Exploration
Who discovered the New World in 1492 and which country sponsored his voyage?
Christopher Columbus
Spain
What type of economy did the Southern colonies have that enabled the rapid growth of slavery?
agricultural
What religious group settled in Massachusetts Bay hoping for religious freedom?
Puritans
Who was the strict leader of Jamestown who stated "if you do not work, you do not eat?"
John Smith
What effect did European diseases have on Native Americans?
Killed a lot of them
What year was Jamestown founded and by what country?
1619
England/Britain
Which product turned Jamestown into a profitable business venture for the Virginia Company of London?
tobacco
This document was written by Pilgrims with the purpose of establishing a type of government in their new colony. It was an agreement to make and follow laws that would benefit the colony.
Mayflower Compact
Who was the Puritan leader who was banished to Rhode Island for believing in separation of church and state?
Roger Williams
What was the cause of most early wars fought in the New World?
territorial control (land)
The Spanish explored the following EXCEPT:
South America
Mexico
Canada
Caribbean
Canada
Prior to 1619 in the Virginia colony, a field laborer was most likely a poor individual working to pay off debts called an ____________
indentured servant
Which form of direct democratic rule is most closely associated with Puritan New England?
Town Hall Meetings
These individuals were English nobility who received large land grants in eastern Virginia from the King of England. They were called —
Cavaliers
What was the cause of the development of mercantilism
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Whose exploration of Canada led to a more cooperative relationship with the native peoples than those of other explorers?
French
What year was slavery introduced in the Southern Colonies?
1619
What is a community that is bound together for religious purposes called? Many of these were in New England.
Covenant Community
First to grow tobacco in the Virginia Colony
John Rolfe
What two things did Anne Hutchinson advocate for?
trial by jury
What was the purpose of the Virginia Company of London's establishment of the Jamestown colony?
Business venture: $$$$$$$
What group was created by the Virginia Company in 1619 to allow colonists to have a say in the laws (first elected form of government in the New World)
House of Burgesses
What was the difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans?
Pilgrims broke away from the church of England - Puritans did not
Puritan leader and founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony
John Winthrop
The Middle Colonies are more tolerant of the others and were made up of a mixture of several different cultures. Which of the following was NOT represented?
English German
Dutch Italian
Italian