After the Plymouth colonists survived a hard first winter, a Patuxet man named Tisquantum, also called Squanto, came to the colony in 1621. What did he do there?

Pocahontas was a Powhatan woman who lived near the Jamestown colony in Virginia in the early 1600s. What is she known for doing?

William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681. The Lenape were already living on that land. How did Penn get land for his colonists?

Dutch traders built a trading post on the Hudson River in the 1600s. Haudenosaunee hunters brought beaver furs to it. What did the traders most often give in return?

Colonists and many Indigenous nations understood land agreements in different ways. What did the colonists usually believe an agreement about land meant?

In 1636 fighting broke out in New England between English colonists and the Pequot nation over land and over control of trade. An event like this one is an example of ___.

Between 1616 and 1619, sickness carried by European ships spread through Wampanoag and Patuxet villages along the New England coast. What happened to those villages?

John Smith became a leader of the struggling Jamestown colony in 1608. What did he do to help the colony survive?

The Jamestown colonists' first years were hungry ones. Powhatan villages traded corn to the colony in exchange for English goods such as copper and tools. What does this trade show about the two groups?

By the 1670s, English towns in New England were spreading onto Wampanoag hunting and planting grounds. From the Wampanoag perspective, what was the biggest worry?

Haudenosaunee people made belts from rows of purple and white shell beads. When two groups met and reached an agreement, what were these belts used for?

What does colonization mean?

Which was a major reason many Europeans came to North America in the 1600s?

Jamestown is remembered as the first permanent Spanish settlement in what is now the United States.

Which group founded Plymouth Colony in 1620?

In the fall of 1621, the Plymouth colonists and about 90 Wampanoag men shared a three-day harvest feast. What does this event show about the two groups at that time?

In the trade between Native Americans and Europeans in some colonies, which good did Native American trappers most commonly supply in exchange for European goods?

Colonists' pigs and cattle often roamed freely without fences. Why did this cause conflict with nearby Native American villages?

Spanish colonists brought horses to North America, and many Native nations later used them for hunting and travel.

Which crop became very important to the economy of colonial Virginia?

A cash crop is grown mainly to be sold for money.

What was one effect of the growth of tobacco plantations?

Enslaved Africans came to the colonies mostly because they freely chose to move there for high wages.

What was an indentured servant in colonial America?

Which European country built many missions in places such as Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and California?

Spanish missions were connected to both cooperation and conflict with Native peoples.

What was one reason French colonists often formed trading relationships with Native American groups instead of taking over their land?

Which colonial region became known for town meetings and small farms?

The Middle Colonies were known for growing rice and indigo on large plantations.

Which statement best describes the Southern Colonies' economy in many areas?

Why were rivers important to many colonies?

What was the Mayflower Compact?

The Virginia House of Burgesses, which first met in 1619, was the first elected lawmaking assembly in the English colonies.

Which phrase best explains self-government?

What was a treaty?

Once a treaty was signed, English colonists stayed off the Native land it protected, even as their colonies kept growing.

What was one cause of the French and Indian War?

In the French and Indian War, different Native American nations made alliances with different European powers.

What happened to France’s power in North America after the French and Indian War?

How did the British government try to help pay war debts after the French and Indian War?