U.S. History
Video Questions: Life in the 13 Colonies
Directions: Go to the following website and watch. Answer the questions as you watch.
http://www.history.com/topics/thirteen-colonies/videos#the-mayflower
Video Clip: Mayflower
1) In 1600, approximately how many Native Americans lived in America?
2) In 1607, the first colonists came from Britain and settled in
3) What were the colonists escaping in Britain?
4) In 1619, The British government set up the
for the separatists to go to.
5) In September 1620,
people left Britain aboard the
were headed for the New England Colony.
6) In November 1620, the settlers wrote the
and
in order to do what?
7) What holiday is celebrated to honor those who came to America on the Mayflower in 1620?
Video Clip: Life in Jamestown
8) British separatists left Britain and headed towards America in 1607 and settled at
9) How far was the journey from Britain to their new settlement in America?
10) What was the goal of those who made it across the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in America?
11) Why was Jamestown so appealing to the settlers and gave them hope for survival?
12) Why did only half of the people who attempted the journey to Jamestown actually make it there?
Video Clip: Tobacco
13) What was one of the first crops to come to the colonies and survive?
14) Why didn’t white farmers want to work in the tobacco fields?
15) What did the farmers and settlers do to keep their tobacco crops from failing?
16) What institution was started as a result of the “No Wage” labor system?
Video Clip: Stamp Act
17) What were two main issues that triggered the start of the American Revolution?
18) In the 1760’s, what did Britain need the colonists’ taxes to pay for?
19) What was the first tax imposed on the British colonists in America in 1764?
20) Why was this so valuable to the British colonists and angered them to have to pay taxes on it?
21) In 1765, the British government imposed another set of taxes on what?
22) The Townshend Acts of 1767 were yet another set of taxes imposed by the British government.
What do they now tax?
23) In 1733, what was the item being now taxed that caused outrage in Boston?
24) How did the Bostonians respond? Provide as much detail in your description of this event.
25) On April 19 1775, the “shot heard around the world” began the American Revolutionary War in
what city?
Video Clip: Boston Massacre
26) Why did the British government send troops to the American colonies?
27) Describe the event in Boston that led to British soldiers “massacring” people in Boston.
28) What do you think were the feelings of the people in Boston and the rest of the colonies thereafter
this horrifying event?