Early American History 3rd Grade

Jamestown is important because

• the settlers disappeared.

• it was discovered by Ponce de Leon.

• it was the first PERMANENT English Colony

• they organized the Boston Tea Party

Ponce de Leon discovered what?

• South America

• Long Houses

• The Bahamas

• Florida

What was an unexpected side effect of European's discovering America?

• Many Native Americans died because of diseases like small pox.

• They found lots of gold.

• They became best friends with the Native Americans.

Hernando de Soto's exploration was important because

• he created the Jamestown Colony.

• he wanted to be King in the new land.

• he was the first explorer to travel across the Mississippi River.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

• A document allowing colonist to only buy British tea.

• A document that was signed on the Mayflower that agreed that all men are equal.

• How colonist declared their independence from Britain.

• A treaty allowing Native Americans to keep their land.

Columbus' exploration led him to

• Jamestown.

• Florida.

• Plymouth.

• the Bahamas.

Roanoke was the first new settlement in the Americas. What happened to the settlers?

• They disappeared and we still don't know exactly what happened.

• They decided it was too hard and sailed back home.

• They built a skyscraper.

• They became a very strong community.

Indentured Servants and Slaves had lots of different jobs, but they mostly

• cleared land for new settlements.

• worked in fields to maintain crops.

• traded furs with Native Americans.

What reason did the Plymouth Pilgrims and Massachusetts Quaker settlers come to the Americas?

• They thought it would be easy.

• To create large farms.

• To be famous.

• Religious Freedom

Long Hunters were important because

• they went hunting for long periods of time to collect furs. While they were gone, they explored new land that future settlers could use.

• it was a type of Native American house.

• they could hunt animals from really far away.

• it was an agreement to not tax new settlers.