Reasons for Exploration
What was Frances motivation for colonizing North America?
Fur Trade
The settlement of Jamestown was established in what year?
1607
What is the geography of the Southern Colonies?
Long Hot Summers, Fertile Soil
This government was created in 1619 and is the 1st representative government?
Virginia House of Burgess
Which law limited westward expansion by stating colonist could not go west of the Appalachian Mountains ?
Proclamation of 1763
What was Spain's motivation for colonizing North America?
God, Gold, and Glory
The settlement of Plymouth was established in what year?
1620
What is the geography of the Middle Colonies?
Moderate Climate, Rich fertile soil
This government was created in 1215 and took power away from the king of England?
Magna Carta
The closing of the Boston Harbor
A part of the Intolerable Acts, British response to the Boston Tea Party.
What was England's motivation for colonizating North America?
Economic and Religious Freedom
Which group of people came to plymouth to escape religious persecution?
Puritans/Pilgrims
What is the geography of New England?
Thin Rocky Soil, Swift Rivers, Natural harbors, forest, Cold Harsh Winters
This government list the rights of the people of England
English Bill of Rights
An economic system that upset the colonist because of its limitations?
Mercantilism
What is the economic reason why ALL the European nations colonized the Americas?
To get wealthy and trade with Asia
Plymouth is located in which colony?
Massachusetts
What is the name of the religious group that lives in Pennysvania ?
Quackers
This government was created in 1620 and is a social Contract
Mayflower Compact
Laws created to pay back the debt after the French and Indian War
British Economic Policies
What is the Political reason why ALL the European nations colonized the Americas?
To expand their empire
The Puritans came to Plymouth to escape....
Religious Persecution
What colony is a catholic refuge?
Maryland
Created by Thomas Hooker and it was the colonial government of Connecticut
Fundamental Order of Connecticut
What is a colonial response to a British law and an act of Civil Disobedience?
Boston Tea Party