Colonization
Absolute Chronology
Important People
Government

Regional Differences in the Colonies
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After 1492, there was great competition among Europeans to colonize
What is the Americas?
100
This significant event in 1492 led to European colonization of the Americas
What is Columbus's voyage?
100
This Quaker founded a colony where Quakers could worship freely
Who is William Penn?
100
This was a primary reason colonists established their own government institution
What is distance from England?
100
As a result of rocky soil in the New England colonies, these economic enterprises began to dominate
What is ship-building and manufacture?
200
The primary reason Europeans were interested in colonization was
What is trade and gold?
200
From 1493-1700s, these European countries competed for colonization. Name two.
What is Spain, Portugal, France, and/or England?
200
This Enlightenment Philosopher believed that government was based on the consent of the governed
Who is John Locke?
200
A primary reason colonial institutions looked similar to English institutions was
What is colonists were accustomed to English tradition?
200
These colonies became known as the bread-basket colonies because of the focus on grain agriculture
What are the middle colonies?
300
In England, religious groups became interested in colonizing the Americas after the
What is the Protestant Reformation?
300
In 1584, England establishes this first colony in Virginia, which disappears mysteriously
What is Roanoke?
300
Connecticut founder Thomas Hooker is noted for influencing this first written Constitution
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
300
This first representative assembly in the colonies set a precedent for outlining personal liberties
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
300
The fertile soil in this region met the demand for cash-crops such as indigo, rice, and tobacco
What are the southern colonies?
400
A primary economic reason for English colonization was
What is mercantilism, or increase in trade and markets for English goods?
400
In 1607, this English colony in Virginia finally begins to flourish after a harsh start
What is Jamestown?
400
Immigrants from France made money in the Americas through this economic enterprise
What is the fur trade?
400
The Mayflower Compact established the idea of self government by making laws through
What is majority rule?
400
Large scale cash crops in the southern colonies dealt with the need for labor through this
What is the slave trade?
500
A primary religious reason for English colonization was
What is freedom from persecution?
500
In 1620, the agreement is signed among these pilgrims before settling Plymouth
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
Immigrants from England made money in the Americas through this economic enterprise
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500
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut of are important in our history of representative government because
What is our first written constitution?
500
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?
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