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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question
Why did the Population
of Jamestown decrease
from 1609 to 1610?
$100 Answer
Why did the Population of
Jamestown decrease from 1609 to
1610?
Famine, disease
and a harsh winter
$200 Question
How did the
Headright
system
work?
$200 Answer
How did the Headright system
work?
Gave 50 acres of land
to each person who
paid their way to
Virginia
$300 Question
Why did English
Catholics come to
America?
$300 Answer
Why did English Catholics
come to America?
So they could worship
freely
$400 Question
What Act did Lord
Baltimore propose in
1649 to outlaw the
restrictions of religious
rights?
$400 Answer
What Act did Lord
Baltimore propose in
1649 to outlaw the
restrictions of religious
rights?
Toleration Act
$500 Question
Why did Virginia decide
to use slaves?
$500 Answer
Why did Virginia decide
to use slaves?
There were
not enough
indentured
servants
$100 Question
What cash Crops
did the Southern
Colonies farm?
$100 Answer
What cash Crops did the
Southern Colonies farm?
Tobacco, Rice
and Indigo
$200 Question
The colonies with the
most slaves had the
_______ slave codes.
$200 Answer
The colonies with the most
slaves had the _______ slave
codes.
Strictest
$300 Question
Why did New
England Colonists
believe in education?
$300 Answer
Why did New England
Colonists believe in
education?
So their children could
learn to read the bible
$400 Question
What is one advantage
the Southern Colonies
had over the New
England Colonies when
it came to farming?
$400 Answer
What is one advantage the Southern
Colonies had over the New England
Colonies when it came to farming?
Southern colonies could
grow cash crops and the
small farms in New
England could not.
$500 Question
New England had
plenty of forests…
what did they build to
support their
economy?
$500 Answer
New had plenty of
forests…what did they build
to support their economy?
Ships to meet the
demands of
traders
$100 Question
Why did people come to
the middle colonies?
$100 Answer from H3
Why did people come to the middle
colonies?
Land grants, and religious
tolerance
$200 Question
What jobs did slaves in
the Middle Colonies do?
$200 Answer
What jobs did slaves in the Middle
Colonies do?
Skilled crafts,
blacksmiths, carpenters
etc.
$300 Question
What were the 3 main
crops grown in the
middle colonies?
$300 Answer
What were the 3 main crops
grown in the middle colonies?
Wheat, Barley and Oats
$400 Question
Why is the English Bill of
Rights significant?
$400 Answer
Why is the English Bill of
Rights significant?
It influenced the
writers of the
Constitution
$500 Question
What is the practice
of controlling trade to
maintain wealth
called?
$500 Answer
What is the practice of controlling
trade to maintain wealth called?
Mercantilism
$100 Question
Why did Parliament
pass the Navigation
Acts?
$100 Answer
Why did Parliament pass the
Navigation Acts?
To require the
colonies only to
trade with England
$200 Question
How did colonists get
around the trade the
restrictions set on
them?
$200 Answer
How did colonists get around the
trade the restrictions set on them?
Smuggle, Complain and
still trade with the West
Indies
$300 Question
What was the movement called that
swept through the colonies and
changed religion, politics and social
life?
$300 Answer
What was the movement called that
swept through the colonies and changed
religion, politics and social life?
Great Awakening
$400 Question
The Great Awakening
did this to various
Christian groups?
$400 Answer
The Great Awakening did this to
various Christian groups?
Unified them
$500 Question
After the French and Indian
war , what land did Britain
receive from Spain?
$500 Answer
After the French and Indian
war , what land did Britain
receive from Spain?
Florida
$100 Question
No Taxation without
_________________
$100 Answer
No Taxation without _________________
Representation
$200 Question
What did the Boston
Tea Party Show?
$200 Answer
What did the Boston Tea Party Show?
How unhappy the
colonists were with
the British laws
$300 Question
Why did Parliament repeal
most of the Townsend
Acts?
$300 Answer
Why did Parliament repeal
most of the Townsend
Acts?
They wanted to reduce
the tension in the
colonies
$400 Question
How did Britain react
after they heard about
the Boston Tea Party?
$400 Answer
How did Britain react after they
heard about the Boston Tea
Party?
They were
furious!!!
$500 Question
What did colonists call the
Coercive Acts?
$500 Answer
What did colonists call the
Coercive Acts?
Intolerable Acts
Final Jeopardy
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