European Exploration
Credit giving to -------- for discovering the new land
Christopher Columbus
American Ideals
Equality, Rights, opportunity, democracy and Liberty
First permanent English Settlement Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Jamestown 1607
sent away from Massachusetts Bay Colony for his support for religious toleration
Roger Williams
Colonists believe leaders should of society should have to obey laws
Magna Carta
England European Exploration and Colonization in America
Greater Wealth
Motives for European Exploration in the 1400s
What is Gold, God and Glory
Cape Cod, Massachusetts "The Pilgrims" 1620
Plymouth
William Penn and Quakers settled here
Pennsylvania
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Colonists believed they had a right to live by a government of written laws and not of men
Continents involved in Triangular Trade
North America, Europe and Africa
3 G's
God, Gold, and Glory
Depict landforms, bodies of water and other physical features
Physical Maps
Refuge for Roman Catholics
George Calvert
Colonists believe Right to elect representatives to make laws for them
Virginia House of Burgesses
Spain European Exploration and Colonization of America
Spain explored and colonized America was for wealth and power
Freedom to live your life in the way you want it
Liberty
France European and Colonization of America
Reason France explored and colonized America was the desire of wealth
Affected the political atmosphere of the American Colonies
First Great Awakening
Colonists believe Individual rights that no government should take away
English Bill of Rights
Slaves
major import to the southern colonies
form of government where the power to rule comes from the consent of the people
Democracy
13 Colonies divided in 3 parts
The New England Colonies, The Middle Colonies and Southern Colonies
Puritan Colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
Colonist believe they had the right to govern themselves