involved and what did they have to offer in this exchange?

ANSWER:

1) Africa (salt, gold, ivory, slaves)

2) Europe (textiles and weapons)

3) Americas (tobacco, sugar, indigo, rice)

France $100

QUESTION: Where was France’s American colonies location? (use terms from

current geography to describe)

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QUESTION: Where was France’s American colonies location? (use terms from

current geography to describe) ANSWER:

Present day Canada and the Mississippi Valley Region

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QUESTION:

What two French explorers mapped out and claimed space in the Mississippi Valley Region for their empire?

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QUESTION: What two French explorers mapped out and claimed space in the Mississippi Valley Region for their empire?

ANSWER:

Jacque Marquette and Louis Joliet

France $300

QUESTION:

What is the name of the city founded by Robert de La Salle at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

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QUESTION:

What is the name of the city founded by Robert de La Salle at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

ANSWER:

New Orleans

France $400

QUESTION: What was the goal of the French settlement in the America’s?

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QUESTION:

What was the goal of the French settlement in the America’s?

ANSWERS:

To make money through trade of fish and furs.

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QUESTION: What was the relationship like between the French American Colony and the Native Americans?

France $500 QUESTION: What was the relationship like

between the French American Colony and the Native Americans?

ANSWER: They were friendly because the French were accepting of their culture even marrying and entering into their culture on occasion. The French did not attempt to take their land, simply trade with the Native Americans.

New Spain $100

QUESTION: Where was Spain’s American colonies location? (use terms from current geography to describe)

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QUESTION: Where was Spain’s American colonies location? (use terms from current

geography to describe) ANSWER: Current day Southwestern

United States, Florida and Mexico

New Spain $400

QUESTION:

What Spanish monk founded San Diego and spread Christianity throughout present day California?

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QUESTION:

What Spanish monk founded San Diego and spread Christianity throughout present day California?

ANSWER:

Junipero Serra

New Spain $300

QUESTION:

The Spanish settled the first European colony in the America’s. What was the name of this colony?

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ANSWER: St. Augustine (Florida)

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QUESTION:


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QUESTION:

What was the goal of the Spanish settlement in the America’s?

ANSWER: To expand their empire throughout the America’s (regardless of what is already there!)

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QUESTION: What was the relationship like between the Spanish American Colony and the Native Americans?

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QUESTION: What was the relationship like between the Spanish American Colony and the Native Americans?

ANSWER:

The Spanish forced Christianity on the Native Americans and often forced them into manual labor in their workshops causing their relationship to be very poor.

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New England Middle Southern 7 Years War Mystery

New England $200

QUESTION: What are the colonies included in the New England colonies?

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QUESTION: What are the colonies included in the New England colonies?

ANSWER: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

New England $400

Question: Why were the New England Colonies founded?

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Question: Why were the New England Colonies founded?

Answer: For religious freedom (initially Massachusetts and when settlers saw differences in beliefs they broke off and settled New Hampshire and Rhode Island (also for trading in Connecticut)

New England $600

Question: How did land and climate effect the major economic opportunities available in the New England Colonies?

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Question: How did land and climate effect the major economic opportunities available in the New England Colonies?

Answer: The rocky soil forced subsistence farming and settlers took advantage of fishing/whaling and natural ports on the Atlantic to ship build and trade.

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Question: What was the relationship was like between New England Colonies and Native Americans? (describe through examples)

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Question: What was the relationship was like between New England Colonies and Native Americans? (describe through examples)

Answer: While Natives such as Squanto and Samoset aided the Massachusetts Bay settlers, King Philip’s War was the costliest in American History (6 of 7 NA are killed 6 of 13 colonists die) and shows that colonists will continue to fight for land.

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Question: How do various cultures interact in the New England Colonies?

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Question: How do various cultures interact in the New England Colonies?

Answer: Religious differences went unsettled as Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson created the Rhode Island colony while African Americans were often given similar opportunities as their English counterparts (slaves were much less prominent)

Middle Colonies $200

Question: What are the colonies included in England’s middle American colonies?


Question: What are the colonies included in England’s middle American colonies?

Answer: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania


Question: Why were the Middle Colonies founded?


Question: Why were the Middle Colonies founded?

Answer: PROFIT (from trade and land sale mostly) (also, Pennsylvania for the Holy Experiment)


Question: How did land and climate effect the major economic opportunities available in the Middle Colonies? (give two examples)


Question: How did land and climate effect the major economic opportunities available in the Middle Colonies?

Answer: The Appalachian Mountains allowed for mining iron ore and coal and the fertile soil and moderate climate allowed for cash crops of corn and wheat.


