Colonization
After 1492, there was great competition among Europeans to colonize
What is the Americas?
This significant event in 1492 led to European colonization of the Americas
What is Columbus's voyage?
This Quaker founded a colony where Quakers could worship freely
Who is William Penn?
This was a primary reason colonists established their own government institution
What is distance from England?
As a result of rocky soil in the New England colonies, these economic enterprises began to dominate
What is ship-building and manufacture?
The primary reason Europeans were interested in colonization was
What is trade and gold?
This Enlightenment Philosopher believed that government was based on the consent of the governed
Who is John Locke?
A primary reason colonial institutions looked similar to English institutions was
What is colonists were accustomed to English tradition?
These colonies became known as the bread-basket colonies because of the focus on grain agriculture
What are the middle colonies?
In England, this religious group looked to purify the Church of England and left for the Americas to escape religious persecution...
Who are the Puritans?
In 1587, England establishes this first colony in North Carolina, which disappears mysteriously
What is Roanoke?
Connecticut founder Thomas Hooker is noted for influencing this first written Constitution
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This first representative assembly in the colonies set a precedent for outlining personal liberties
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
The fertile soil in this region met the demand for cash-crops such as indigo, rice, and tobacco
What are the southern colonies?
A primary economic reason for English colonization was
What is mercantilism, or increase in trade and markets for English goods?
In 1607, this English colony in Virginia finally begins to flourish after a harsh start
What is Jamestown?
Immigrants from France made money in the Americas through this economic enterprise
What is the fur trade?
The Mayflower Compact established the idea of self government by making laws through
What is majority rule?
Large scale cash crops in the southern colonies dealt with the need for labor through this
What is the slave trade?
A primary religious reason for English colonization was
What is freedom from persecution?
In 1620, the agreement is signed among these pilgrims before settling Plymouth
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Immigrants from England made money in the Americas through this economic enterprise
What is raw material production?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut of are important in our history of representative government because
What is our first written constitution?
This trade route developed between the Colonies, England, the West Indies and Africa bringing, among other commodities, human slaves from Africa
What is the transatlantic slave trade?