Exploration
Wealth, religion, expand empires, claim territory
Reasons for exploration
_____________ claimed land around the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River; focused on making money by trading _____ with the American Indians
France, furs
Inspired colonists to question government authority
First Great Awakening
Plymouth, Massachusetts was founded by the ______________ who left England to escape religious persecution
Pilgrims
The ________between the colonies and Great Britain made it necessary for colonists to create their own representative governments
distance
claimed Florida and much of the American Southwest, which included present-day California and Texas
Spain
A major motivation for European exploration?
A. The need to form military alliances with native populations.
B. The desire to claim new land in honor of the King or Queen.
C. The demand to learn new languages from indigenous peoples.
B. The desire to claim new land in honor of the King or Queen.
Which colonies does this describe?
warm climate, long growing season, and fertile soil
producer of $$$ cash crops
large plantations
$outhern Colonie$
Pennsylvania, Quakers
the first representative legislature in the colonies
Virginia House of Burgesses
a water route that connected North America and Asia
Northwest Passage
Spain established Catholic _________ with the goal of converting American Indians to Catholicism
missions
_______________ - rocky soil and long, cold winters made farming difficult; access to natural harbors and dense forests allowed colonists to earn money through trade, whaling, lumber milling, and shipbuilding
______________- had good soil and a moderate climate, which made it ideal for farming; farmers raised livestock and grew oats, wheat, and barley
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
_____________ was established as a refuge for English Catholics who were escaping religious persecution
Maryland
a social contract created by the Pilgrims that established the first form of self-government in the colonies
Mayflower Compact
the term for a soldier sent from Spain to the New World
conquistador
How did spices, silks, and other items motivate early exploration?
A. Explorers wanted to trade these products with American Indians.
B. Explorers wanted to study and document exotic plants.
C. Explorers wanted to sell these products and make a profit.
C. Explorers wanted to sell these products and make a profit.
to escape religious persecution, Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson left Massachusetts and founded _______________, where people had the freedom to practice their own religion
Rhode Island
All colonial trade operated under the policy of _____________, an economic system in which England controlled colonial imports and exports to ensure it profited from the colonies
Mercantilism
the first written constitution in the colonies that established a government with elected representatives
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The Spanish were motivated to colonize in the New World because they wanted to -
A. address overcrowding in their homeland
B. develop trading center
C. stop Native American uprisings
D. spread the Catholic faith
D. spread the Catholic faith
On October 12th, 1492, the Santa Maria and its crew finally saw land. They had been at sea for 10 weeks, so the sight of land was a huge relief for the crew. This was a critical event as it was considered Europe’s most noteworthy interaction with people not located in the Old World.
What event is being described above?
A. Shipbuilders constructing a caravel
B. Marco Polo finding Asia
C. Christopher Columbus finding the Americas
C. Christopher Columbus finding the Americas
founded in 1607
established for economic reasons and succeeded because tobacco became a valuable cash crop
Jamestown, Virginia
Plantation owners relied on enslaved Africans, people forcibly brought to the Americas
helped to fulfill labor needs and increase profits
transatlantic slave trade
inspired colonists to view themselves as equals in religious status; this idea led them to question Britain’s government authority
First Great Awakening