history

Question 1

Who was Virginia named after?

Answer 1

Queen Elizabeth I (the “Virgin Queen”)

Question 2

When was Jamestown founded?

Answer 2

1607

Question 3

What were some of the major challenges settlers faced in Jamestown?

Answer 3

• Swampy land
• Mosquitoes
• Bad water
• Starvation

Question 4

What Native American tribe lived near Jamestown?

Answer 4

Powhatan Indians

Question 5

Who took control of Jamestown and enforced the ‘work to eat’ rule?

Answer 5

Captain John Smith

Question 6

What was the ‘Starving Time’ in Jamestown?

Answer 6

A harsh winter (1609-1610) when settlers ran out of food and resorted to eating rats, mice, and even dogs

Question 7

Who married Pocahontas and helped develop tobacco as a cash crop?

Answer 7

John Rolfe

Question 8

What crops were grown in Virginia?

Answer 8

• Tobacco
• Wheat
• Corn

Question 9

What was the climate like in Virginia?

Answer 9

Mild winters, hot and humid summers

Question 10

What was the first representative government in the New World?

Answer 10

Virginia House of Burgesses

Question 11

What is a Joint Stock Company?

Answer 11

A business that allowed Europeans to buy small portions of land in the colony

Question 12

When did Virginia become a state?

Answer 12

June 25, 1788

Question 13

When were the Carolinas founded?

Answer 13

1663

Question 14

When did North and South Carolina officially divide?

Answer 14

1729

Question 15

When did North Carolina become a state?

Answer 15

November 21, 1789

Question 16

When did South Carolina become a state?

Answer 16

May 23, 1788

Question 17

Who originally received the land grant for the Carolinas?

Answer 17

Eight English noblemen (a gift from King Charles II, who owed them money)

Question 18

Why did King Charles II take back the Carolinas in 1729?

Answer 18

Due to heavy use of slave labor and disagreements on governing the colony

Question 19

Why did the Carolinas split into two colonies?

Answer 19

Because of disagreements over how to run the colony

Question 20

What was the first settlement in South Carolina?

Answer 20

Charles Town (later renamed Charleston)

Question 21

What group of religious refugees settled in the Carolinas?

Answer 21

French Huguenots (French Protestants)

Question 22

Who wrote the Grand Model (the Carolinas’ constitution)?

Answer 22

John Locke

Question 23

What were the main cash crops of the Carolinas?

Answer 23

• Indigo
• Rice
• Tobacco
• Cattle
• Cotton
• Lumber

Question 24

What does ‘Carolinas’ mean, and who were they named after?

Answer 24

‘Carolinas’ comes from Carolus, the Latin (feminine) version of Charles, named after King Charles I

Question 25

Who was Maryland named after?

Answer 25

Queen Mary

Question 26

What was the first settlement in Maryland?

Answer 26

St. Mary’s, near the Potomac River

Question 27

What was the second settlement in Maryland?

Answer 27

Baltimore

Question 28

When was Maryland founded?

Answer 28

1633 (colonists arrived in 1634)

Question 29

When did Maryland become a state?

Answer 29

April 28, 1788

Question 30

Who originally planned the Maryland colony but died before the trip?

Answer 30

George Calvert (1st Lord Baltimore)

Question 31

Who actually established Maryland and led settlers to America?

Answer 31

Cecil Calvert (2nd Lord Baltimore)

Question 32

Who was Maryland’s first governor?

Answer 32

Leonard Calvert

Question 33

What were Maryland’s winters like?

Answer 33

Cold and rainy

Question 34

What were Maryland’s summers like?

Answer 34

Hot and humid

Question 35

Which religious group quickly outnumbered Catholics in Maryland?

Answer 35

Puritans