The Southern Colonies Jigsaw Quiz

What was the name of the first colony established in Virginia?

• Plymouth
• Jamestown
• New Jersey
• Morgantown

Why did most of the colonists in Jamestown die?

• Disease and their inability to farm
• They died because of attack from Native Americans
• They ate to much poisoned bread
• Spoiled milk and rotten eggs

What Native group assisted the new 400 colonists that arrived in Jamestown in 1609?

• Aleut 
• Inuit
• Powhatan 
• Cherokee

How did the Powhatan help the settlers?

• They showed them how to build ships.
• They showed them how to fight in the wilderness.
• They showed them how to create butter.
• They showed them how to grow crops.

What lead to the twenty year battle between Jamestown colonists and Powhatan Natives?

• In 1622, colonists killed a Powhatan leader.
• They both wanted all of the gold and silver in the South.
• They were angry because they wanted to fish in the same body of water.
• Both groups were tired of having to share resources.

What was the HEADRIGHT system?

• This was a system which gave slaves 50 acres of land for five years of free labor.
• It was a system that gave indentured servants 5 acres of land
• System that gave colonists 50 acres of land for those who payed for their trip to the colony
• A system that put anyone with a weird shaped head in prison.

What caused Bacon's rebellion?

• High taxes and lack of protection from Natives by colonial officials.
• Lack of sleep caused by fear of bear attacks.
• People were angry at officials because they thought they needed better weapons for hunting.
• People rebelled against Natives because they wanted more resources.

What was the Toleration Act of 1649?

• A bill that madeit illegal to be a Catholic in Maryland.
• A bill that restricted religious rights in the New England colonies.
• A bill that made it a crime to restrict religious rights in Maryland.
• A bill that gave all colonists twenty dollars for being funny.

True or False!
There were more slaves then settlers in South Carolina.

• True
• False

Why did James Oglethorpe create Georgia?

• He created it to b a haven for slaves and their families.
• He created it for himself to become rich and famous.
• He created it for his family and friends.
• He created for debtors, or people who owed money to England.