when was jamestown founded?

When was Jamestown founded?

•1607

Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?

•William Penn

List the 3 sections of the 13 colonies…

•New England Colonies

•Middle Colonies•Southern Colonies

List the New England Colonies…

• New Hampshire• Massachusetts• Connecticut• Rhode Island

• Plus later the states of Maine & Vermont

• New Hampsters Massacre Connecticut Rodents

List the Southern Colonies…

• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

• Mary Virginia Never Studies Geography

List the Middle Colonies…

• New York• Pennsylvania• New Jersey• Delaware

New Penns New Dells

Who founded the colony of Georgia?

•James Oglethorpe

Thomas Hooker & the Puritans wrote the first constitution in the colonies… Name the constitution?

•Fundamental Orders of

Connecticut•FoofConn !

What was the name of the Pilgrims ship?

•The Mayflower

In what colony did the Pilgrims land?

•Massachusetts

Name the first representative assembly in the colonies…

•Virginia House of Burgesses

Name the document signed by the men on the Mayflower…

•The Mayflower Compact

Which colonial religious group helped the Indians?

•The Quakers

Which section of the colonies used slave labor on plantations to grow tobacco, rice, sugar, and indigo?

•The Southern Colonies

Which section of colonies grew grains like wheat,rye,and oats. They were called the breadbasket colonies…

•The Middle Colonies

Which group of colonies fished, built ships, traded, and mainly Puritans?

•The New England Colonies

What series of British laws required the colonists to sell products only to England?

•The Navigation Acts

Name the time of religious revival during the colonial times…

•The Great Awakening

What document from 1215 limited the English King’s power and allowed trial by jury?

•The Magna Carta

What nation won the French and Indian War?

•Great Britain ( England)

Which Virginia colonist saved the settlement (Jamestown) by making everyone work?

•John Smith

Which colonist created a money making product for Virginia? (tobacco)

•John Rolfe

Which Pennsylvania colonist was a printer, scientist, inventor, & politician?

•Benjamin Franklin

What movement emphasized logical thinking and science?

•The Enlightenment

What ocean lies to the east of the 13 colonies?

•Atlantic Ocean

What mountain range was the western border of the 13 colonies?•The Appalachian

Mountains

What nation lies to the north of the United States?

•Canada

What nation lies to the south of the United States?

•Mexico

What river flows from Minnesota to Louisiana and empties into the Gulf of Mexico?

•The Mississippi River

What western mountain range stretches from Canada to Mexico ?

•The Rocky Mountains

What English document protected rights for English citizens & was the basis for the U.S. Bill of Rights?

•The English Bill of Rights

What economic system depended on colonies sending raw materials to Europe which could be sold to bring in gold?

• Mercantilism•This will help convince

the colonies to break away from England

What economic system used private business to make a profit, the government stays out!

•The Free Enterprise System