Motivations
Which factor likely motivated English settlers to colonize North America?
What is economic gain?
Early colonial Maryland was predominately home to Catholics, while colonial Pennsylvania was home to
What are Quakers?
The Mayflower Compact was significant in the history of colonial America because it
What is established self-government in the colonies?
What is one way that the New England colonies were settled differently from other British colonies in North America?
What is Puritans primarily settled in New England? New England was settled for Religious reasons others were settled for economic or other reasons.
How did the growing of tobacco contribute to the expansion of slavery?
What is tobacco planters could not make a profit without enslaved labor?
The year 1607 is significant in American history because during that year
What is English colonists settled at Jamestown?
In 1620, the Pilgrims took an important step towards self-government by
What is agreeing to the provisions of the Mayflower Compact?
*Distance between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies
*Colonists expected to have the rights of Englishmen
*English king rarely interfered in colonial affairs
What would grow because of the distance between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies?
What is Growth of Representative Government in the Thirteen Colonies
How was the developing economy of the early New England colonies affected by the physical geography of the region?
What is rocky soil and cold winters resulted in small farms while protective harbors promoted fishing and shipbuilding?
What was the primary cause of economic differences among the colonies in North America?
What is geography?
What were general characteristics (ways to describe) the period between 1607 and 1754 in North America? There are TWO correct answers, give 1!
What are development of early representative governments?
What is use of economic policy of mercantilism to control trade?
Which of the following was a characteristic of the Virginia House of Burgesses?
A Members were chosen by the governor.
B The governor had no power in its decisions.
C Representatives were elected by the people.
What is C representatives were elected by the people?
Why was the creation of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut an important milestone in the growth of representative government in the colonies?
What is it was a written constitution and is considered the first in the colonies?
Characteristics of the Economy in the Southern Colonies: Rural, Use of slavery, Plantation system. Which description best completes this list?
A Single cash crops
B Manufactured goods
C Equal land distribution
What is A Single cash crops
The listed colonies all share the similar characteristic of being established in order to
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland
What is offer colonists freedom to practice their religion?
In what year would the Mayflower Compact have been signed?
What is 1620?
One of the primary motivations for British colonization in North America includes (2 possible answers, just name 1)
What is seeking religious freedom?
or Economics
How did the practice of slavery influence life in the southern colonies
What is an agrarian (farming) economy developed based on the plantation system?
Who had the most influence on the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Who is Thomas Hooker?
Why did the Quakers settle in Pennsylvania?
What is Quakers were allowed to practice their religion freely and without persecution?
Which statement best reflects a motivation for European exploration and colonization of North America?
A “We must escape the spreading influence of Islam.”
B “The land is rich with many ways to become wealthy.”
C "Native tribes seek conversion to Christianity.”
What is B. “The land is rich with many ways to become wealthy.”
Which colony was established to provide Catholics protection from religious persecution in England?
What is Maryland?
Who wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Who is Thomas Hooker?
Which crop would be missing from this list?
Tobacco
Indigo
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What is Rice
What was a cash crop in Virginia?
What is tobacco?