European Exploration and Colonization #1
Why did France colonize North America?
To profit from trading furs and other goods.
What is the name of the document that was written as a social contract for self-government?
The Mayflower Compact of 1620.
Which Colonial Region had hard rocky land (soil), cold climate, and long winters?
New England Colonies
South, enslaved person worked what?
- as craftsmen on plantations
- in gold and silver mines
- in cash crop productions
- as merchants in trade
cash crop productions
What is name of the first legislative assembly in the colonies?
The Virginia House of Burgesses
Why did Quakers immigrate to Pennsylvania?
To escape religious persecution.
Which region is described as having fertile soil, long growing seasons, plantation system (cash crops) , and warm climate?
Southern Colonies
What is a reason for European Exploration in the New World?
God, Gold , Glory, & Goods
What is the colony founded by William Penn for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
Which pacifist religious group settled in the middle colonies ?
Quakers
The Plantation System required Long growing seasons, Demand for Labor, and what?
Rich Soil
What purpose did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut serve all people in the community?
1st written Constitution
What is the initial reason for Columbus and other European explorers traveling to the Western Hemisphere?
Find an all-water route to Asia (Northwest Passage)
13 Colonies divided in 3 Regional parts
The New England Colonies, The Middle Colonies and Southern Colonies
What reason did the New England colonies establish for?
Religious Freedom
What is the reason for writing the Mayflower Compact in 1620 by Pilgrims?
Self-government (social contract)
Which group of English colonists settled in Maryland in order to avoid religious persecution?
Catholics
Which European country came for God, Gold, & Glory and was the 1st to come to the New World?
Spain
Rice, Indigo & Tobacco were important agricultural products of which colonial region?
Southern
Which of the following colonies were NOT established for religion reasons?
A. Plymouth (Massachusetts)
B. Jamestown
C. Georgia
D. Pennsylvania
E. Maryland
B. Jamestown
C. Georgia
Who established the separation of church and state?
Roger Williams .
Economic policy where the mother country profits from its colonies raw materials.
Mercantilism
Which European power came to the New World for Religious Freedom, Land, & Profits?
England
James Oglethorpe founded what colony
Georgia for debtors
What is the name of the system established after the Native American slave labor died of disease ?
Transatlantic Slave Trade (triangular slave trade)