Bellringers

What to do:

On your bellringer paper, you will

write the question and then

answer the question. You must

complete the bellringers for a

grade!

1/16

What does exploration

mean?

1/17

What are the 4 main

reasons for exploration?

1/17 7th Graders

What is your favorite

part of the school

day. Explain

why?????

1/18

What does colonization

mean?

1/18 7th Graders

Should schools

make students wear

uniforms? Defend

your answer…

1/19

What are the 4 main

reasons for colonization?

1/19 7th Graders

Do violent video

games and TV

shows make

students violent?

1/20

In what year did

Christopher Columbus sail

and what was his

objective?

1/20 7th Graders

Should school athletes

have to be on the honor roll to

play in games?

1/23

What 3 main countries

wanted to explore and

colonize?

1/24

What is the significance of

the year 1607? (Think who,

what, when, where, why)

1/24 7th Grade

Who or what is your

biggest motivation to be

great and want to

succeed?

1/25

What is the significance of

the year 1620? (Think who,

what, when, where, why)

1/26

List the names of the

original 13 colonies.

1/27

List the New England colonies in order:

1

2

34

1/27 7th Grade

Have you been the kind

of friend you want as a

friend?

1

2

34

1/30

List the

Middle

colonies

in order:

1

23

4

1/30 7th Grade

List 3 characteristics of a

SUCCESSFUL teacher-

student relationship

1

23

4

1/31

List the

Southern

colonies

in order:

1

2

3

4

5

2/1

What were the French’s

two main reasons for

colonization?

2/2

Africans were traded to the

Americas in exchange for

what? What were the

Africans needed for?

2/3

What were the two main

cash crops grown on

plantations?

2/3 7th Graders

Do you enjoy coming to

school? NO? What else

would you rather be doing?

2/6

Name 3 religious groups

who came to the Americas

for religious liberty.

2/6 7th Graders

What emotions do you feel

when you accomplish a

personal goal?

2/7

What was the First Great

Awakening?

2/8

Why did colonists want to

be governed

independently from Britain?

2/9

What was the Declaration

of Independence and

when was it signed?

2/10

List 3 Acts created by

Britain that led to the

American Revolution.

2/13

Who wrote the Declaration

of Independence?

2/14

What happened at the

Boston Tea Party? What did

this lead King George III to

do?

2/15

What was the first Battle of

the American Revolution?

What is this moment known

as?

2/16

Why is the Battle of

Saratoga significant?

2/17

Why is the winter at Valley

Forge significant?

2/20

Why is the Battle of

Yorktown significant?

2/21

What was the purpose of

“Common Sense?” Who

wrote this pamphlet?

2/22

What is the quote

associated with why the

people in the colonies

rebelled?

2/23

What significant event

happened that caused the

death of 5 colonists?

2/24

Who said the famous

quote, “Give me liberty or

give me death?”

2/27

Name the French man who

assisted the Colonial Army

during the Revolution.

2/28

What is Mercantilism?

3/1

What did Abigail Adams

want?

3/2

What was George

Washington’s role during

the American Revolution?

3/3

What treaty ended the

American Revolution?