Question: What was the relationship was like between Middle Colonies and Native Americans? (describe through examples)


Question: What was the relationship was like between Middle Colonies and Native Americans? (describe through examples)

Answer: The diversity of the Middle Colonies, which included Swedish, Irish, and German immigrants allowed for a more diverse lifestyle and Quaker settlements tolerated the Native American cultures.


Question: How do various cultures interact in the Middle Colonies?


Question: How do various cultures interact in the Middle Colonies?

Answer: John Berkeley and George Carteret’s sale of land in New Jersey to German, Irish and Swedish immigrants exposed various cultures to others and was enhanced by the peaceful Quaker approach in Pennsylvania.

Southern Colonies $200

Question: What are the colonies included in England’s southern American colonies?


Question: What are the colonies included in England’s southern American colonies?

Answer:

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia


Question: Why were the Southern Colonies founded?


Question: Why were the Southern Colonies founded?

Answer: Profit from agricultural trade and to protect all the colonies from attacks from Spanish Florida (also for Catholic faith in Maryland)


Question: How did land and climate effect the major economic opportunities available in the Southern Colonies?


Question: How did land and climate effect the major economic opportunities available in the Southern Colonies?

Answer: the mild climate and rich soil allowed for agriculture (tobacco in upper; rice and indigo in the lower) and trading on the Atlantic become economic priorities.


Question: What was the relationship was like between Southern Colonies and Native Americans? (describe through examples)


Question: What was the relationship was like between Southern Colonies and Native Americans? (describe through examples)

Answer: The Jamestown colony connected with the Powhatan thanks to the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, but Nathanial Bacon’s attacks on Western Virginia tribes show settlers will not be restricted to the coast.


Question: How do various cultures interact in the Southern Colonies?


Question: How do various cultures interact in the Southern Colonies?

Answer: The predominantly English settlers create Georgia to prevent Spanish invasion and there is little effort to interact with African American slave culture.

7 Years War $200

Question: The Seven Years War was also known as _________________ and was fought by the __________ and _________ against the _________ and it’s _____________.

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Question: The Seven Years War was also known as _________________ and was fought by the __________ and _________ against the _________ and it’s _____________.

Answer: The French and Indian War- The French and Native Americans - The English and their American colonies

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Question: Why was the Seven Years War was fought?

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Question: Why was the Seven Years War was fought?

Answer: both the New French settlement and the English colonies staked claims to land in the Ohio River Valley and were willing to fight for it.

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Question: The Seven Years War was dominated in the beginning by the __________, until this turned the momentum of the war.

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Question: The Seven Years War was dominated in the beginning by the __________, until this turned the momentum of the war.

Answer: The French lead until the British call in professionally trained British soldiers to help it’s colonial militias and they successfully take Quebec.

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Question: While the __________ won the war because of victories at Quebec and Montreal, this was their major concern following the war.

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Question: While the __________ won the war because of victories at Quebec and Montreal, this was their major concern following the war.

Answer: The British won; They ran up a huge war debt following the war that they look to their colonies to assist in paying for it.

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Question: Even though the ____________ was signed ending the war, the Native Americans continued to battle until the _________________ was created to limit colonial settler’s westward movement.

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Question: Even though the ____________ was signed ending the war, the Native Americans continued to battle until the _________________ was created to limit colonial settler’s westward movement.

Answer: Treaty of Paris; Proclamation of 1763

Mystery $200

Question: What is a joint-stock company?

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Question: What is a joint-stock company?

ANSWER: A group of investors who buy stock in a colonial charter in hopes of gaining profit from the money made off of their settlement.

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Question: What was the Holy Experiment?

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Question: What was the Holy Experiment?

ANSWER: The attempt at creating a society based on the Quaker way of life using tolerance and peace. This experiment was put into practice in the Pennsylvania colony.

Mystery $600

QUESTION: What was the Enlightenment?

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QUESTION: What was the Enlightenment?

ANSWER: The age, during the 1700’s where reason and science became the primary basis of authority in society (no longer superstition or tradition).

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.Question: What was the Great Awakening?

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Question: What was the Great Awakening?

ANSWER: A Religious revival during the 1730’s where colonist recommitted to religion (strong in Baptist communities and in the middle and southern colonies.)

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QUESTION: What was the Great Migration?

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QUESTION: What was the Great Migration?

ANSWER: A movement of 40,000 thousand English puritans to the New England colonies during the 1630’s for religious refuge.

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Final Jeopardy!

Final Jeopardy Question

What are four reasons that Europeans would want to attempt to settle in the Americas?

Final Jeopardy Question

What are four reasons that Europeans would want to attempt to settle in the Americas?

1) Religious freedom

2) Adventure

3) Start Over (escape crime or pay back debt)

4) Make Money (through trade, land, etc)

5) Expand Empire (Power)

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