STAARBLAZERS - 13 Colonies

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: What colony region has the coldest climate, shortest growing season, and rocky soil - forcing many farmers to be subsistence farmers in this region?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Backcountry

• Ohio River Valley

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: Which colony region used its tall pine trees to help supply the British Empire with a powerful navy?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Backcountry

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: The Pilgrims (or Separatists) aboard the ship called the Mayflower were coming to the New World to practice _____________ freedom - a freedom that Great Britain did not guarantee.

• Right to Bear Arms

• Freedom of Assembly

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom to Own Private Property

• Freedom of the Press

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: Because storms had blown the Pilgrims off course and they far from where they were supposed to be, the 41 men aboard the Mayflower decided to write:_______________. This document is the first "self-government" in the colonies. The men make a pledge to work together on decisions for their colony.

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Orders of Massachusetts

• The Mayflower Agreement

• The Pilgrim Pledge Document

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: The men aboard the Mayflower are pledging to work ____________ and meet/vote on the decisions that will need to be made for the colony. They would call this a "civil body politic".

• Together

• Separately

• on Saturdays

• with Native Americans

• with the Spanish and French

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: What was the first PERMANENT English colony in the Americas?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Salem

• St. Augustine

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: What crop, introduced by colonist John Rolfe, saved Jamestown economically in the early 1600s by making the colony profitable with this cash crop?

• Wheat

• Corn

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Sugar Cane

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: Why wasn't cotton a "cash crop" in the days of the 13 colonies?

• It wasn't needed

• People found cheaper replacements for cotton

• Eli Whitney hadn't invented the cotton gin just yet - so cotton wasn't profitable yet.

• People in Europe hated cotton, so there was no demand for cotton

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: What was the most used farming practice in the New England Colonies?

• Plantation Farming

• Subsistence Farming

• Tenant Farming

• Sharecropping Farming

Colony Quest - 13 Colonies Question: What made preparing the land for farming tough in the New England Colonies?

• the soil had too much clay in it

• People in New England were too lazy to work the farm

• The land had many rocks in it as well as many, many pine trees.

• The Native Americans just kept attacking constantly

• The Colonists had never, ever farmed before.