Life in Virginia, Southern Colonies, Bacon's Rebellion, New England Colonies

Question 1

Life In Virginia:
When did the Dutch ship arrive?

Answer 1

1619

Question 2

Life In Virginia:
Fill In The Blanks:
_______ _______ established large farms called plantations.

Answer 2

Tobacco Farming

Question 3

Life In Virginia:
What system developed plantations and brought many wealthy people to Virginia?

Answer 3

Headright System

Question 4

Life In Virginia:
True or False:
You could pay your way to Virginia, and if you did, you got 50 acres of land. This is a form of the Headright System.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Life In Virginia:
According to the Headright System, did you get more land if you brought more people with you? If so, how much more?

Answer 5

Yes, you got 50 acres more.

Question 6

Life In Virginia:
What did people need in Virginia?

Answer 6

Workers (Indentured Servants)

Question 7

Southern Colonies:
Name the five Southern Colonies.

Answer 7

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

Question 8

Southern Colonies:
When was Jamestown founded/ when did colonists arrive?

Answer 8

April 26, 1607

Question 9

Southern Colonies:
What was the name of the joint-stock company that was between the colonies and England?

Answer 9

The London Company

Question 10

Southern Colonies:
How many colonists arrived at Jamestown?

Answer 10

105

Question 11

Southern Colonies:
What is the first permanent English Settlement in North America?

Answer 11

Jamestown

Question 12

Southern Colonies:
True or false:
Colonists of Jamestown settled directly on the James River.

Answer 12

False, they settled 40 miles up from the James River.

Question 13

Southern Colonies:
What fraction of the settlers had died by the first winter?

Answer 13

2/3

Question 14

Southern Colonies:
John Smith took control when?

Answer 14

1608, one year after Jamestown was founded.

Question 15

Southern Colonies:
What three things did John Smith do?

Answer 15

Built a fort around Jamestown, built better housing, and forced people to work. No work= No food.

Question 16

Southern Colonies:
Fill in the blanks:
John Smith also made an agreement with the ________ ___________ (a confederation of Native Americans)

Answer 16

Powhatan Confederacy.

Question 17

Southern Colonies:
What two things did the Powhatan Confederacy do?

Answer 17

Brought food to the colonists and taught them how to grow corn.

Question 18

Southern Colonies:
In what year did more settlers arrive and how many?

Answer 18

In 1609, 400 more settlers arrived.

Question 19

Southern Colonies:
What happened in 1609-1610?

Answer 19

The Starving Time, when disease and famine hit Jamestown.

Question 20

Southern Colonies:
By spring of 1610, how many colonists were still alive?

Answer 20

60

Question 21

Southern Colonies:
True or false:
John Rolfe introduced a new type of tobacco that didn’t change the direction of Jamestown at all.

Answer 21

False, it did change the direction of Jamestown.