Era of Colonization
The British established this number of colonies along the eastern seaboard of North America.
What is Thirteen (13) ?
The three 'G's that exemplify many Europeans' motivations to explore.
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
The French leveraged this specific economic activity in the cold north.
What is fur trapping?
This religious group settled in Pennsylvania.
Who are Quakers?
The Dutch settled in this colony for economic reasons.
What is New York?
Mercantilism encouraged European nations to use colonies as a source of these materials.
What are raw materials?
This type of government developed in the colonies, allowing citizens to have a voice.
What is representative government?
Initially, many nations sponsored exploration to find faster routes to the markets in this region.
What are Asian markets (or Indian Ocean)?
The English established settlements to exploit these types of crops along the eastern seaboard.
What are cash crops?
Catholics immigrated to flee religious persecution and settled in this colony.
What is Maryland?
The Swedes settled in this colony for economic reasons.
What is Delaware?
Besides raw materials, colonies were also used as these, where European nations could sell their goods.
What are markets?
This Protestant revival challenged established traditional Protestant practices.
What is The First Great Awakening?
Explorers from this nation found gold and silver among native populations.
What is Spain?
The Spanish created a system of rule over native populations to use them as labor for these two activities.
What are mining and farming?
Both Separatists (Pilgrims) and Puritans settled in this colony.
What is Massachusetts?
Nations choose to colonize territory mostly for this kind of opportunity.
What is economic opportunity?
This economic policy is defined by using colonies as a source of raw materials and markets.
What is mercantilism?
Many who migrated to the colonies came seeking this type of freedom, which was instituted in varying degrees.
What is religious freedom?
This fueled exploration and colonization alongside a competition to build empires between rising nation-states of Europe.
What is national pride?
Spanish religious leaders utilized colonization as an opportunity to build these.
What are missions?
Religious groups in general immigrated to the Americas to flee this.
What is religious persecution?
The geographical region where the English established their 13 colonies.
What is the eastern seaboard of North America?
The English established settlements along the eastern seaboard to exploit these.
What are cash crops?
The British government instituted this economic policy in the colonies.
What is mercantilism?
A primary religious motivation for European exploration was to spread this.
What is Christianity?
French fur trappers and indentured workers were promised this kind of mobility as an economic opportunity.
What is social mobility?
Alongside religious freedom, the English also sought this type of freedom.
What is political freedom?
Both the Dutch and Swedes immigrated primarily for these reasons.
What are economic reasons?
The Spanish found these two precious metals among native populations, fueling interest in economic opportunities.
What are gold and silver?