Motivations
What were the three main motivations for colonizing North America?
God, Gold, Glory
Native hostility
Hunger/Starvation
Lack of fresh water
What was the biggest success factor for why the early colonies survived?
What were the early seeds of democracy formed by Thomas Hooker when he founded Connecticut?
Connecticut = Fundamental Orders; to ensure the people had the power in the government \
What was the main reason for conflict between Natives and colonists?
land rights
What plant in Jamestown created the first "Boom Town" of the New World?
Tobacco
Natives conflict, Lack of Fresh Water, Lack of Food, Rich men unwilling to work to survive, diseases, cold winter, Starving Time
What created an economic boom that saved the early Jamestown colony?
Tobacco
What were the seeds of democracy when Roger Williams founded Rhode Island?
Rhode Island = Separation of Church and State; freedom to worship, think, and speak without persecution.
At Massachusetts Bay Colony, what were the results of the Pequot War?
decimated
Puritan Politics took over
What was the main motivation of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower to establish a colony in the New World?
What was the Native chief's name that surrounded the settlers at Jamestown?
Chief Powhatan
What factor helped create a decade of peace, prosperity, and trade between the Jamestown settlers and Natives?
At Jamestown, the settlers established the start of popular government in the colony. What was this knowns as?
Roger Williams
What famous Joint Stock Company financed the first settlements in the New World?
The Virginia Company
How many settlers out of 500 survived the Starving Time of 1609-1610 at Jamestown?
60 survived
guns and metal
Before disembarking, the Plymouth Colony signed what make-shift constitution?
Mayflower Compact
What tribe helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth?
Wompanoag
What were the early motivations of Aristocracy in Jamestown?
To find gold and get rich while watching poorer laborers do the work for them.
What were the main challenges that Indentured Servants faced at Jamestown?
grueling work conditions, long work hours, diseases, lack of food, fear of being killed by surrounding Natives, death
If you want to eat, then you must work
What was the primary focus of William Penn's colony at Pennsylvania?
Religious Tolerance
In what colony were Natives babysitting English children?