Exploration, Slavery, The Colonies, & The Salem Witch Trials

The terrible Jamestown winter where settlers ate dogs, horses, cats, rats, etc. They also had to deal with disease and attacks from Native Americans

• The Dark Winter

• The Dead Winter

• The Starving Time

• The Reckoning

The "flux" was this disease, the symptom of which was uncontrollable diarrhea

• Seasickness

• Dysentery

• Measles

• Smallpox

This "disease" helped some slaves trick their owner out of a lot of good meat. It involved pigs and a big hammer

• Pig fever

• Stuck Pig Disease

• Pig Pen Syndrome

• Malitis

A ship captain who believed in cramming as many slaves into the hold as possible, knowing more would die, but also knowing there would be more to sell in the Americas, believed in this philosophy

• Loose Pack

• Tight Pack

• No Room for Stowaways

• Minimum loss of life

Because of the thin, rocky soil found here, farming was difficult in these colonies

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

• Jamestown & Roanoke

Slaves were controlled by these very harsh rules, laws, and regulations

• Slave Acts

• Slave Laws

• The Slave Codes

• The Florentine Codex

Jamestown may have failed, and history may have been changed forever, had it not been for this stinky, addictive plant

• Cotton

• Rice

• Tobacco

• Indigo

Anne Hutchinson dared to have Bible meetings with other women at her house. She was kicked out of Massachusetts and moved to this more tolerant colony, started by another outcast

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• New York

Generally speaking, who tended to be accused of witchcraft in Salem?

• Women

• Men

• Children

• The Elderly

This dude with a breakfast food last name led a rebellion of indentured servants that ultimately failed, but contributed to a distrust of indentured servants and an increase in slavery

• Biscuit

• Bacon

• Ham

• Toast