Early Settlers and Daily Life - Page 2

Questions
  • Who were the founders in Massachusetts?
  • How did religion contribute to the growth of representative government in the English colonies?
  • Who was assured freedom of worship in the Puritan colony?
  • In what year were the first slaves brought to Jamestown?
  • When was the first Thanksgiving celebration? What really happened, contrary to popular belief?
  • What was the Great Awakening of the 1730's, and why was it important?
  • What led to the building of permanent settlements?
  • What was the first cash crop of the English Colonies?
  • Why did the Pilgrims have a difficult first winter in Plymouth?
  • Why were the experiences of the earliest settlers at Jamestown and at Massachusetts Bay so different?
  • Who had political power in the colony? Did the Puritans believe in the separation of church and state?
  • Who did the men of Jamestown elect to enact local laws?
  • I was born a slave in Georgia. I had only one year of formal education but I learned to be a barber. I was a very successful businessman who became the wealthiest black property owner in Atlanta. Who am I?
  • What was different about religious practices in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts?
  • What was the purpose of slave work songs?
  • How did dust storms make it difficult to farm in the Great Plains?
  • What was expected of the colonists through the new Quartering Act passed in 1774 as part of the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?
  • How did Brook Farm reflect the beliefs of transcendentalists?
  • Where did German immigrants to the United States tend to settle?
  • What was Thomas Edison's first job? How old was he when began working?