Colonial Life

Name three countries that founded colonies in North America from the 1500's - 1600's. Choose all that apply.

• Russia, Germany & France

• France, Spain & England

• France, Spain & Portugal

Answer explanation

What was the first colony in North America and who founded it?

• Jamestown, Virginia

• St. Agustine, Florida

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

Answer explanation

Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, St. Agustine is the oldest continuously-inhabited European-established settlement in the continental United States.

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America

• Provincetown

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam

What types of people arrived in Virginia in 1619?

• Native Americans

• Colonists

• Slaves

• Indentured Servants

Answer explanation

In 1619, a group of "twenty and odd" enslaved Africans arrived in the Virginia Colony. A Dutch-operated privateer, White Lion, carried 20–30 captives who had been enslaved by a joint African-Portuguese raid.

What did the Jamestown settlers call the winter of 1609-10?

• The Big Chill

• The Great Cold

• The Winter of Our Discontent

• The Starving Time

Answer explanation

The crops failed for the second year in a row and the Jamestown settlers were surrounded by Powhatan warriors who were defending themselves against the English. The settlers had to eat snakes, rats, leather and their own dead (cannibalism) to survive.

The most important difference between slaves and indentured servants was that indentured servants came to the Colonies voluntarily and the slaves were kidnapped at gunpoint.

• True

• False

When was Jamestown founded?

• 1607

• 1492

• 1619

• 1622

Answer explanation

1492 - Columbus discovers America

1619 - First slaves arrive in the Virginia colony.

1622 - Colonists in Virginia are attacked at the same time by the Powhatan Confederacy.

The Jamestown settlers had 3 major problems. Choose three items.

• They settled in a swamp that was full of mosquitoes carrying malaria

• They did not have enough supplies

• The Native Americans attacked the settlers

• Settlers were looking for gold instead of looking for food

• They traded guns for food with the Native Americans.

Where did the Pilgrims land?

• Jamestown

• Provincetown

• St Agustine

• Plymouth

Answer explanation

Who were the Pilgrims?

• The Pilgrims were religious dissenters who wanted to continue following Catholicism in the Colonies.

• The Pilgrims were religious dissenters who wanted to follow a more "godly" religion.

• The Pilgrims were religious dissenters who did not want to follow the Chrurch of England and were looking for religious freedom in the Colonies.