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?